Oh you have a bachelors degree?
So here is my frustration. I work in a field that requires a person to actually know what they are looking at, in the field. I am an occupational health and safety specialist. There is a lot to being a good safety pro. Your have to be familiar with government regulations, you have to be able to develop training programs so that employees understand those regulations and how they effect them, and then you have to deliver said training materials in an effective manner. Being familiar with human behavior is also very important. All these things you can gain in school in pursuit of a degree. But what you CAN'T gain from the pursuit of a degree is the ability to identify not only physical hazards in the field but being able to identify those human behaviors that put people at risk IN THE FIELD. This is the most important part of an effective safety program. All the training, regulations and "what a book says about how people behave" mean nothing in the occupational health and safety world unless you can put everything into practice IN THE FIELD, and know what you're looking at. That can only come from experience. So tell me why, then, is someone with a bachelors degree in BUSINESS, fresh out of school having only their internship as work experience (unless they tended bar or worked at walmart through school) a more qualified candidate than someone with 14+ years experience in the health and safety industry? I have been searching for new employment for 2 months now and only had 1 interview (with a company full of those who possess little to no experience yet have a degree) which I was turned down in favor of one of those no experience, degreed young people. This happens in every industry in this day and age yet is particularly prevalent in the health and safety business. And then these companies wonder why they are still hurting and in some cases killing employees. It is very frustrating knowing that a companies health and safety program could be much improved if they added some people with experience and stopped focusing on people with a degree and little to no work experience. To me it would appear that these companies care more about being able to say that all their safety pros have a college degree than they do actual worker safety. Especially when all of these things they learned, in the way of occupational health and safety, while obtaining their degree, can be learned through experience in actually performing the job. End Rant
You are so correct. I've been a RN for 20 years and with tons of experience from inpatient, outpatient, home health care, case management, special procedures in the radiology department, several agencies, ltac, school nurse, need I say more. I've been looking for a job since September of last year and I just don't understand what's really going on. Maybe because I'm a 20 year vet, cougar or to dang old to them, but seems to me they want the younger new grads who they think have more energy and they more than likely don't want to compensate for my years of experience. Smh, well I can truly say I have put in alot of hard work and dedication throughout my career and I miss it. But it is what it is #oneofthebestnursesintheworld
I think companies should hired with either experience or has a degree. Both people can learn from each other and help grow the department. T
Hmm, it's been my experience that employers care more about experience than a degree. In fact, a friend in the Navy once told me degrees are overrated for that very reason. My mom doesn't have a degree and became a top executive. Her company got sold out and now she is the CEO of her own company with a few employees. I think it depends on what fields got are in and your location. Obviously if the field is over saturated you are going to have difficulties. And if you are in a location where you have to "know someone" (which I don't think is right) then you will have difficulties as well.