ASK THE HEADHUNTER No college degree, no promotion?

[deanwebb]

No college degree, no promotion?

In the October 31, 2017 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a successful manager pays the price of working for an employer who values a college degree more than the employee’s proven abilities. Question I have a great job in a fantastic company. Well, it's fantastic except for HR. I am an information technology (IT) manager with approximately 25 years experience. I lead a fantastic team. I have been a manager for many years here, I love my job, have never had a performance issue and, in fact, my team scores as the highest-engaged in the organization. I write industry articles and

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[dlots]

This is one of the big reasons I left my last job.  I was the network guy everyone came to with their issues, but I was the lowest on the ladder because I don't have a degree (working on that now).  But I left for a better paying job. 

I had designed their multi-tenet data-center, DMVPN with VRFs out the ass, multi-tenet lab/WAN solution (With VRFs inside the VRFs).  Built the Alcatel Lucent MPLS config generator.  I documented the hell out of stuff even made videos about each individual peace of gear, their packet flow and why I did things the way I did.  (It was overly complex but SUPER awesome and easy for anyone who wasn't a network person)

[deanwebb]

Exactly. Stupid HR requirements are stupid, HR needs to figure that out and then ditch them.

... unless they *like* doing exit interviews of highly-skilled employees.