Education Versus Experience

What a coincidence post mate. Yes, it is very difficult if your office have this kind of what so called education is better than experience. Some company also look seniority than education. Nowadays, our government change it's way of hiring, they prepare to hire with good education background than experiences. In my case, I have education but less experiences. It seems that there is a gap between me and my subordinate but I understand them. They might think and felt that I will be their superior if they won't make any move to bring me down. I hope I can endure the pressure of my work here. I felt difficult because they don't have a teamwork at all.

That is the worst things happened nowadays to our government. If you are not a fish of any politician even if you have both education and experiences still you are not qualified. "Backer" plays a major role now if you want to apply a position in any government position, in anytime this will also applied to some private institution. The reason why I did not intend to apply for any government position although I consider myself as one of the fish on one of politician in our area. I am anticipating the future that if time comes your supported politician will be out of the office you will be also oust if you are "Quoterminos"! Hope the system will change specially the new administration is coming!

it is mandated by the civil service law, that each position job has corresponding qualifications. education and experience are just two of them. you cannot be appointed if one of the qualifications is lacking, you cannot get the job. but there are also some positions that education is required but experience is not required. in most cases, position or job in the government, civil service eligibility is always required. it's actually not that hard to get into civil service. as they say, you only need a backer.

Hi bare hugs: I agree that University Grads are not totally prepared to work and take decitions but at the same time I think that they're not completely bad, a good graduated usually come with new innovative ideas so I think that they are important too in a factory to make a balance between experience and young people with their new ideas. Thanks for your answer. ALVARO

@barehugs Yeah mate, experiences plays a major role in dealing with a particular work than Education. You have a good strategy in hiring people but may in the first place if you hired those people that don't have enough educational background would be difficult specially during their probationary period. I agree you on that maybe it's applicable in any other way but what if your business entity deals with people such as hotels, real-state and any other high end technology firm. Do you still hired applicant from High School drop-outs? Maybe in a hotel you can hired them for roomboy but in higher position like managerial position, experiences is not enough, constructing business letters or correspondence is very difficult to them. I observe it here in our atmosphere. They knew on the operation but when the time comes our boss ask to submit written report. OMG! It's very disgusting. @starsailover I agree you mate, although fresh Grads don't have experience at all but in terms of theory they are full knowledge of it. Some manager prepare to hire fresh graduate because they won't demand big salary. Training of them in a few days is easy than training on those lack of education. @xaint You're right mate! It depends also the nature of their work correspond to their educational background. Many of us today work not on their field of specialization, I mean on their educational background. Best Regards to all of you guys! HULYO

I also agree to some extent to your answer but in my opinion these university only fill the minds of the student basic and general ideas of handling a business. they are only taught "theories of how it should be done". of course whatever they have learned would always vary from what type of business they delve into. thus would lead me to the point of starsailover which i also agree on. =D

This is not my first time supervise people in a particular job. I am 21 years old before and hired as supervisor of 80 men on our department. I am a fresh graduate that time but I had a 3 months experience of them as OJT. Many people get jealous on me because I got the position whom many want it before I came. They have experience but our manager wants education than experience. Time passed by all of them accept the truth, the position was not for them.

They easily say that, if they are in our part if we have higher salary than them they will not complain. I don't know but mostly it won't. Here we keep confidential our salary because they become lazy and let you do work in level to your salary. I hate this attitude but I am lucky it seems that they are good to me. I hope it will continue the same.

Better if you have both but we can't have it at one time. Of course education first. Fresh Grads don't have any experiences with regards to any job but they have enough knowledge of the theory related to their specialization. If you don't have experience and also don't have enough education, it worst to an individual. You can use your education to acquire experiences. Time comes this both education and experience will compose on you.