Is It Really Important To Graduate?

[ETernal TeArs of Sorrow]

i agree with you josh, yea its good to be graduate but would that make you talented ?! wish they really know it, if im company owner i would look for his talent n passion not his univ degree

[The Gate Keeper]

well look at it this way... how do they originally assess you? You send in your resume right? On that, you have your education.

 

In IT, if you're not a network admin, or a behind the doors fix-it computer person, they're going to look at your education. This is especially true for programming roles, analyst roles, and management roles.

 

I could program back when i was in year 9, doesn't mean i would get the job i have lined up for now. I got the job next year because i am graduating uni. I used my experience once i got through the initial stages. What got me through the initial stages? Completing my degree, and having good marks. Of course this was backed by decent experience, but the first thing they look at is your marks. Especially at your age, you cannot tell me that you actually have the experience a professional has. I don't even have the experience, or the knowledge with my degree that a professional would. But like tak said, to get a job, you need experience, to get experience you need a job. I got in without the highly required experience through a "graduate program". These are real good for people who just come out of university, and don't want to be competing against EVERYBODY around for the basic job.

[ETernal TeArs of Sorrow]

tgk all i want to say is just do not hold me back because im still studing and didnt get my univ degree yet, n i believe its very very important to get univ degree.

[The Gate Keeper]

that's the attitude that you should have, so good on you.

 

what profession are you aiming for anyways?

[ETernal TeArs of Sorrow]

actually im aimng to be sysadmin over different os's, there's something else you would recommend for me ? i like programming also ..

[The Gate Keeper]

that's good. though where in particular would you like to do? normally to do sys admin, you need to pretty much know all the ins and outs of the operating systems you're dealing with.

[ETernal TeArs of Sorrow]

yea & i'm doing my best to get as much as i can.

[Ozzy10]

speaking as an ex employer and ex director

Its always better to get the qualifications and be over qualified for a job than not to get them and find someone else is more qualified.

That being said, if you get an interview and you show a lot of commonsense then that can be enough to get the job

some people have all the qualifications and no commonsense at all

 

still i would rather employ someone who has the correct qualifications, its easier for insurance etc

[The Gate Keeper]

ozzy, would you agree... to get to the interview, they look at your qualifications? Meaning you need them to better your chances on getting an interview.

[ETernal TeArs of Sorrow]

mm, i saw some qualified ppl but as ozzy said no commonsense but they get hired this is how it goes, get your qualifications get a chance to be hired.

 

TGK " i know a guy graduated as an accountant and he's working as programmer now. how that happend they hired him then give him experince as i see they need to just see a stamped certificate from the Ministry of Higher Education "

Edited November 16, 2009 by ETernal TeArs of Sorrow