On Feb 1, 2008 6:06 PM, Kevin Brown wrote: > The presence of a degree is useful for HR departments to use as a filter > to screen people quickly. Most of the time they don't set the > requirements, just filter for them and the appropriate keywords to find > candidates to fill a job. The presence of a college degree is just the > newest filter because so many people are now getting them instead of > entering the work force straight out of high school. Also the Net has > made it easier to flood HR systems with resumes and job applications and > they only have so many hours in a day to screen them. Don't even get me started on HR ;-P -- Kristian Erik Hermansen "Know something about everything and everything about something." --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss