Why am I having such a hard time finding a job with my Bachelor's Degree?

[Guest Nilsi]

On 29.3.2024 at 7:15 AM, Leo Gura said:

Degrees matter little to companies. Getting more degrees will not solve your problem. What you need is a good portfolio of work and demonstrate the kind of results you can deliver to employers.

This might be true for startups and small companies with an entrepreneurial spirit, but it becomes increasingly untrue as the company grows larger.

Big companies only care about degrees because they are the perfect standardized representation of competence (which, of course, they aren’t in reality, but that’s the premise).

The hiring process in big companies is completely streamlined and based on standardized criteria. All the HR department cares about is hitting their targets and keeping their job, so there is no incentive for them to think outside the box and meaningfully engage with the actual, unrepresented competence of the applicant.

[Guest Nilsi]

Just now, Nilsi said:

This might be true for startups and small companies with an entrepreneurial spirit, but it becomes increasingly untrue as the company grows larger.

Big companies only care about degrees because they are the perfect standardized representation of competence (which, of course, they aren’t in reality, but that’s the premise).

The hiring process in big companies is completely streamlined and based on standardized criteria. All the HR department cares about is hitting their targets and keeping their job, so there is no incentive for them to think outside the box and meaningfully engage with the actual, unrepresented competence of the applicant.

I personally know people working bullshit jobs in media, and they were all hired purely based on their degree.