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5. Most Companies Allow Job Experience to Meet Any Degree Requirement

Fri Jan 20, 2023, 01:32 PM

Jan 2023

Requiring a degree for a job that doesn't require specific training or expertise is foolish in my opinion.

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I think results on this will be mixed bucolic_frolic Jan 2023 #1

A degree is desirable but skills and experience count too. brush Jan 2023 #4

Excellent! Faux pas Jan 2023 #2

Can I work as an electrician or plumber.... TheRealNorth Jan 2023 #3

Most Companies Allow Job Experience to Meet Any Degree Requirement Indykatie Jan 2023 #5

It's mostly clerical jobs they're focusing on FakeNoose Jan 2023 #6

You don't need a college degree to be an electrician... brush Jan 2023 #7

But a lot of the trade jobs can be pretty exclusive.... TheRealNorth Jan 2023 #13

Yeah, that might not be the best way forward. Sorry. dem4decades Jan 2023 #8

The jobs that this covers are primarily clerical and administrative . . . markpkessinger Jan 2023 #10

92% of all State jobs... TheRealNorth Jan 2023 #14

I think it sounds Fair.. the best Cha Jan 2023 #9

so why should the state pay for colleges and universities... mike_c Jan 2023 #11

Colleges and Universities will go back to being for the Rich TheRealNorth Jan 2023 #15

I think it's a terrible idea. Dumbing down of america continues. jimfields33 Jan 2023 #12

Having worked in a civil service job for 30+ years (feds) before I retired BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #17

Having worked in a federal health agency myself and as a supervisor BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #19

Yes of course, I wasn't thinking of the medical health field FakeNoose Jan 2023 #20

Thanks to computers BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #21