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Liberal arts i From College Press Service Traditionally, the multibillion-dol lar insurance industry has been j good home for liberal arts graduates who are frequently hired directly oui of college into management training programs in the areas of customer ser vice, marketing and administrative areas. Among the insurance carriers whc actively recruit on college campuses are such giant corporate employers as Aetna (48,000 employees nationwide), Metropolitan Life (54,000), n 1 _ . ! / 4 A a A AA\ P i . r? rruaenuai ^tuu.uuu;, oiaie rarni (58,000) and Travelers (32,000). Why do insurance companies like to hire nonbusiness majors? According to Lorenzo Pace, Aetna's administrator of college relations, the "flexibility" demonstrated by employees with liberal arts degrees makes them desirable. In fact, over the past few years, Aetna has increased its hiring of these employees and today hires aboui equal numbers of business grads and liberal arts grads. At the Chubb Group, a diversified group of insurance carriers with 65 offices in North America and 19 overseas, liberal arts grads are valued for their superior writing and analytical abilities. Cheryl Kozak, corporate staff recruiter for The Travelers Insurance Co., said the communication skills that liberal arts grads bring to the company are a key asset. "They can see the bigger picture," Student credii By College Press Service CARBONDALE, III. ? As many as < students have the potential for serio cording to a study at the University o dale. Although many students graduate1 expected to pay, such as educationa risk going straight to bankruptcy bee financial burdens that result from poo Connie Armstrong, assistant profes resource management, and M. Joyce sistant professor in health-care profes surveyed 243 students and found tha credit attitudes and behaviors that inc rial trouble. Some of those factors include owr of credit cards, having multiples of th< minimum payments on balances an< Recycle. All _ l /f Best r TheW I fcl MknllNi Watch Fc f - n Locations J Sooi majors find inj ; "They can see the bigger 1 picture. They're creative [ and not so specialized, and 5 they bring in new ideas." Cheryl Kozak , The Travelers Insurance Co. 1 she said. "They're creative and not so specialized, and they bring in new - ideas." 1 Liberal arts grads are hired by Prudential because of their innate "thinking skills," said Joyce Goldstein, vice president for administration. "We look upon thinking skills as analysis, the ability to assess situa1 tions, design and organize work, and i generate ideas," she said. "I think liberal arts grads have a much better foundation than technical people." Ironically, many liberal arts grads don't even consider a career in the insurance industry. "I think there are a lot of misconceptions about who we are and what we do," Atena's Pace said. "Often times, the liberal arts major sees us as insurance salesmen, meaning that's the only type of career area we offer." In a company as large as Aetna, which manages assets of more than 190 billion, there are numerous employment opportunities in such di verse neias as numan resources, law, public affairs, communications, marketing, information systems or traint abuse serious, the card's interest r )ne-third of college ^ credit history < us credit abuse, ac- said. 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Because it makes good business sense to keep their clients healthy, insurance companies tend to be enlightened about what keeps their employees happy, as well. insurance companies were among the first to offer such innovations as employee wellness programs, on-site fitness centers and childcare facilities, maternity and parental leaves and work-at-home arrangements. What does a beginning job in the insurance industry pay? Liberal arts grads can expect to earn between mid-520,000s and low 530,000s the first year, plus benefits that can range in value between 55,000-510,000 annually. There are also opportunities for rapid advancement. Met Life offers a fast-track career path called the Management Associate Program. The twoyear training program offers new hires the chance to try out different disciplines through six-month hands-on work assignments. The vast majority of MAP participants are liberal arts graduates from a wide range of majors including an thropology, religion, psychology, urban studies and political science. "Since our philosophy is to develop generalists with a broad corporate view, the well-rounded liberal arts major is an especially good fit for this program," said Georgann Occhipinti, Met Life college relations consultant. survey finds ates. :an become very well-known," Craven : graduates in their future careers beive access to credit ratings." not be as willing to hire a recent gradled the maximum limits on all of his red with someone who makes regular raven also found that most students in debt not because of educational exe they used plastic to pay for clothes, travel, groceries and eating out. Only I? irges were for books or tuition, d students to avoid running up large iting the number of cards they hold, * iterest rates and paying of the balance n.. 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