Which of them is necessary to get a job? Education or Experience?

Question

Although i m of d opinion f experience,
I still want 2 knw wat ppl think?

Answer 1

It really depends on the job. To get hired in a fast food restaurant you really don't need either, because most of their jobs are considered entry level, meaning no training or experience is required. You can get a job as a mechanic at just about any shop as long as you have the experience without much education. And finally if you are looking to get into a management position a degree is a must. So as I said it depends on the job.

Answer 2

Please do not listen to these "combined" or "both" answers because they are ridiculous. If you want to be a doctor, you will need education before you can get experience. If you get a job selling cars, become successful, and get a more profitable job in sales due to your natural abilities, experience becomes more important than education. It's a matter of entrance requirements, and it is rather simple: will they hire you without an education? If they will, you can work, gain experience, and if that experience also proves that you can do a good job, then the education is not necessary. However, you will never become a doctor, lawyer, teacher, politician, and numerous other jobs without a diploma of some kind. Furthermore, computer-based career opportunities require education. Mechanics need training. Do you see my point? You need a skill, and most skills need to be certified through education. However, if you can get the job without an education and you are highly successful, your experience will speak volumes. Hope that helps.

Answer 3

I believe the most important is education. Because u can work at a job for ten years and have all the experience in the world but that does not mean that you will get ahead. With education on the other hand you can start that same job making more money then the person that been there ten years just because u got that degree.

Answer 4

For entry level positions, you just need a little experience and a desire to work that you can communicate to an employer.

For professional prositions, you need both, or a 3.0 or better GPA from a good university. "Green Grads" can find a job if they're willing to compromise a little on the front end of their career to get what they want on the back end. Just remember that there is no such thing as "entry level management". Also remember that there is a vast difference between the theory you learn in school and the reality, or practice, of business.

Ideally, you should find a job that will allow you to grow as you get your educational qualifications. Look for rotational programs, or programs designed to make you a specialist in a niche filed.

Answer 5

Both are critical.

It all depends on the type of job you are after. Some large corporations have graudate trainee positions where you can work with a fancy degree without much years of experience and gradually move through corporate ladder.

On the other hand, you can move upwards in the corporation by your results and experience. This is particularly true with Sales. Some CEOs started out as sales people. They eventually became best sales person, then sales manager than the CEO.

Best scenario is having both experience and education. But you can say which one is more important. They are both important in different ways.

Answer 6

Exactly my point! I know ppl that have years of experience but lack the education. I also know of ppl that have gone to college and can't get jobs in their fields because they have no experience in that field. So there is no winning. My wife for example, has her certification in travel, but because she studied and graduated, she cannot be hired without experience. If I were a company or an employer, I would hire the person with experience and later send them to college to get the education. Because someone straight out of school would not have the experience only education, no hands on. So to answer the question, experience over education, then send them to school.

Answer 7

Has to be education. Education will stand no matter what job you apply for, whereas experience limits you to obaining a job in a certain field. Sometimes you can't get a job if you dont have the experience, but how are you supposed to get the experience if you have never done the job?

Answer 8

Education oftentimes counts more than experience because the educational process exposes one to professional and cultural skills that one does not learn usually in the relative isolation and limited exposure to multiple perspectives that experience alone provides.

Answer 9

Both together. A senior person without qualifications will be under someone not as experiencec but who has the credentials. Someone with just education will have to start at the bottom and move up. But they will move up quicker.

Answer 10

you need them both but basically you need an education