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“Out of the Office, Into the Classroom: Increasingly, Young Professionals Use Graduate School to Launch Career Changes”

Filed under Employment Outlook, Graduate School and Funding, Job Search Process
Posted by Libraries, March 23, 2006
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Aman Singh, Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition), Mar 7, 2006, p. B5

More and more young professionals are making the leap to a new career via graduate school, say career experts. These former office dwellers often switch to drastically different fields, and, as a result, they are energized and bring novel skills and other qualities that schools and future employers find attractive.

Link to the full article:
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For more information:
Graduate school — http://my.simmons.edu/library/collections/career/
gradprog.shtml
Changing careers — http://my.simmons.edu/library/collections/career/
careerchange.shtml

— Robert Demanche