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• New! Resume Writing How-To Guide for Liberal Arts Students

  

  It’s out! Your resume-writing how-to guide, available now from smashwords.com.Click here to get this e-book (just $2.99) : http://www.smashwords. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Looking for Leaders in All the Wrong Places

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  Posted on 20 October 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Get Tactical: Promote the Liberal Arts—NOW

  Florida’s Governor Rick Scott rides again. Last year, he announced he didn’t believe in funding a liberal arts education, and now he’s done something about it. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• The Practical Liberal Arts

  

  Hiring managers, well-meaning family members, and media pundits continue to assume the liberal arts are the educational breeding ground for the exploratory and... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Writing in the “Real World”

  

  For faculty and advisors: When was the last time you told your liberal arts students that knowing how to develop a cogent essay is the best preparation in the... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• The Liberal Arts? Don’t Bother

  

  A few weeks ago, Florida’s Governor Rick Scott proposed cutting the funding for liberal arts programs in his state’s public universities. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• What Managers Want: Three Advantages for Liberal Arts Students

  

  Recently, I attended a session where psychologist Ken Nowack talked about the ins and outs of management feedback at work.  Dr. Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Liberal Arts “Skills”: What Are They?

  

  In our culture, we believe that personal development is a matter of acquiring skills.  The more skills you acquire, the more capable you are. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• The Liberal Arts and “Leadership”

  

  We hear this over and over:  humanities and social sciences majors are developing what in today’s employment parlance are known as “leadership skills. Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Planning Ahead?

  

  I talked this week with Diana Patten, Director of Career Services and Internships at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Their term just ended, and... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Why I Do What I Do

  

  Someone asked me the other day why I do what I do, why I work with students, speak on campuses, research and write about the usefulness of the liberal arts in... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Why I Do What I Do

  Someone asked me the other day why I do what I do, why I work with students, speak on campuses, research and write about the usefulness of the liberal arts in... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• The Liberal Arts: Slow Boat on a Long Voyage

  

  At Whittier College last week, Director of Career Planning and Internships Linda Ross told me a scary story, the kind of story I can picture liberal arts... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Emotional Smarts and the Liberal Arts

  

  Confidence.  Empathy.  Emotional awareness.  Collaboration.  The ability to “read” others.  Political awareness.  Adaptability.  These are some of the... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER