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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an interesting topic to me - We were at Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida a couple of weeks ago and I sat across from a guy at dinner who does all the executive level hiring for a large company based in Jacksonville.  He said [b]the trend now is swinging towards a preference for liberal arts majors[/b].  He said [b]he can teach things specific to his industry, but he can't teach people to write[/b].  And the ability to write well is the most important thing.  His experience is that liberal arts majors are better writers and better at thinking critically and solving complex problems.

Of course that's just one company.  I'm sure there are examples of hiring managers who don't like liberal arts majors. I just thought it was interesting because his company is definitely what most would consider techy. [/quote]

Ha!  We've heard the same thing about the large tech companies!  We've also heard that medical schools are beginning to look at liberal arts majors over biology majors, for example - that the liberal arts majors are better at the patient assessment and diagnostics because of the critical thinking skills they practiced with a liberal arts major.[/quote]

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