{"id":869,"date":"2019-03-13T17:47:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T21:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/?p=869"},"modified":"2025-05-22T07:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T11:20:17","slug":"want-to-dominate-the-business-world-study-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2019\/03\/13\/want-to-dominate-the-business-world-study-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to Dominate the Business World? Study History."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #999999\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">An<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-few-humanities-majors-who-dominate-in-the-business-world-100999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000\">from<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Conversation<\/em><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000\">highlights how history majors have an edge in the business world.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/pexels-photo-245618.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-876 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/pexels-photo-245618.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/pexels-photo-245618.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/pexels-photo-245618-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/pexels-photo-245618-580x326.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/pexels-photo-245618-610x343.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/pexels-photo-245618-250x141.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/pexels-photo-245618-600x338.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a>According to the article, the assumption &#8220;that a humanities or liberal arts degree has far less employment potential than one in STEM&#8221; is false.\u00a0 &#8220;In a study of 2,262 corporate leaders who majored in the humanities in college, more than one-third had studied history. &#8230; It\u2019s in the humanities and liberal arts, after all, that students learn about the complexities of human behavior \u2013 which is useful when trying to understand consumer behavior, users\u2019 needs and interpersonal relationships in the business world.&#8221; <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">Read the full article<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-few-humanities-majors-who-dominate-in-the-business-world-100999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article from The Conversation highlights how history majors have an edge in the business world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2019\/03\/13\/want-to-dominate-the-business-world-study-history\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":800,"featured_media":876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[35701,35700,35702],"class_list":{"0":"post-869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-history-news","8":"category-student-news","9":"tag-what-history-teaches-you","10":"tag-what-you-can-do-with-a-history-degree","11":"tag-why-history-matters","12":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Want to Dominate the Business World? 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