Darbees Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Chief moderator??He'd have to go opposite and tell them he hasn't got any qualifications whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Not really. Without the degree my career path would have been something like: Fair point. I didn't know exactly what you did for a living so, yeah, you did the degree relevant to your Job. In majority of cases, people end up doing Job irrelevant to the degree that was studied. It is these cases, people who don't have a degree do have 2-4 years head start. I wasn't meant to say you in particular. I do have lots of good memories from uni though. I almost wrote "...degrees aren't worth it other than making friends at uni." in a prior post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Macbeth Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 In most professions/sectors there is however a ceiling for non-graduates. You may have got to where you are now through coming up through the ranks, however, how much further could you go? As we now have nearly 50% of school leavers entering Higher Education, a degree if not a post-grad qualification is becoming a pre-requisite for virtually any job. I agree about the ceiling. In my last full time job, I was the only non-graduate at my grade in the department, and although I could have possibly made one more step up the ladder, my lack of formal qualifications wouldn't have helped. I decided to retire instead. If my kids were young enough to be going into HE, I'd be hoping they would do something that would lead to jobs when they qualify. I have 2 nephews in the police, and my youngest nephew has just gone to Uni to do criminology and psychology. Guess what he wants to be.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyacademic Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 What really annoyed me was a spam email I received the day I passed my PhD viva after nearly 7 years of research and writing up... "Get a pHd [sic] in three weeks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbees Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 What really annoyed me was a spam email I received the day I passed my PhD viva after nearly 7 years of research and writing up... "Get a pHd [sic] in three weeks" I can well imagine it would to find you'd just wasted 7 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smack Jack Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 I reckon a degree is only worthwhile if it is a prerequisite to obtaining your ideal job (Eg. Marketing). Taking one without a firm aim is a waste of time and money as greater career advancement is to be had in gainful employment. Degree courses and the trappings are great fun usually but definitely an expensive waste of time. Mine has proved a hinderance - shutting many doors to me as I was deemed overqualified. I'm not even sure that my current employers know that I have one. Perhaps I'd best watch out - I hear in some companies theres something of a Socialist Revolution at the minute and only those at the grass roots of the business are safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 I'd rather have a degree that I'd earned, regardless of the cost, than be a liar and a fraud. Simple, really. Anyone considering either purchasing their degree or purchasing the work they're supposed to do for their real degree (equally easy to do online) may well 'get away' with it, but they'll have to live with the knowledge that they're actually quite dubious human beings. I concur with this view Jessica23. We shelled a lot out so that our daughter wouldn't have an overdraft and I don't regret a penny. We were so proud of her on graduation day, a good degree, with hard work behind it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farslad Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 I know someone who studied at one of the Sheffield universities, failed his degree, then applied for a job at the same university stating on his application form that he had passed the degree, and then got the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eater Sundae Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 I know someone who studied at one of the Sheffield universities, failed his degree, then applied for a job at the same university stating on his application form that he had passed the degree, and then got the job. Maybe not for long if the Personnel Depts read SF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farslad Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Maybe not for long if the Personnel Depts read SF. I don't for a second think they would put in place an exercise for every memeber of staff at the university to prove their credentials. It would be far too big of an exercise. Besides, this was a few years back, he no longer works there. I assume he is still claiming to have a degree on his job applications minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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