High-Tech Teaching Options and Degree vs. Experience: Which Counts More? Columbia SC

Posted by : Molly Joss Career Advisorhed: High-tech teaching optionsdek: also, degree vs. experience: which counts more?by Molly Joss

Q: Do high-tech employers give any more weight to potential employees with an education from a non-profit school versus a for-profit school? Do employers really care if I have a degree as long as I have the experience and the knowledge?

A: I have never heard an employer express a preference for graduates from one kind of tech school or another-I'm not sure they know which schools fall into which category.

Many do, however, know the name of an accredited four-year college when they hear it, such as Cal Tech, MIT, and RIT. Would a four-year degree in IT be more impressive to them than a certification from The-School-on-the Mall PC Training School? In a word, yes.

However, if the kind of job you're trying to get involves a very focused IT skill such as programming or network maintenance, a four-year degree may exceed the employer's requirements or salary range. Match the education to the job requirements.

I know this sounds confusing, but here's the bottom line: For someone in their teens and early 20s who wants to look at IT as a career in which they will work various jobs over the course of decades, the broad foundation of a four-year degree in IT is the best bet all around.

As for whether employers care about degree versus experience, a degree is easier to quantify than experience, which is why many employers insist on an ...

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