Comments on: What Employers Want http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/arts-and-science/2010-11/what-employers-want/ a publication of Vanderbilt Peabody College Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:02:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-RC1 By: Andrew Koivuniemi http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/arts-and-science/2010-11/what-employers-want/comment-page-1/#comment-4960 Andrew Koivuniemi Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:52:36 +0000 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/arts-and-science/?p=2027#comment-4960 Correction: '...as "we" (not "they") stumble over our words.' Yep i see the irony. Cheers! Correction: ‘…as “we” (not “they”) stumble over our words.’ Yep i see the irony.

Cheers!

]]> By: Andrew Koivuniemi http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/arts-and-science/2010-11/what-employers-want/comment-page-1/#comment-4959 Andrew Koivuniemi Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:41:12 +0000 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/arts-and-science/?p=2027#comment-4959 "But technology and skills become outmoded quickly. What doesn’t is the ability to think on your feet, assess problems critically and develop innovative solutions. These are the foundations of a liberal arts education.” Curious proposition, Sarah Igo. However, something tells me you never spent much time around Vanderbilt's many diverse and innovative engineers. These are exactly the "skills" we're explicitly "trained" in. Having done both, I know engineers are better prepared to identify important problems and to work systematically and creatively in order to address them, be they technical or personal. This article seems to be predicated on the simplistic notion that we engineers are illiterate, stuffy number crunchers who fidget with our slide rulers as they stumble over our words. Tsk. I'd expect a less self-serving and prejudiced analysis from people with liberal arts degrees. Andrew Koivuniemi: BE '07, Summa Cum Laude. Majors: Biomedical Engineering, Philosophy. Currently completing an MD/PhD degree. “But technology and skills become outmoded quickly. What doesn’t is the ability to think on your feet, assess problems critically and develop innovative solutions. These are the foundations of a liberal arts education.”

Curious proposition, Sarah Igo. However, something tells me you never spent much time around Vanderbilt’s many diverse and innovative engineers. These are exactly the “skills” we’re explicitly “trained” in. Having done both, I know engineers are better prepared to identify important problems and to work systematically and creatively in order to address them, be they technical or personal. This article seems to be predicated on the simplistic notion that we engineers are illiterate, stuffy number crunchers who fidget with our slide rulers as they stumble over our words. Tsk. I’d expect a less self-serving and prejudiced analysis from people with liberal arts degrees.

Andrew Koivuniemi: BE ’07, Summa Cum Laude. Majors: Biomedical Engineering, Philosophy. Currently completing an MD/PhD degree.

]]> By: Laura http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/arts-and-science/2010-11/what-employers-want/comment-page-1/#comment-4481 Laura Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:40:59 +0000 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/arts-and-science/?p=2027#comment-4481 Although liberal arts students rarely think of themselves as well-prepared for careers in business and leadership, in actuality they have precisely the experience and knowledge needed for these positions. Resources for students who’d like to know more about how to apply their liberal arts education to future careers in business and leadership can be found at www.LiberalArtsAdvantage.com. Although liberal arts students rarely think of themselves as well-prepared for careers in business and leadership, in actuality they have precisely the experience and knowledge needed for these positions. Resources for students who’d like to know more about how to apply their liberal arts education to future careers in business and leadership can be found at http://www.LiberalArtsAdvantage.com.

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