Liberal arts majors are teased that they will have to learn to say, "Do you want fries with that?" after college, but as professionals and former liberal arts majors ourselves, the authors know the workplace holds much more promise than a future in fast food. However, with today's economic crisis and stagnant job market, educational institutions need to offer rhetoric majors with career possibilities instead of simple assurances. The authors believe it is better to show their students than to tell them that they learn more from active experience. They have designed selected courses within the rhetoric and writing program to offer them guidance and to help them conceive of their major in the form of different careers, both academic and nonacademic, before they hit the job market, careers that exist in the local economy and that make use of their rhetorical and literary skills. These courses include the capstone course, the senior seminar, and two internship courses. In what follows, the authors present the design and benefits of these courses which work to help students find careers that the rhetoric majors and minors may not envision otherwise. These courses help them bridge the gap between being a student and a professional.