You Can Do Anything: Surprising Power of a "Useless" Liberal Arts Education

In a tech-dominated world, the most needed degrees are the most surprising: the liberal arts.

Is your student taking the right classes? Will their college major help them get the right job offers? For more than a decade, the national spotlight has focused on science and engineering as the only reliable choice for finding a successful post-grad career.

In , author George Anders explains the remarkable power of a "useless" liberal arts education – and the ways it can open the door to thousands of cutting-edge jobs and careers.

The key insight: curiosity, creativity, and empathy aren’t unruly traits that must be reined in. You can be yourself, as an English major, and thrive in sales. You can segue from anthropology into the booming new field of user research; from classics into management consulting. You can bring a humanist’s grace to our rapidly evolving high-tech future.

In this talk, you will learn why “telling your story” is a powerful alternative to shipping out resumes. You will learn how to create jobs that don't exist yet, and to translate your campus achievements into a new way of expressing your talents. You will be ready for anything.

George Anders is an NY Times bestselling author, journalist and public speaker. From 2017-2023 he was a key member of LinkedIn’s editorial team, and he has served as a contributing writer at Forbes, a founding editor of Bloomberg View, and the West Coast bureau chief of Fast Company magazine.

Parents/caregivers, students, educators, mental health professionals, and community members welcome! Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available. Free admission.

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This special presentation is sponsored by the Fremont Union High Schools Foundation, in collaboration with The Parent Venture. For more information, email [email protected].

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