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Tech Companies Are Still Hiring Liberal Arts Graduates
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Almost four years ago, Forbes published a cover story about an emerging trend in the tech industry: recruiting liberal arts graduates. The story hit a nerve, and other media outlets weighed in on the relevance of liberal arts degrees in today's increasingly tech-driven economy.
Universities say that tech companies haven't stopped hiring liberal arts graduates—if anything, they're recruiting more. While these graduates still populate jobs in expected fields like communications, marketing, and human resources, they've also starting to occupy the jobs once reserved for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) majors. Demand for employees with liberal arts degrees extends from entry level to management.
Ironically, there may be job safety in what was once considered a pointless degree. The jobs most in demand today, like engineering and computer science, could potentially become the most easily automated jobs in the future, according to a 2018 report from the Strada Institute for the Future of Work and Emsi.
The researchers also found that the number of liberal arts graduates entering the tech industry is growing faster than computer science or engineering ones.
From Forbes
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