Jack of all trades,but master of none.
By Riette
@Zorrogirl (1502)
South Africa
3 responses
@ag_abscruzmd (2283)
• United States
1 Apr 07
Hi! Welcome to myLot! I will discuss about hiring ability, okay? Well, I think more employers look into qualifications than on the actual skills because having an education may not only mean knowledge on certain things. Having to stay educated is one thing, and having not stayed in school could be another thing. For example, I'm a boss of a company. I have two applicants--a college graduate and a highschool graduate (who has let's say more skills than the previous one). I will still choose the college graduate because I would most probably be thinking that this person is "educated" in the sense that he stayed in school so the possibility of being truant or let's say disrespectful is less compared to the other one who hasn't stayed in school. Well, there's sometimes this stigma attached to these things, sad to say. There are many factors, too, like the way the educated one would present himself/herself, or the more possibility of abiding to company rules. Things like these could affect the ability to get hired. Again, just my opinion. Happy myLotting!
@Zorrogirl (1502)
• South Africa
2 Apr 07
i know that graduates know more on paper but the practice makes perfect rule is also a factor. my sister is a nurse with a honnors degree but private institutions tend to hire the diploma students as they had more experience. my sister spent 4 years at university but the diploma students do in hospital training. just an example. but the graduates get paid more for the same work.
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@sanglant (37)
• Canada
2 Apr 07
I think today there's a growing tendency that job is more and more specialized and broken down into bits and parts that require less and less skill. What I mean here is that jack of all trades are more and more less desirable than master of one because when an employer or company hire a employee, they want them to fit a particular position.This is more so in a more hierarchical company, especially if most of the work involved sophisticated machine/system. It's just the change in the nature of work ...
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@Zorrogirl (1502)
• South Africa
2 Apr 07
My husband have only completed grade 10 in highschool but he earns a much larger salary than his friends who has degrees. i have 2 degrees, one in computer science and then a bachelor in accounting but i struggle to match a quarter of my husbands salary. just because he has a wide field of experience. and even still people think he doesnt deserve it. he has been apointed manager last month purely out of good work reccord and success.
@darkness01 (1300)
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1 Apr 07
I tend to agree with you Zorrogirl. People should not just be judged on the qualifications they have and grades ona piece of paper they got x amount of years ago. People should be given the chance to prove they can succeed in areas they want to work in irrespective of qualifications and their history.
People can and will succeed without qualifications. One prime example of this is Sir Richard Branson. He built his global empire from selling records in his bedroom to owning Virgin, which is a massive business. Branson is estimated to have a personal wealth of over four billion pounds and, as far as im aware, he left school with no recognized qualifications.
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