Library Manager, University of Minnesota Library System
Name: Matt Bowers
Major(s): English
Current Job Title: Library Manager, University of Minnesota Library System
Brief description of your job:
I manage the Borrowing Privileges and Fines Office at the University of Minnesota Libraries. My responsibilities include daily operations, human resource decisions, budgeting, and planning.
Other job titles you have held:
Sales manager
Business owner
Editor
Writer
What advice do you have for current students?
Stay flexible and open-minded about career choices-ten years from now, you may be working in a field that does not exist today. If you have a dream, go for it--the only failure is not trying. A liberal arts degree will give you skills and perspectives that will be of great service to you in a very fluid job market. So, don't blink or apologize when someone asks you about your major--that person smirking at your English major may wind up working for you
