Tracy Brunson Southern New Hampshire University Why employers should hire based on your experience? 08/17/2017 Why employers won’t hire you with only experience? Employers should choose experience over a degree. They want someone who they trust will create more value for their company there is a better way of showing this than having a degree. you have the skills, experiences, and/or mindsets to do the job you are hired for. A degree is not necessary to have a successful career. your success hinges on how well you can prove your abilities of what is required of you by the employer. It really helps to show a high level of competence and enthusiasm. I believe employers should hire people based on their experience and not because of a piece of paper …show more content…
"Someone with experience but no formal degree could be favored for certain jobs, but they may struggle to advance professionally. On the other hand, a college graduate with the best education and book smarts may be completely at sea when it comes to dealing with real-world work situations with no prior industry experience, and struggle to land that first job." Because you have experience and get hired your pay won’t be high and your chance of advancing in the company are slim. Having a degree but not experience can also have you stuck. I feel it is a mistake to automatically discount someone because they do not have a degree. People with more education have higher earnings. Being hired with experience won’t get you the same pay and or benefits as someone with a degree. It may stop you from climbing the ladder. Most high-paying jobs require at least a bachelor's degree. College graduates earn far more over their lifetimes than people who only graduated from high school. The more educated you are, the better your chances of getting hired, and the more likely you are to earn more. And all of that, of course, leads to a better overall living
...truth. today’s job market is fiercely competitive. With unemployment at an all time high, it is near impossible for one to find a job with or without a college degree. Hundreds of layoffs and fewer openings can really make it hard on those who have just graduated and are trying to find a career. Just because you have a college education does not guarantee a job, or job security. It just makes you a better candidate.
You don’t need a college degree to have a good paying job. Not attending college affects ones literacy of financial awareness, their ability to receive a job, and their ability to carry our responsibilities.
In “Should the Obama Generation Drop Out?” Charles Murray talks about how a college degree now days, is looked at higher than it should be when it comes to meeting the qualifications for a job. Most jobs that pay over minimum wage will require you to have a college degree, making it very difficult for people that either can’t afford it or do not believe in it, to get a reliable well paying job. Like Barack Obama said “It’s what you can do that should count when you apply for a job, not where you learned to do it”(Murray 97); a large amount of people have the skills for a job but do not have the degree to show for, making them not qualified for the job. Companies will not even give you an interview if your resume does not have any type of degree on it. That situation makes life very unfair for multiple individuals. There should be some kind of certification test for applicant to take to see if he or she meets the skills needed for the job. The benefits of discarding the bachelor’s degree as a job qualification would be huge for both employers and job applicants. Therefo...
In “Are Too Many People Going To College” by Charles Murray, he makes this point. By the time someone has finished college, what they have learned has become irrelevant, and the point of getting the degree is to just show that you have one. He states, “Employers do not value what the student learned, just that the student has a degree” (233). This point is very well made, and is carried throughout his article.
When determining which applicant to hire, an employer that follows the common trend among society will analyze the difference in education levels. A degree seems to simply reach the consideration point of an employer, and from that baseline potential employees are judged based on their level of education, where they gained their education, and how successful they appear to be in their education. In Are Too Many People Going to College, Charles Murray scoffs at this. According to Murray, employers care only about the degree and do not value what education actually does for the student. College education should not automatically grant a graduate more consideration over another applicant
Most people know that having a college degree could get you a higher paycheck. However, what people do not know is how much of a difference that degree could get you. Through a study of more than 6 million employees, it was found that people with a four-year degree make about $215,000 more than people without a degree. In addition, people with a graduate degree can make about $440,000 more over a period of twenty years, according to The Ladders (2013, September 7 p. 1). Three quarters of the highest paying industries, eighty percent professionals hold at least a four-year degree. (The Ladders 2013, September 3 p. 2).
There is a graph that was published in the article “Value of a College Degree” and it does a phenomenal job showing the difference between having a high school degree compared to having some sort of college education. Although it shows that the average person who gets a bachelors in college tends to make about 500 dollars more than someone that only has a high school diploma, it also shows that the unemployment rate for people with a bachelors degree is about half that of someone with only a high school diploma
People with a college degree tend to make more money than those who didn’t attend college. This is because most of the jobs that have a higher earning require a college degree. People that only get their school diploma don’t make as much money as someone with a college degree. A study done suggest that people who have a college degree are more likely to get hired because they have an education compared to those who don’t. According to the United States Bureau people who achieved the current degrees earned the following median salaries. People with a doctorate degree earn $100,000 or more. With a bachelor’s degree people earn $58,000 and people with an associates earn $42,000 or more(Lucier). A High School diploma is not worth as much as a college degree. A High school diploma means less today because of the shaping of the world. People who only have a high school diploma earn only about $33,000. These numbers also depend on the type of field that you are going into. For example, people that have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or management will earn a little bit more (Lynn). They will earn more because these fields are really important. In my opinion the United States has been transformed
Contrary to popular belief, a college education can help with any job, regardless of whether the job is within a certain major or not. In fact, a college graduate even benefits if they take up a job as a plumber or a police officer- not only from their academic education, but also from learning important skills such as persistence and discipline (Leonhardt). Having a college experience and exposure to the world creates well- rounded people with higher skills and work ethics- and therefore better workers. Though they aren’t immune to being turned down, college graduates are more likely to actually get jobs, and be paid more for them, as shown in a study d...
First, college degree graduates have better opportunities in finding a high wage job. “Graduates enjoy increased opportunities for employment at higher rates of pay, providing them with the wherewithal to pay off debt, if they are wise stewards of that debt.” (Smith, 29) People with college degrees have higher chances of being successful in the future because employers would rather employ those who holds a college degree. However, although there are some people who did not attend college find jobs that can help satisfy and support their lives, they cannot compare the earnings of college graduates who holds a degree. My cousin, holding a Bachelor’s degree of Business Management, graduated 5 years ago from College. At first, College education can guarantee the success of her goals, but because of her persistence, she is now a successful businesswoman. She has now a full-time job that can support her family and has already built her own home. With this means, having a college degree helps a person not only achieve their own goals but also being independent. “Realistically, having a college degree will likely mean a com...
Whereas having the degree and experience would show the employers that I have the skills and knowledge of doing the job up to the standard. This would also this an advantage as it would allow me to earn higher wages compared to people that don’t have degrees. Having done an undergraduate degree, it would also give me the experience of university itself.
Individuals who has a college level education are employed at higher rates and with greater consistency. Those people with less than a high school degree are more than three times as likely to be unemployed compared to a bachelor degree recipients.
College graduates have more jobs to choose from. The more years of education one has completed, the more opportunities he or she will have as a potential hire. Some employers would not even consider interviewing a job seeker who has no college education, and many employer...
Employability is a multifaceted concept and one of the major subjects of debate in terms of what it is, how it is measured, how it is developed, and who is responsible for it. It is also one of the widely debated issues of accrediting and determining world class higher education institutions which could go a long way in systematically improving the performance of an institution as well as an individual. Most of the studies regarding employability have found lesser understanding of this concept especially in graduates who need to be well versed with the concept of employability as they are the force that ignite this notion and take it forward to the workplaces and to the employers they encounter during their careers. There is a need of awareness
A university degree does not guarantee professional success. " Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential." John Maxwell.