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I have a business degree from Cornell but I find very few hiring managers really care where I went to school. I would like to believe that having a University Degree from an Ivy League College with a 4.0 GPA would make a difference to companies because it showed that I am highly intelligent and mixed it up with the most brillant minds in America. But I think most hiring managers are not impressed and instead think less of me.
I have a business degree from Cornell but I find very few hiring managers really care where I went to school. I would like to believe that having a University Degree from an Ivy League College with a 4.0 GPA would make a difference to companies because it showed that I am highly intelligent and mixed it up with the most brillant minds in America. But I think most hiring managers are not impressed and instead think less of me.
How do you know they care less of you? Have they told you that?
College name, grades, majors are unimportant in the real world. Many don't even know the name of the school you went to unless its a big name school.
What counts in the working world is your experience, not your degree or anything else, just the amount of experience you have.
I think the degree matters in the beginning, after you initially graduate. But, as time goes on, the degree IMO, becomes less important. If you went to a well known, highly-reputable school, OTOH, I think it does shed some positive light on you. Like if you went to Harvard, most people would say, "Wow, that's quite an accomplishment," and they would think, "This guy must be pretty smart". It certainly wouldn't hurt you, at least I wouldn't think.
I think the degree matters in the beginning, after you initially graduate. But, as time goes on, the degree IMO, becomes less important. If you went to a well known, highly-reputable school, OTOH, I think it does shed some positive light on you. Like if you went to Harvard, most people would say, "Wow, that's quite an accomplishment," and they would think, "This guy must be pretty smart". It certainly wouldn't hurt you, at least I wouldn't think.
IME, the GPA nor the school I went to, nor the degree I had have had any impact on me getting a job. Maybe its just me, who knows.
Depends what the employer is looking for. To some it matters, to others it doesn't. Is this person going to be just another cog in the machine or are they looking for something more? Are they looking for someone they may want to promote up the ladder or maybe they don't care about that.
Take an extreme example. Someone who had a good GPA from Wharton. They can probably go work for McKinsey where anyone else probably couldn't get in the door. But to a midsize or small company, that may be overkill.
Depends what the employer is looking for. To some it matters, to others it doesn't. Is this person going to be just another cog in the machine or are they looking for something more? Are they looking for someone they may want to promote up the ladder or maybe they don't care about that.
Take an extreme example. Someone who had a good GPA from Wharton. They can probably go work for McKinsey where anyone else probably couldn't get in the door. But to a midsize or small company, that may be overkill.
I went to the number one eater fashion school in the country. I would say in my industry it helps your resume get to the top of the pile but not necessarily the job.
I work for a large retailer and within my row of cubicles we have a person from Cornell, UPenn and another ny fashion school.
An ivy leg degree can't hurt.
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