success with finding jobs

Subject: success with finding jobs
From: Steven Warren <Steven_Warren -at- USGROUP -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 16:54:14 -0400

At 03:41 PM 7/10/97 -0400, Melissa Anne Hess wrote:
>It is very difficult to find employment in technical communication in
>northwest ohio, especially without a degree (my perspective, not
necessarily >fact). Is it really easy to find TC positions without a
degree in other >parts of the U.S.?
Wayne wrote:>
Here in Silicon Valley you still run into lamebrained HR departments that
will overlook resumes if there isn't a college degree listed. Lamebrained
Pubs managers will probably do the same, but the smart ones know better.
When I was a Pubs manager, half my staff of 12 had degrees. There was no
obvious correlation between sheepskin and ability.

--Wayne

First of all, I take offense to lamebrained HR departments. There is a
reason HR departments follow this criteria.
Furthermore, to make such a broad generalization is astounding. Having a
college degree shows a prospective
employer that you have what it takes to see something through to the end.
This establishes your character to a
prospective employer. It proves you also have what it takes to stick out a
long project. College is a discipline and
should not be viewed as something negative.

Steven Warren
Sr. Technical Writer
Ultimate Software Group

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