Career Opportunities with a
Major in Associate of Arts
You can begin your journey towards a liberal arts Bachelor’s degree with an Associate of Arts (AA) degree at CCA. By obtaining an AA degree and eventually a Bachelor of Arts you may have more options than you’ve ever imagined. In fact, many top employers value liberal arts graduates because they gain education and experiences that help them develop various competencies, including..
• Critical thinking • Leadership
• Flexibility
• Adaptability to change
• Analytical • Global perspective
• Decision making
• Problem solving • Research
• Interpersonal
• Communication
Perhaps the greatest skill these students develop is the capability to become lifelong learners. Employers who hire liberal arts graduates are confident that these employees will seek new information and apply that information to the workplace.
Promoting Your Liberal Arts Degree
Employers value your skill set, but you will still have to sell yourself. Once you have identified the proficiencies you gained from your liberal arts education, you need to determine how to promote them to employers. You can do this using two important steps: 1) match your skills to those that employers value and 2) communicate your skills to employers. Matching Your Skills with Employer Values: How can you match your skills to those that employers value? First, you must find out what employers are seeking in their employees. This is where your research skills will come into play. To discover this,
• Review job descriptions/announcements
• Read newspaper and magazine articles
• Examine print and electronic resources about jobs and employers
• Talk with your professors or with individuals who work in positions in your field
• Conduct information interviews with potential employers
After completing an Associate of Arts degree at CCA, you can continue your studies in one of the following majors. Click on a major to find out more information about careers in that area.
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