what do you do with a liberal arts degree? five “smartest” moves to finding work you love
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The Experience Webinar “What Do You Do With A Liberal Arts Degree?”
is scheduled to begin at 1 pm Eastern February 21, 2007
What Do You Do With A Liberal Arts Degree?
Five “Smartest” Moves to Finding Work You Love
What Do You Do With A Liberal Arts Degree?
Five “Smartest” Moves to Finding Work You Love
Sheila J. CurranFannie Mitchell Executive Director, Duke University Career Center
Coauthor, Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads: Finding a Path to Your Perfect Career
BusinessWeek.com columnist: Curran on Careers
Experience Web CastFebruary 21, 2007
Why do liberal arts students choose to attend
your institution?
Why do liberal arts students choose to attend
your institution?
What College Students Want From Their Education
72% want professional preparation
Access to internships
Quality of careers office
Placement record with employers
Eduventures* research on 6200 enrolling first year students at all SAT levels.
* Eduventures is a research and consulting firm for the education industry, located in Boston, MA.
Assumptions
Get into good school
Work hard
Get good grades
Find high paying, prestigious job
Leap over tall buildings on the way to the top
Helicopter Parent Landing
The dilemma for parents and
students
What’s out there?
How do I get there?
What do I need to do now?
The Genesis of Smart Moves
Illustrate how real liberal arts grads find work they love
Stories of 23 grads
Out of school less than 15 years
19 different schools
All made smart career moves – and a few dumb ones, too
The Big “C” Question
Career ? ? ?
Introducing Sheila Curran
BA, Russian and Persian; PGCE, Education; SPHR (Human Resources)
Early jobs: Assembly line worker, file clerk, cruise ship assistant, receptionist, program coordinator
Real jobs: director-level positions in training and development, employment, employer relations, benefits, organizational development
Current and previous job: career director
Employers: Duke University, Brown University, Gallaudet University, University of Michigan
Goals of Webinar
Highlight career issues facing liberal arts students
Discuss career assumptions and realities
Identify learning from interviews with liberal arts grads
Suggest plan of action for working with liberal arts students
Who Was Cara Storm?
University of Pennsylvania ‘89
Psychology
Early experiences:
DJ and Station Manager at college radio station
Cara’s Bio
Passion: Creative Expression
Early Work Experience: WBCN Radio KISS 108 Isabella Stewart Museum
Founder and Principal of Marketing by Storm
Duke University ‘92, Math and Econ
Early work experience:
IBM
Who Was Ray Eddy?
Ray Eddy: Beyond IBM
Duke University ‘92, MAT ‘94
Math and Econ Hewitt Associates Teaching Resident Advising Coaching Marching Bands
Ray Eddy: Now
Passion: Performing stunts, coaching, teaching kids
President, Superior Marching Band Enterprises
Stunt Actor: Indiana Jones at Disney-MGM Studios
Cara, Ray and Smart Moves
Listen to others
Learn out of classroom
Make career corrections
NETWORK!
Identify fall-back positions
Demonstrate energy and talents even in low level positions
Identify skills you want to build in a new position
Don’t be afraid of failure
Build a safety net by identifying clients before starting a business
The Five Smartest Moves
Figure out who you are and where you want to go
Get experience
Build social and networking relationships
Identify and fill your competence gap
Find your hook
The Five Smartest Moves
SMARTEST MOVE #1Discover who you are and where you want to go
SMARTEST MOVE #2Get experience
The Five Smartest Moves
SMARTEST MOVE #3Build Social and
Networking Relationships
SMARTEST MOVE #5Find Your Hook
SMARTEST MOVE #4Identify Your Competence
Gaps
Challenges for Counselors
Major doesn’t equal career
Myriad options
Impossible to be knowledgeable about every field
On-campus recruiters may not be interested in many liberal arts majors
What to Do?
Educate students and parents about career realities even before matriculation
Find opportunities to show relationship between education and career
Facilitate exploration
Informational interviewing
Alumni/parent career advisors
Apprenticeships/Internships
Real-world programming, e.g., Career Week
TELL STORIES
Carrie’s Story
Moral:
Where you start will probably not be where you end
Only you can decide who you are and where you want to go
“If a man shall begin with certainties, he shall end with doubts. But if he shall content himself to begin with doubts, he shall end with certainties”
-- Sir Francis Bacon
Key Takeaways For Your Students & Alumni
Download this presentation from the Experience University Resources channel so you can use it with your students and alumni and share the 5 smartest moves
Engage your alumni to share their stories to open up possibilities for students (or buy Sheila’s book if you want to use the featured alumni as examples)
Encourage students and alumni to get as much exposure to new areas – internships, job shadows, info interviews, job fairs etc.
Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads Book
To Order -- “Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads: Finding a Path to Your Perfect Career”
Questions?
Email Sheila Curran at
Also available through Amazon.com or at your local bookstore.
www.smartmovesbook.com
Experience Resources For Your Students and Alumni
New Content
Job Shadow
Manage Your Career (for Alumni)
New Content Partners
SalesTrax (sales channel)
Careerbuilder (alumni channel)
New Exclusive Experiences
Video Interview with CEO
Application deadline Feb 25th
Special Experience slot to attend and blog about the 2-day job fair
Application deadline Feb 25th
Professional Development Series
March 27, 2007 --“Finding the Best-Fit Job for Students and
Alumni”
Susan Strayer, SPHR, is a human resource professional and a career development expert, who has worked in both corporate recruiting and in career services (Johns Hopkins University).
She is the author of The Right Job, Right Now: The Complete Toolkit For Finding Your Perfect Career.
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Thanks for Participating!Thanks for Participating!
Sheila CurranDuke University
Experience, [email protected]
800-583-7741