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How To Get A Job In A Field You Didn’t Major In

Your degree doesn’t chain you to a field for the rest of your career. Here’s how to use what you’ve already learned to try something else.

To graduate on time, you probably needed to declare your major by your sophomore year. But by the time graduation rolls around, it wouldn’t be surprising if your career ambitions have shifted to something outside of your major. Perhaps an internship didn’t turn out how you expected, or certain courses dampened your passion for the occupation you thought you wanted to pursue. So, now you’re in a tough spot, where your degree doesn’t quite line up with what it is you want to do.

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Your Brain Makes You A Terrible Listener–Here’s How To Fix It

When we hear a person’s words, we also try to imagine why they’re saying them. Most of us suck at this.

Economics used to operate under the belief that people are rational actors. Behavioral economists came along and said that’s crazy—there’s no such thing as a rational actor. People make decisions for all kinds of irrational reasons. It turns out the same thing is true when we listen.

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