does school someone graduated from matter in the workplace?

[edro]

they likely had smarter people matriculate to begin with.

Exactly. The school doesn't matter as much as the people going to the school.

 

[Stuxnet]

FWIW, I don't consider a person's education unless I'm hiring for a junior level position (since you're likely to have little experience and there's not much else to go on other than your course load / grades).

Now, if you have a degree from University of Phoenix, Capella University, or worse, DeVry, please leave me alone. I've yet to meet a DeVry graduate who isn't an unqualified yet arrogant jackass.

I'm far more interested in your recent (past 5 years) work experience and length of work experience (5 - 10 years). Bonus points if your resume isn't 8 pages long (I'm not exaggerating) because you have to tell me every little detail about every single project you've ever touched and if it's in readable English.

 

[DrPizza]

It depends on the career. For some occupations, no one cares too much about which school you graduated from. If someone is applying for a teaching job, the difference between a state school (NY state, at least; not all states really have great schools) and MIT is meaningless.

Nonetheless, that still doesn't mean the particular school can't have some influence. I'm aware of one school where the graduates are more or less black balled by many employers in that field. The sad thing is, I don't think the current students, graduates, and school have quite figured out what's going on yet. All it took was a few graduates to prove themselves incompetent in their field and no one wants to waste time with graduates from that school - at least not while there are plenty of people applying for jobs in that field.

 

[xanis]

In my experience, no. Being good at your job is worth a hell of a lot more than the name on your piece of paper.

 

[Ns1]

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