Why I wrote this This is for the broad audience of those who graduated in the past five years, regardless of what you studied. I saw a post on LinkedIn recently which lamented the number of new grads who aren’t getting jobs in the fields they studied. Here’s the tough love: the labor market is fickle in what it values. As millennials learned early in life, no one is entitled to any job in particular, and a STEM degree alone is not enough to differentiate yourself in a role requiring technical acumen. I say this also because liberal arts majors have been encouraged to give up any hope of a career if they want to study something bringing them joy. If you don’t have a direction, your best bet is to pursue gathering a generalist’s skill set. It can be argued that generalists are the best equipped to handle the inevitable, periodic shocks to the market (for more, read
Essential skills for early stage careers
Essential skills for early stage careers
Essential skills for early stage careers
Why I wrote this This is for the broad audience of those who graduated in the past five years, regardless of what you studied. I saw a post on LinkedIn recently which lamented the number of new grads who aren’t getting jobs in the fields they studied. Here’s the tough love: the labor market is fickle in what it values. As millennials learned early in life, no one is entitled to any job in particular, and a STEM degree alone is not enough to differentiate yourself in a role requiring technical acumen. I say this also because liberal arts majors have been encouraged to give up any hope of a career if they want to study something bringing them joy. If you don’t have a direction, your best bet is to pursue gathering a generalist’s skill set. It can be argued that generalists are the best equipped to handle the inevitable, periodic shocks to the market (for more, read