“Career planning key for liberal arts grads”
Telegram & Gazette
Amy Murphy, director of career planning at the College of the Holy Cross, and Michael Kennedy, a member of the class or 2012, talked to the Telegram & Gazette about how a degree in liberal arts leads to a successful career. “The beauty of being at a liberal arts institution like Holy Cross is your major doesn’t matter,” Murphy told the reporter. “Employers want to see you do your best academic work, leadership in what you’re involved in and internships for the contextual work piece. Those are the three legs of the stool that makes up their career portfolio.”
Kennedy, a history major from Montville Township, N.J., said he “isn’t worried about graduating with a history degree and starting up the career ladder.”
He’s already lined up a position for after graduation as an analyst at investment firm Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Purchase, N.Y.
He told the Telegram & Gazette that his “liberal arts background has given him valuable skills in speaking and writing effectively, in research and in being able to synthesize information well.”
This “Holy Cross in the News” item is by Sara Bovat ’14.