Originally Posted by johnnysnow

Maybe my post was directed at the wrong person. If that's the case than my sincere apologies. However, I don't think that anyone on here has inferred that someone without a degree is any less of a person or is not as smart. If they have, than there an idiot. That being said, anyone who thinks being college educated is not important in this line of work is dead wrong.

Whether your credential obsessed or attended college out of a sincere effort to grow as a person, there is no arguing with the fact that it benefits your career. The perception among employers is that college is important. Now, whether that's true or not (and I believe it is) does not really matter. As some wise person said in a previous post "Don't hate the player, hate the game." The fact is you wont go as far without it. Are there going to be exceptions, yes. But does anyone really want to take a chance on being an exception? Don't fool yourselves people. College gives you a competitive edge, plain and simple.



To answer your question yes an no. Respect should never be given unless it's earned, regardless of what you have accomplished.

Credit should be given for what you have accomplished, including college or any other endeavor. College just happens to be weighted more than other things. Employers are not stupid. They just didn't wake up one day and decide that a college diploma is a requirement. Decades of positive results from hiring college grads reinforces there perspective. Good luck changing that paradigm.

As for preferential hiring, yes. Is this fair, not necessarily. But employers use preferential hiring because it works. If it didn't, they would not use it. Listen were not interviewing for a CEO job, where we get to explain every little aspect of every little experience to communicate how we are the best person for the job. We are labor. And when hiring labor you have to use the shotgun method. Question is what do you shoot at in order to hit as many acceptable targets?

Maybe this requirement will go away, but it's safe to say that as it does so will the quality of pay. Were already starting to see that at the regionals. If I can't find someone to pay me what I'm worth, than I'll go do something else and find someone who will. But at least I'll have more options because I went to college. Rant over.