A situation arose a few months back. Cannot label it as Right or Wrong. I need my readers views on this
One of my friend was called for an interview with a reputed company in UK, i would surely not disclose the name by ethics. For the fact that she was invited for the discussion itself proves that she is qualified for job as per specs. The discussion went quite well between them. After a few days my friend got an auto generated mail " we regret not to select you, as your professional degree is not adequate as per Job Requirement". This was a shock and surprise. Getting to Root of this problem, i investigated along with my friend and the reason that we got was " we only require Full Time MBA's" and that friend had done a PG course, few months have passed and that friend of mine got a better opportunity with a renowned company at Central London.
This entire episode makes me think that " does a professional degree takes an upper hand on practical experience"
In my opinion it differs from employer to employer. Few are in search of innovators and few prefer those who support the crowd. Professional degree will not matter to all those who are on the roads of innovation and are supporting cutting edge technology as they have equipped themselves to try new things everyday whereas a typical set organizations with a same line of business over ages will not want to deviate for a fact that they will be repeating the same stuff and to them a professional degree will matter as they do not want to experiment. Despite of this fact, Industry now a days are choosing such employees who are hands-on at their area of expertise rather than who have only read about fundamentals and never applied. Clearing the set of interviews theoretically does not prove ones ability to resolve the tough nut situation.
To clear the test of " applying your fundamentals" will reach its verdict if the decisions / stands taken are wise decision taking into account the critical behavior of situation and consequences rising because of that situation and avoiding them as well. I support the fact that your top most professional degree will not have any value if you fail to make wise decision in the worst of time. Your professional degree will surely help u form a strong base but will not help u any further if you do not apply them to situations and on the other side of table if you can put a wise solution across table with your experience, you would be a trusted advisory automatically. Weighing your experience as per facts and figures and putting it in right bucket will make your work experience count and then people will not bother about what professional degree you hold.
This is my my 2 Cents, would be happy if you can share yours too.
One of my friend was called for an interview with a reputed company in UK, i would surely not disclose the name by ethics. For the fact that she was invited for the discussion itself proves that she is qualified for job as per specs. The discussion went quite well between them. After a few days my friend got an auto generated mail " we regret not to select you, as your professional degree is not adequate as per Job Requirement". This was a shock and surprise. Getting to Root of this problem, i investigated along with my friend and the reason that we got was " we only require Full Time MBA's" and that friend had done a PG course, few months have passed and that friend of mine got a better opportunity with a renowned company at Central London.
This entire episode makes me think that " does a professional degree takes an upper hand on practical experience"
In my opinion it differs from employer to employer. Few are in search of innovators and few prefer those who support the crowd. Professional degree will not matter to all those who are on the roads of innovation and are supporting cutting edge technology as they have equipped themselves to try new things everyday whereas a typical set organizations with a same line of business over ages will not want to deviate for a fact that they will be repeating the same stuff and to them a professional degree will matter as they do not want to experiment. Despite of this fact, Industry now a days are choosing such employees who are hands-on at their area of expertise rather than who have only read about fundamentals and never applied. Clearing the set of interviews theoretically does not prove ones ability to resolve the tough nut situation.
To clear the test of " applying your fundamentals" will reach its verdict if the decisions / stands taken are wise decision taking into account the critical behavior of situation and consequences rising because of that situation and avoiding them as well. I support the fact that your top most professional degree will not have any value if you fail to make wise decision in the worst of time. Your professional degree will surely help u form a strong base but will not help u any further if you do not apply them to situations and on the other side of table if you can put a wise solution across table with your experience, you would be a trusted advisory automatically. Weighing your experience as per facts and figures and putting it in right bucket will make your work experience count and then people will not bother about what professional degree you hold.
This is my my 2 Cents, would be happy if you can share yours too.
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