Sentences with phrase «careers than their degrees»

Even graduates themselves have found that skills are more valuable to their careers than their degrees.

On average, school leaver programmes are more focused on training you up for a specific career than degree programmes.

Not exact matches

Fifty - six - year - old Amie Crawford, who graduated with an associate's degree in interior design from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and had a successful 30 - year career as an interior designer, never thought she'd be in a job where the average take - home pay was less than a fifth of what she had made before.

Our Bachelor of Commerce degree offers you more than just classroom learning; you'll have the unique privilege of connecting to the business community through our Mentorship program, a Career Centre that helps you to polish your resume, practice for interviews and find jobs suited to your specialization, and a Co-Op program that gives you the opportunity to «earn while you learn», gain business experience, develop a network of contacts and have a better understanding of careers in your field.

Fogel adds that for Millennials, a career in sales comes with the stereotype that it's not actually much of a career — «anyone can do it or you're born to it,» Fogel says, implying that this generation — which collectively has more college degrees than any other generation — doesn't believe sales positions are worthy of their four - year higher education.

The successful applicant will have: • Bachelor's Degree (completed no more than three years ago) in the disciplines of: o Viticulture and Oenology; or o Wine Science; or o Wine Growing; • Australian work rights; • Demonstrate motivation to further develop your knowledge and skills in Winemaking; • Strong desire to pursue a career in a leading premium global wine business; • Have a true passion for wine; and • Have an innovative mindset and a convivial spirit.

I absolutely believe in equality and when I finish my degree and start work, it will be his turn to decide what he wants to do for a future career, and I am quite positive that he will be more than happy to pack me a lunch while I go off to work to hopefully support his dreams!!!

Early career indecisiveness induced me to choose for a broad biological sciences degree at Oxford, rather than a more specialised degree elsewhere — one of the most worthwhile moments of dithering I have ever had.

«I learned more skills here to better my career than I would have in my entire graduate degree otherwise.»

These differences are not small; over the course of a career, a graduate with a physics degree can expect to earn an average of about $ 1532 a month more than a graduate with a biology degree.

In fact, according to the report from the academies» National Research Council, there's no good evidence that students are any more likely to graduate from college with a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) degree or pursue a scientific career if they attend a specialty science and math school than a regular school.

If you have a PhD or a master's degree and you have sales experience, your career path will broaden more than you can imagine.

«The average debt for graduate students has more than quadrupled since 1989, which is a problem since the fastest growing careers for the coming years require these degrees,» said SeekingArrangement.com's CEO and Founder, Brandon Wade.

As recently as 1998, the federal VE law continued to define it as preparation for careers «other than careers requiring a baccalaureate, master's, or doctoral degree.»

One study found that career academy students from a large district who entered a local university were more likely to complete their bachelor's degrees than other students from that district.

They know all the right answers; when you ask them if they want to go to college, they say yes, and when you ask them what they want to be, more often than not, they know to provide career choice that is dependent on a college degree.

Even when a recent graduate has trouble landing a good job right after collecting his degrees, he can expect to earn as much as a million dollars more over the course of his career than someone whose education ended with a high school diploma.

On the current salary schedule, a starting teacher who expects to hold nothing more than a bachelor's degree throughout her career will receive earnings over 30 years worth $ 620,000 in present value terms, discounting at a 5 percent rate.

98, Ed.D.» 05, was awarded with the Early Career Award, an award established to honor an individual in the early stages of his or her career, no later than 10 years after receipt of the doctoral degree, engaged in study in any field of educational inquiry.

Whether or not girls in single - sex schools are more likely to pursue science degrees or political careers, whether or not boys in single - sex schools are more likely to write poetry or pay attention in class, single - sex schools can allow educators to address the particular interests, strengths, learning styles, and developmental stages of a single sex while allowing boys and girls to concentrate on something other than the opposite sex — at least for a few brief hours each day.

We found that black educators are promoted and earn their master's degrees much later in their career than white educators.

Women — who make up more than half the teaching workforce in middle and high schools — hold fewer than 15 % of all undergraduate engineering degrees [iv] and are choosing STEM majors and careers in decreasing numbers [v].

Recruiting the most highly experienced teachers into administration as a final step in a long career (rather than 20 somethings with 2 yrs teaching and an 18 month degree in educational leadership) might way to enhance continuity in a school district, and help the very real administrative shortages.

With Lomax at the helm, UNCF has raised more than $ 2.5 billion and helped more than 92,000 students earn college degrees and launch careers.

Jones also spoke to GoodeReader about the possible reasons why digital textbooks have seen a greater adoption at the higher education level than in the public schools, namely that in those arenas that students are accustomed to paying for content, as well as the fact that they see the means to an end in this kind of investment towards their degrees and ultimately their careers.

If your career of choice is only possible with an undergraduate or graduate degree, it may be better to charge small amounts of your tuition onto your credit card rather than drop out of school.

It is now more important than ever for prospective college students and their families to consider themselves «consumers» of higher education and analyze carefully their investments in college degrees and credentials by assessing their financial outlays against up - to - date occupational earnings data and managing student - loan debt in the context of other life goals, such as the prospects of home ownership, career breaks for child - rearing, or an early retirement.

In most cases, a career in this field requires more than a Bachelor's degree.

Thus a career in equine veterinary medicine is financially more beneficial to females than males, compared to a career following a BS degree.

I dropped out of no fewer than six degrees and six occupations — including four years pursuing a management career in warehouse retail — while I tried to figure out what I wanted to do.

He has a degree in mining engineering in the field of fuel and energy, from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, and his career of more than 20 years has always been closely tied to energy, managing and implementing projects in thermal power plants, combined cycle plants and liquefied natural gas re-gasification plants, several of which as part of the SENER Group.

Seems to me in hindsight that some prominent properties of current sceptics include — worked many years evaluating technical reports, commonly to approve or reject budget requests from others — many from industry or military rather than academia — careers that promote you for delivering the goods, like making profit — worked in positions requiring accountability — often with a degree in humanities as well as science / engineering, allowing interest in social conduct — education more often degrees short of PhD — old enough to have gained some wisdom — realistic about the horror of climategate and its whitewashes — appreciative of the rigour and good spirit of Climate Audit

- Go off into fervent belief in pseudoscience - Are sure they know more than top - notch scientists who spend their lives doing this, although they themselves do not - Pontificate in OpEds, letters to editors, white papers, websites, E&E... but not peer - reviewed science journals - but have reasonable technical backgrounds - and so should be able to study and learn the science - and ought to know better - and isn't one of those scientists at end of career going off the rails into a field outside their own - and in this case, a reference to Stanford EE degree

More often than not, the decision to earn a law degree is the result of careful consideration about one's future, but that does not necessarily mean a definitive career path awaits law school graduates.

Armed with my law degree at the beginning of my career, I found myself, more by accident than design, working as a legal editor at Sweet and Maxwell in London; I was fortunate indeed.

Specialties and symbiotic careers, such as nurse anesthetists and pharmaceutical sales, may generate much higher incomes than general master's degrees.

The smartest thing you can do at uni - other than getting your degree, of course - is to prepare for your future career.

It's not uncommon for recent graduates to take their gap year post-study in an effort to remedy this situation — something which The Telegraph is calling a «career crisis,» as the moment of unemployment is prolonged as graduates «opt for a «quick - fix» job or spend time travelling,» rather than seeking out employment based on their degree.

Studies consistently show that college graduates receive higher pay, more advanced level jobs and a greater degree of career mobility than their high - school education only counterparts.

If you are graduating with a degree in arts or humanities, it's likely that you chose your subject for its own sake rather than as a means to an end or with a view to going into a particular career.

This means that although your postgraduate degree alone might not land you your dream job straight away — it can certainly set the groundwork for you to go further in your career than you could without one.

It's possible to get into a career in investment banking or investment management with any degree subject, though this is easier with some employers than others.

Though some employers place a higher value on education than others, possessing a degree or certificate will undoubtedly open more doors for a restaurant management career.

Keep up the momentum, albeit to a lesser degree than during a career transition, as you never want to slide from recognition.

The education requirements for this career vary and often depend on applicants» skill sets with regard to computers, programs, and hardware, rather than on the specific degrees that he or she can list on a resume.

If you're looking at a career in medical sales, it's likely you've gotten a science degree, or at least achieved a minor in science and studied the area more than the minimum amount needed to graduate.

The main reason is that career advancement for bachelor degree holders is better than that of the others as they are trained in soft skills like leadership, critical thinking and communication plus a long duration of clinical experience.

You'll more than likely need a bachelor's degree from an accredited program to get started as a civilian in this career field.

With more than 140 degrees to choose from, UA Little Rock offers its students the opportunity to learn from top - ranked faculty and provides invaluable internship opportunities in several in - demand career fields.

You now have a tool in your career toolkit which allows you to formulate a very ambitious job search plan, so you can leap forward faster than your colleagues without this prestigious degree.