education or experience??
84956
Both are important depending on a job.  It's best to have both, but if I had to choose...I'd pick education.  An educated person can always get experience.
1060206
depends on the type and size of the company but i have only been hired on my education and experience not anyone i knew.  knowing someone can make it easier to get your foot in the door though.
790749
"No experience" is enough to apply for a job - the question is do you have a realistic chance of being hired? I would say yes.\n\nA couple people mentioned college degress, but the thing they don't teach much in school (any - K-doctoral) but should spend about 80% of the time on is how to weasel your way in (or out) of something. In the real world, that is by far the most important skill - how much you learned or how accurately you can forecast pales in comparison. Other factors - who someone knows and more importantly who (dis)likes him/her and for what reasons, what (s)he believes and likes, etc. is a larger factor regarding not only whether a person is hired, but what type of position (s)he is given.\n\nI cannot really say without knowing exactly what your tasks involved, but IMO your experience did much more for you than a 4-year atmospheric science program where in the time they are not pulling their heads out of their asses, they are studying something other than weather analysis & forecasting. Yet during the time they spent doing that with their heads, you were taking orders from someone...still you spent some time doing something useful.\n\nProbably good to lie or embellish things on your resume in your favor, because my experience has been that if you tell the truth they will assume you are lying - so maybe they think the liars are telling the truth.\n\nAll things being equal, military experience will help your chances - unless it was for the Rebuplican Guard.
53308
Inexperience and immaturity.
641588
Depends on Qualifications.\n\nDOE - Depends on experience.
41584
I got a visual arts media degree. I started working as a customer support rep at a software company now i'm an instructional designer for a govenment contractor. My advice is to study anything you are really interested in studying and don't not do it becuase you think you're not going to get a great job. The job will come as soon as you find something you really love.
122610
Education requirements for WHAT?
639074
If you have experience to go with it, it's worth it. It's harder to get a job these days with just the certification and no experience but if you have both, then you are very marketable.
426603
I have a Bachelor degree and am going for my Masters after having taken a 3 year break.  For years I wondered if it had been worth the time and money I spent on college, since I was unable to find a job related to my field.  Now I realize that it was well worth it.  with regard to jobs, I made the mistake of not going for an internship while I was in school.  You're right, colleges don't prepare students for the job market.  On the other hand, although my brother has a better job than me even though he only has a G.E.D. (he's also much more ambitious than me), he has been unable to move up to the managerial position because he never went to college.  The college experience offers you a whole new way of looking at things...you can't get that view merely with experience.  As for the Ivy League schools, the name may make somewhat of a difference, but the education is not all that much better.  Another plus of going to college is that some careers require a degree and even if your career doesn't, you may change your mind later (like I did) and if you already have a Bachelors and your career requires a Masters you won't have to start from scratch.
832896
Experienced...YES, unless you were a horrible employee.\n\n:)\n\n==========================
181749
Its a whole lot like a business degree, it doesnt mean very much. The jobs where you would think it would count the most dont really care if you have one. Take police, for example. That job is experienced based, and tho it counts a bit (in that it will give you an edge over someone who doesnt have one) they need so many people that it wont matter in the long run and in the end the knowledge you get in the Academy is much more important than class-room learning. Keep in mind, any degree is good... very few people actually end up doing what they went to school for, and companies who care about college degrees generally do so becuase of what the degree SYMBOLIZES (perseverance, desire to learn, punctuality, etc.) much more than what that little peice of paper says. Hope this helps
1097666
better question yet: how do they expect university/ college graduates to have experience when no one wants fresh grads??!!!\n\nsolutions: i lied in my cv!!
916076
Yes, due to ignorance and lack of experience...
277361
It can go either way. I good place to start is looking into courses at your local community college. More education background is always a good thing.
622337
I'm not sure it helps with no experience.  I'm in the process of getting into an MBA program because I think at mid-career it will be a great deal of help.  Two small businesses I was involved in a few years ago both failed because we didn't see things we should have seen and I think an MBA would have allowed us to see what was coming and better prepare for it.
19634
Good question...The more and better education you get will help you get an entry-level job or a promotion.  However, most employers prefer experience.  Thus, I would say experience is more important, but education is very important to qualify for a job.  It also may be the reason why you get promoted when someone else does not.
752171
Experience is very important. If those are your only two choices, then I would go with the Bachelor's and experience. Another option, however, would be to get experience while you are obtaining your Master's degree. You might not be making as much money or you might have to work part time in order to continue your education, but in the end you will have the best of both worlds: you graduate degree AND experience.