College Degrees helping get Hired but not Advance

A new survey by Glassdoor.com shows that most college graduates, 82%, think their degree helped them get hired, but nearly half, 48%, say it won’t help them advance. Rusty Rueff is career and workplace expert with Glassdoor. He says that on the job experience and more specialized education are key. “74% of employees say that their employers value work experience and related skills more than education when evaluating job candidates or when thinking about how to move people ahead.” More value is being placed on special skills, adds Rueff. “What we found is that actually more value is being found in specialized training and skills development rather than on traditional education and particularly more so than on a specific degree.” A four-year college degree simply doesn’t meet all the requirements anymore, concludes Rueff. “Most employees are saying, I know I had to have this college degree to get my job but once I got my job there is a lot more that I need to be able to get ahead and that college degree, it doesn’t satisfy all the requirements.” Among employees who believe that they must do something in order to advance their career and earn a bigger paycheck, more believe that it would be important to learn new skills or receive special training that to actually receive some extra graduate degree or a different four-year degree. Read the complete survey at www.Glassdoor.com.