Why Top Employers Are Secretly Racing to Hire Liberal Arts Majors—And What It Means for Your Career
- A willingness to explore new areas
- Excellent analytic skills, especially in murky areas where simple routines don’t suffice.
- First-rate problem solving; finding the right answer when it’s not obvious
- High emotional intelligence; being able to read the room
- Persuasive communication skills, with speaking/listening probably rating even higher than writing.
Looking at this list in totality, engineering and business programs do a great job of developing the second and third skills as well. The liberal-arts disciplines don’t have a lock on all aspects of critical thinking. But for Nos. 1, 4 and 5, the liberal-arts approach is uniquely well-honed for success.
