The "Importance" of Liberal Arts

Today was the University of Pittsburgh annual fall Career Fair at the Petersen Event Center. My friend Jess and I got up early, got all dressed up, went and had a delicious breakfast at Panera, and caught the bus up to the Pete early for a special Networking Event prior to the start of the fair. Since I'm graduating in December, I was really excited to go and find myself a job for the spring semester while I'm still in Pittsburgh. Unfortunately, all I found was a lot of frustration. The university stresses the importance of liberal arts, but at Career Fairs such as this one, there were very few employers looking for anyone but a business or engineering student. Some were looking for biological/hard science majors, but rarely were there any for social sciences and the humanities. I love anthropology and linguistics and I love the courses I've taken and I love the experiences I've had, but would I really have been better off taking a different path in school and pursuing a different interest of mine-say, in finance?!

Its incredibly frustrating, as I am an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for an Introduction to Arts and Sciences class, and I'm constantly stressing to them the importance of the liberal arts, with required readings, etc. Pitt even makes all Arts and Science students take a series of General Education requirements, spanning the whole range of courses, requiring focus on the liberal arts. But then, is this how I'm getting rewarded for this-by multiple rejections from potential employers?