And they said that they can train our students to do the technical kinds of things that they need to do. What they can't train them to do is to communicate and to be creative and to solve problems. And that's what they look for, those transferable skills that a liberal arts education tends to impart, is what a lot of the technical employers are actually looking for now to complement the other skills that you can learn from computer courses. The focus now is more on marketing your skills to employers and continuing to be involved in life-long learning, where you're continuing to grow and develop your own portfolio throughout your life, which really feeds right into a liberal arts program. We're about training students to develop the kinds of functional skills that they can apply to many different types of jobs.
Teamwork is another skill that's very important.
We have something called dean's term, which is a special time during our January break where we have programs to help students develop the skills that can help them. One is a public speaking program. Another involves learning negotiation skills, which today is a tremendous thing to be able to bring into a work environment. So that has been very well received by employers because it tries to connect what students are learning in the classroom with the world of work. After the interview U.S. News conducted interviews with two college career counselors to find out what graduating students need to do to find jobs.