<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span><a href="http://www.devbistro.com/"><br></a></span></div><div><span><a href="http://www.devbistro.com/">http://www.devbistro.com/</a></span></div><div> <br>Matti and all this is a tech site for jobs<br><br></div><div style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;"><font size="3">Rob Wilcox<br></font></div><div class="yui_3_2_0_2_132512339923943" style="font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0, 0, 127);font-style:italic;background-color:rgb(96, 191, 0);"><font class="yui_3_2_0_2_132116762637343 yui_3_2_0_2_132512339923952" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);" size="4"><span></span><font style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="3"><span></span></font></font></div><div><br></div><div class="yui_3_2_0_2_132512339923949"
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [SGVLUG] jobs jobs jobs<br> </font> </div> <br>
<meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id="yiv2132459998"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt;"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>So we had a great question last night</div><br><div>What about a Degree?? ( Bachelors of Arts/Science, etc.. )</div><div>( I will paraphrase Todd CC from the last presentation he did for sgvlug,</div><div>and add my own perception.. please feel free to chime in ;)</div>
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<div>Honestly, the MOST important is having:</div><div>1) The knowledge/skills and experience.</div><div>2) Being able to show the above.</div><div>3) Being able to work well with others with a positive lets get it done attitude.</div><div>[ did I miss anything? ]</div><div><br></div><div>3 - Is very important. ( anyone got a list of what they look for here? )<br></div><div><br></div><div>That stated, SOME places follow rules which can cause challenges</div><div>to HR/hiring managers.<br></div><div><br></div><div>IF a job post has listed as REQUIRED skills/degrees the candidate HAS <br></div><div>to have those, IF NOT and they want to hire someone without those</div><div>skills they have to resubmit the job position with the missing skills placed</div><div>into the "NICE to have" section AND interview more people. (i.e. take <br></div><div>more time )<br></div><div><br></div><div>I believe this is typically the case with larger companies.</div><br>I
suspect having a formal education and degree will continue to be<br>highly valued at many companies in the future.. <br><br>OH! and one recruiter I spoke to said the tech industry has about<br>a 3% unemployment. SO, if you are not planning to get a BA/BS<br>you probably still have a good chance at getting employment <br>IF you can show strengths with 1, 2, 3 AND look at companies<br>which are flexible about the any degree requirements.<br>( note, you may get paid less in some cases )<br><br>thanks<br>matti<br><br></div></div></div><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>