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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I think startups are figuring how this out. Hiring on skill and not degrees. Then there is the sort of underground freelancer market. People getting paid for tasks.
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Ya,
My prospective could be very coloured by working the old fashioned way, I got a job with a fairly large employer (~5000 people North America Wide - 200 in Alberta) in my early 20s, still with them in my late 30s. I've advanced far enough that I am champing at the bit for more while there just isn't really more responsibility available to me at this time in Alberta without displacing people who just aren't leaving any time soon, yet I feel I am under qualified to find the same level of work elsewhere, let alone better work, because a huge reason I am at the level I am at is internal advancement.
I'm pretty knowledgeable and skilled within my field, but have never found a way to directly leverage skills into a paycheque, I've always applied those skills in the context of a salary I was already receiving. I can see how others who have made a career selling their skills could have a different experience with hiring.
Still think usually when I see degree required, the HR managers are using an ineffective filter because they have no other ideas about how to filter.