Let's take a look at a couple of examples. Mary is a few months away from getting an art history degree and her heart is set on a career in museum management. She's focused on her professional goals and already knows she'll be up against a lot of competition. Hopefully she's taken every possible opportunity to intern and be recognized as a viable potential employee by those in a position to offer her work. Mary may consider delaying her graduation a semester with a very light course load to allow for more interning.
Internships are much easier to arrange when there's an academic affiliation.
She also might be able to save money by remaining in student housing and being covered by the college health plan. In this case, Mary would be constructing a safety net for herself, aiming for an elegant segue into the work world. She might want to do this, say, six months before graduation. In both of these scenarios, Mary is planning to rely on her new profession for adequate income, and unless she finds a paying position right away, she'll have to use other sources to survive. So this liberal arts major might need to batten down the hatches and pick up a secondary skill while she's searching.