This is the season when many Final
year college students are completing their final exams, and stepping out
into the world of employment. A lucky few students will have jobs even before
graduation, but for many, the hard daunting task of looking for a job has just
began. So, how do you brand your degree and stand out? What is the value of
your degree in the marketplace?
If you've earned a degree that puts you on a less-than-certain
professional career path, some naysayers may even term your degree
"useless", as a former minister of education once termed a certain
set of degrees.
The truth is, your subject matter knowledge may be irrelevant to anything
going on in the business world today. That's why you need to emphasize your
skills, not your content expertise. In literature, you
