College Degree? Does it get you the job or prevent you from getting the job?
By jtexas
@jtexas (527)
United States
November 30, 2006 5:11pm CST
A year ago I graduated with my masters' degree and one of the obstacles I faced in the job market is the label of being over qualified. Luckily I was a able to find a job within my field but it discouraged me at first that my degree may be preventing me from getting the job I always wanted. What is your experience? Do you feel that education can sometimes prevent employers from hiring you?
1 response
@gifana (4833)
• Portugal
1 Dec 06
In my case it prevented me from getting a promotion after 24 years of service. I had Junior College and one year of university and was taking night classes to finish the degree. I was told that there was no promotion until I got my degree. So I quit, actually I took early retirement and have lived happily ever since.
@jtexas (527)
• United States
1 Dec 06
Congradulations. Thats what happen to one of my friends. She wasnt able to get a promotion because of the college education she lacked.
For me since I was trying to get back into the workforce I found it to be at a disadvantage because I had a masters degree.
