I really need help with this one
Patrick Pawling
Communications strategy and content marketing for tech, healthcare and financial services.
I'm starting to see more and more copywriting, proofing and editing jobs where the poster is requiring a master's degree. The way I read these job descriptions, it doesn't matter what the degree is in, the important thing is the piece of paper. It seems to be one of those "because I said so" things.
The last one I saw offered up to $25 an hour. It's an "entry level" position. Requiring a master's. There were more than 100 applicants.
I'm shaking my head.
Just to make sure I understand, this staffing shop seems to think that an unproven entry level candidate with a master's degree in .... anything ... would be a better candidate than somebody who only has a bachelor's but has, say, 15 years experience proving they know how to create persuasive words.
Is this one of those Sponge Bob opposite days?
I pinged a couple of the outfits asking for master's degrees. I really, really, would like to know the reasoning because apparently I'm missing something. No responses of course.
Yeah yeah, job posters have the right to ask for anything, so long as they aren't discriminating. But it seems to me they're ruling out truckloads of great people. They're hurting themselves, far as I can see.
Please help me. I'm mystified. Until I understand the reasoning, I refuse to embrace this madness.
Creator of the DC-based program That’s What I’m Talking About
2 个月Now that we got that out of the way, how are you doing? Long time no see, as they say in the cliche world?
Creator of the DC-based program That’s What I’m Talking About
2 个月God (if she does anyone exist help me), but I agree with you, Pat. Education can be marvelous preparation, but it can never replace real-life career lessons learned on the job. This is especially true with writing. When I was teaching News Reporting I and II at Glassboro State College (now Rowan University), I used to tell my students to drop or skip my class and find a weekly or small daily paper they could write for, even if they did it for free. Now I must go prepare for the Apocalypse. When I agree so strongly with you, it is a true sign that the End of Times is near.