Do You Really Need a College Degree to Be Hired?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- It is really hard to find a jog right now, and it feels even harder to get a job without a degree.
Is a college degree the only path to success? With the job landscape rapidly changing, we dive into the latest data from Indeed to uncover the truth about educational requirements in 2024. Whether you're a recent high school grad pondering your next steps, or an experienced professional seeking new opportunities, this video is for you. Discover actionable strategies to enhance your job search and position yourself as a top candidate, degree or no. Don't forget to subscribe for more career insights and check out our free resources below to take your career to the next level.
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Hi Jason...thank you for covering this topic. With some industries, the lack of a degree is definitely a showstopper instead of looking at years of proven skills and experience. Often the "or equivalent" I believe is there for legal reasons, and mostly ignored (especially in a very poor job climate as we have now). I've had a great 25+ career in Hi-Tech data networking mostly in Silicon Valley start-ups.
When young, I stumbled into some of the pivotal companies that helped create the Internet. Not having a degree, I took programming classes, etc at the local jr college for great upward mobility. When I left a company, it was due to friends calling that I worked with...avoiding the standard recruiting process. However when I moved out of California (throw in age as another hurdle), I realized how not having a degree was huge, and getting turned down for jobs worked previously, and have vast experience for.
You didnt mention it...but ATS scanners look for the degree requirement, and if not there out you go. Additionally when I've asked what the "equivalence" means for the job, there's a silent pause (especially jr. recruiters). That lack of definition altho difficult to standardize, simply doesnt play well for hiring. It's great that you have a balanced insight here, yet most just ignore (especially 3rd party recruiters)
I’m sitting with a group of recruiters. Consensus at the table is that they wouldn’t even look at your education with the background you laid out. The market is ridiculously tough right now. Hopefully you can take some solace in knowing this likely isn’t a foundational education issue that is tough to overcome. My guess given what you have told me is that the issue is tied more to a lack of network in the new location which will elongate the process for you quite a bit.
I don't hire often, but I skip education 100%. I look for specific skills first and experience. If they list the skills and I go look at the experience and they basically are counting their education, I toss it aside. I'd much rather someone who has worked for it and has learned some skills
Few years ago, Top IT companies (google, facebook, etc) have dropped degree requirement, the gov got crazy and told them universities will close if they do that. Now they ask for a degree or "equivalent work experience"
That’s right. Google had some great stats on the value of the degree from that time.
I am currently a student in agriculture, a semester or so away from getting my associate of science in agr/hort. I’m planning on transferring to a CalPoly and getting a bachelors in either environmental resource management or the energy engineering field. Do you think that getting this degree will be useless in the job search 3-5 years from now? If I minor in business, do you think that would have a significant enough impact on my future earnings/opportunities to justify the extra time and energy needed to take that many classes?
apologies for the questions 😅 I came across your video and you seem to spend a lot of time studying these trends. any insight would be greatly appreciated, I’ve been very anxious about how my plans (largely influenced by my boomer dad’s experience with the workforce from like, the 70s) will help me when I’m faced with the reality of the state of the world and our country’s workforce.
It all depends on what you want to do, but if you are already there with the Associates, there is no reason to stop now. Keep going. The minor won’t help at all. Nobody looks at minors. Take the classes that will help you, but don’t worry about a formal minor plan. Look at the job postings in roles you want to start in and make sure your degree plan is preparing you for that. Cover specific software, methods, etc. if there is something that is in every posting, prioritize it.
If you have a college degree AND several years work experience AND experience with the exact programming language a developer job is for AND you've taken online courses in the specific framework they're using but you don't have years of direct on the job experience with the exact framework they're using then you have no chance to get hired for developer jobs. The market is flooded with developers due to layoffs and they can be as picky as they want.
Leverage your network for referrals and human connection to gain the upper hand in this situation. It’s not always about quality of match. Sometimes the connection will supersede the qualification.
Sir how to identify the pain points or concerns of company and boss before interview to present ourself as solution to their potential problems or appeal to their loss aversion- fear of losing something important ??
They will often allude to pain points subtly in the job description. The other thing you can do is ask the recruiter during your initial screen. They will often share info to help you prep.
@@BetterThing-jobs Initial screen meaning ? Is it 1st interview ..
@@BetterThing-jobs Are you there sir..
1st interview which is often with a recruiter
Do LinkedIn Learning certificates count for anything?
@sciencelover3339, I think so. I took their Meta Ads certification and thought it was great. Anything you can legitimately point to that validates your knowledge is valuable.