:: My $0.02 in the USA if you apply at a company with more than
:: 50 people these days you will NOT get through HR without a
:: degree

I have a bee in my bonnet about this (I suppose the majority here would=20
have a bee in their hood), in my experience just because someone has a=20
degree doesn't necessarily mean they are a brilliant person when at the=20
coalface. Therefore depending on what the position is people with 'real=20
world' experience (that term is probably now copyrighted by Griffith=20
University here in Qld), can have as much or more knowledge than someone=20
just out of university.

Case in point.

Two years ago I worked for a small company that was an agent for high end=20
medical diagnostic equipment - my role was to install, repair, train and=20
troubleshoot hardware and software problems.  I went on all the company's=20
courses in California, got all their certificates and as the company was=20
only about 50-60 strong knew the directors and sales managers.

The company I worked for (a 3 man band) decided to shut up shop and the=20
owner became the sole representative of this company - with me now being=20
employed by this company to do exactly the same work covering the AUS,NZ,=20
Singapore and possibly Honk Kong region. What happened? The Sales Director=
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rang up to give me a phone interview and told me I wasn't acceptable=20
because I didn't have a US university degree, just a City and Guilds UK and=
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a Tafe Engineering here in Australia.

So suddenly, I wasn't good enough to do the job that I had been doing, and=
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they had certificated me for.

Strangely (to me) universities here often advertise jobs as - with degrees=
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of whatever discipline or equivalent knowledge or experience. Whic seems to=
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me to be the way to go. Judge each person on their actual merits not what=20
you perceive the persons merits to be.

Colin
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