On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Kevin Jensen <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a quick question. For those that hire, how important is the > institution that a prospective employee received his or her degree? By that > I mean does an applicant that received a BS from the University of Utah > seem more desirable than someone who received their degree from University > of Phoenix? > > > I have done some hiring and the worst candidates I had were graduates from the University of Phoenix. I don't want to say that everyone that goes there can't program but that is my experience. I asked two questions to a couple of candidates. I asked them to write a select statement from a table to get all data from the table. I also asked them to write a loop statement. I am not sure why I asked them to do this because I don't normally but the candidates I asked this were unable to do it. I got the feeling that for profit colleges were more interested in passing someone than teaching them. If you are looking for where to go personally then I agree with what has already been said. Work experience trumps school names. When I went to school some students were getting a BS because their work required it to advance in the company. If that is the case then just look at the cost of the school compared with the time to graduate and the expected salary bump. _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
