Success In Careers And Education

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identified as career opportunities with your degree. -Why is a degree grounded in the liberal arts so valuable in the workplace? Even if you are pursuing a degree in another discipline, can you see how the skills obtained from the general education/liberal arts portion of your degree will compliment the technical or professional skills you are acquiring? Please explain. -In the activity for “What Can I Do with This Degree?, did any of the three occupations you identified of interest you as a possible career? Did you come across any career options you were not previously aware of? Please explain After looking at Ball State University, on what to do with my degree, I saw several different career options for my degree. I am getting a degree in business administration and management. With this degree I can obtain a career as an administrative executive, facility manager, or personnel recruiter. It was nice to see that there are many different areas that I could possibly go in to. I was not aware that I could pursue some of those careers with a business degree. One career that I was unaware that I could obtain, but would not really want to do, was accounting. However, it would require more training and education than my current degree. I believe that a degree grounded in liberal arts is valuable. No matter what career field a person works in, you will encounter many different types of situations and people. Being well rounded in liberal arts will help know how to approach those situations and people. I think that obtaining the skills received from the general education/liberal arts courses can help me stand out as a prospective employee. Learning what my transferable skills are and what I continue to learn, will help me with promoting myself in a positive
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