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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Job postings that require a degree, would you apply?
I am job searching and I noticed that most jobs these days require a degree. When I read the job description and duties, I've have all the experience, the only thing I am missing is a degree (which I am working towards).
Would you apply for a job that you feel you are qualified for, even though you don't meet the degree requirement?
Re: Job postings that require a degree, would you apply?
Honestly, I get a lot of people that do this but unfortunately they don't qualify without the degree so they're not even considered for the position.
ETA: If you are 1-2 semesters from finishing your degree at most, I would apply. If you're more than 2 semesters out from your degree, I'm not sure it would be worth it.
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This.
First of all I think it depends on your field.
Secondly I agree with the above poster, it doesn't hurt to apply but don't be disappointed if you don't hear back.
I'll give you two real life examples of my own and I'll try to keep it short. I'm in the scientific field and most of the jobs I look at require a PhD. And they mean it when they have a PhD down as a requirement and don't look at my resume if I applied to that job (I have a B.S.) even though I have ten years of experience and I've taught many of the post doctoral fellows that came through the lab so technically I am more qualified than many of the PhD's I have seen but I dont' have the letters after my name. Here is a real example, there was a job at a local biotech, my co-worker (also a good friend) who has a PhD and I both applied to because at the time we were both trying to get out of our current lab. She got it, I didn't hear back. And honestly, 2 years ago when she joined the lab after getting her PhD, she didn't know much of the techniques the lab was using, I taught her all. So moral of the story degree DOES here matter.
On the other hand, my husband is a computer engineer. He didn't finish his degree because "school was too easy and boring and he knew more than the teacher." I know, I know.. he should have sucked it up and finished so he could have the degree but he didn't. He has years of computer programming experience, he's applied to jobs that require a degree/masters even and even though he doesn't have a degree he's never been in a position where he DIDN"T get the job because of the degree. It has never been an issue for him honestly. That doesn't mean it won't be an issue in the future, but luckily it hasn't been an issue so far. He now is in the position where he interviews computer programmers the company is hiring, most with a computer science degrees from pretty well known universities and he is not impressed by many of them because according to him they're book smart but when it comes to actual programming he says they're not up to speed.
Sorry this turned out long, I just wanted to give you examples that I thought would be helpful. Short version: depends on your field.