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Higher Degree |
| Message Name: |
Does subject matter? |
| Date Posted: |
04/10/2001 |
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I don't know all about what's involved in what you do, yet in general, I believe the options increase when trying to be promoted to management. I even saw an HR Director's notes today marking if current employees who were interested in growth towards the management and upper-management level "had even thought about what they'd want to do next" "had a masters" or "working on a masters" or "planning to begin graduate study in a few years after more experience". Interesting, huh? It does effect it, but there are cases where a CEO even make it there and don't have the education titles. Then the other company employees/namely the other Officers along with HR all work to get him an accelerated degree or even honorary degrees. In other words, he/she may not have it, but the importance is there with the "too bad he/she doesn't or too bad I don't have it". The only downfall I can predict is the (hopefully this is rare) chance that you are overqualified. My engineer uncle w/ Ph D has been denied jobs for being overqualified (mainly I think they look at "can we afford to pay him/her the fair salary with his/her background?"). |
| Message: |
Thank you for you input. Does it matter what the masters is in? Obiviously, I would think marketing would be the greatest help, but I took very few business classes in college. I was thinking of getting my Masters in Communications. I know many upper management people have MBA's, but I'm not sure that I could even get into the top business schools with my backgroud.
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