One would think that with 20 years experience in my profession, that I should be able to find work somewhere. The sad truth is that I am no longer "qualified" to do my job.
Scouring the want ads and various online postings, I see that a 4 yr degree is REQUIRED and actual work experience has been devalued. I'm sure I'm not the only one who got a job back in the day when a HS diploma and a good work ethic would take you wherever you wanted to go. Many of my colleagues are experts at their job, but they have no degree. Like me, they just worked hard and learned their skills the old-fashioned way - OJT.
Unfortunately, with the unemployment rolls growing everyday, there has to be a way for employers to pare down the list of job applicants down to a reasonable number. The only way to do that is to up the job's educational requirements.
Ok, so now I'm in the process of getting a 4yr degree. I'll be done in Fall 2010. But I'm wondering if that will really be enough to distinguish me from other applicants. If everyone like me goes back to school and gets a 4 yr degree, what will that degree be worth? If everyone has one, it isn't really setting me apart, is it? Employers will need to up the educational ante again. I wonder where will it end... Will our children's children need a doctorate to get a $25 p/hr job?
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Please remember that half of all people with 4 year college degrees don't have the common sense the good Lord gave a turkey(they are the dumbest birds alive).OJT is probably the best teaching tool there is known to mankind. As a supervisor I would always consider job experience over a fresh face college graduate in the hiring process.
You wouldn't be hiring, would you?
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