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From: "Alan B. Pearce"
> When I moved to the UK I went looking at positions and found I was being
> discriminated against because I did not have a degree. So I changed my
tack
> and emphasised the time I had been working in the industry, and the
breadth
> of experience I had from that. This allowed me to demonstrate my
experience
> and beat applicants that had masters degrees.

I totally agree, in the UK its difficult to get a job in engineering, or IT
which is the area I work in. I got so frustrated that I was being turned
away without even an interview because I didn't have a degree that I pretty
much had to say "look, I'll proove it to you- I'll work for you for a week
to demonstrate my experience" becuase I don't think the qualifications I
have on paper do me justice. The number of people coming out on university
with degrees in IT, who couldn't even use a computer without a mouse is
amazing.

I never thought of it as discrimination, more a mis conception about what a
degree really means, but in the end it really has the same result.

Jon Baker

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