Hello,
Do you know of any top organizations in India or globally that reject excellent candidates due to extended education? For example, someone taking 6 years to complete a 4-year Bachelor's in Engineering, etc.
Many thanks.
From India, Bangalore
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1Do you know of any top organizations in India or globally that reject excellent candidates due to extended education? For example, someone taking 6 years to complete a 4-year Bachelor's in Engineering, etc.
Many thanks.
From India, Bangalore
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Dear Bala,
What is the context of your query? The extended years to complete an academic course, for reasons that may be genuine or otherwise, erode the competitiveness of the job candidate. Once candidates are available who complete their education courses on time and also excel academically, why would any company consider the candidacy of a laggard? Therefore, there is no need to implement a specific policy regarding the recruitment of such individuals. They are naturally filtered out at an early stage.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
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What is the context of your query? The extended years to complete an academic course, for reasons that may be genuine or otherwise, erode the competitiveness of the job candidate. Once candidates are available who complete their education courses on time and also excel academically, why would any company consider the candidacy of a laggard? Therefore, there is no need to implement a specific policy regarding the recruitment of such individuals. They are naturally filtered out at an early stage.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
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Dear Dinesh,
Thanks for your thoughts. Context is that a friend has received a lucrative offer from a good brand and he's accepted the offer as well. However, he did not complete his Bachelor's within the period he was supposed to. But, he's eventually completed it. He's now nervous if this will go against him now - he's changed 3 organizations of repute in the past 11 years and none of those employers posted this as a challenge.
My view to him was similar to yours. But, I suppose he's over-thinking!
Best,
Bala
From India, Bangalore
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Thanks for your thoughts. Context is that a friend has received a lucrative offer from a good brand and he's accepted the offer as well. However, he did not complete his Bachelor's within the period he was supposed to. But, he's eventually completed it. He's now nervous if this will go against him now - he's changed 3 organizations of repute in the past 11 years and none of those employers posted this as a challenge.
My view to him was similar to yours. But, I suppose he's over-thinking!
Best,
Bala
From India, Bangalore
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In many organizations, for induction-level posts in the executive cadre (ET = Engineer Trainee/Executive Trainee), there is a requirement that there should be no break or second attempt in studies, but not so for higher-level posts.
Your friend has 11 years of experience in reputed companies. He would be considered for his experience and would be a lateral induction at the middle management level. Therefore, extended education may not make any difference unless there is a specific precondition laid down for this recruitment. Also, did his resume indicate the position, or was there any attempt to misguide?
From India, Mumbai
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Your friend has 11 years of experience in reputed companies. He would be considered for his experience and would be a lateral induction at the middle management level. Therefore, extended education may not make any difference unless there is a specific precondition laid down for this recruitment. Also, did his resume indicate the position, or was there any attempt to misguide?
From India, Mumbai
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Thanks for your insights.
He has close to 14 years of experience. So, you're right that he's nicely fitted himself into Middle Management at the moment.
As far as I'm aware, there were no preconditions laid down for this role. I checked with him. Neither did his resume indicate the position, nor has he done anything intentionally or unintentionally to misguide the prospective employer. Like I said before, multiple attempts never came up as a challenge from any of his previous employers.
Thanks again.
From India, Bangalore
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He has close to 14 years of experience. So, you're right that he's nicely fitted himself into Middle Management at the moment.
As far as I'm aware, there were no preconditions laid down for this role. I checked with him. Neither did his resume indicate the position, nor has he done anything intentionally or unintentionally to misguide the prospective employer. Like I said before, multiple attempts never came up as a challenge from any of his previous employers.
Thanks again.
From India, Bangalore
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Dear professional colleague,
If your friend did not face any challenges from any of their previous employers for multiple attempts, what has prompted you to raise this query?
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Vinayak Nagarkar
HR Consultant
From India, Mumbai
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If your friend did not face any challenges from any of their previous employers for multiple attempts, what has prompted you to raise this query?
Regards,
Vinayak Nagarkar
HR Consultant
From India, Mumbai
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Dear Friend,
Could you please tell me why a B.Tech course, which is meant to be completed in 4 years, took 6 years to finish? Was the delay due to the candidate's back papers or the university's late conduct of exams?
It is evident that candidates who take 6 years to complete a 4-year course are seen as academically poor and face rejection. Such candidates are not typically considered excellent, leading to their applications being rejected by good companies during the screening process for initial employment. However, for positions requiring experience, candidates are mostly chosen based on their expertise in the work field.
During interviews, the panelists usually consider a ratio of 1:2 or 1:3, where priority is given to academic background, institution reputation, experience, and knowledge.
I hope this clarifies the importance of timely completion of academic courses.
From India, Mumbai
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Could you please tell me why a B.Tech course, which is meant to be completed in 4 years, took 6 years to finish? Was the delay due to the candidate's back papers or the university's late conduct of exams?
It is evident that candidates who take 6 years to complete a 4-year course are seen as academically poor and face rejection. Such candidates are not typically considered excellent, leading to their applications being rejected by good companies during the screening process for initial employment. However, for positions requiring experience, candidates are mostly chosen based on their expertise in the work field.
During interviews, the panelists usually consider a ratio of 1:2 or 1:3, where priority is given to academic background, institution reputation, experience, and knowledge.
I hope this clarifies the importance of timely completion of academic courses.
From India, Mumbai
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The mushroom growth of the number of educational institutions across the country is due to the irrefutable fact of education becoming a lucrative business, the gradual apathy of the successive governments in promoting public education, the strong impression in the public mindset that education is a great source of paid employment, and the rapid growth of the service sector in the wake of globalization and privatization. These factors have created a supply-dominant employment market. Therefore, effective screening of the vast number of competing job applicants must be devised by introducing parameters such as consistency of certain grades from the higher secondary level and acquisition of academic degrees through formal education only. However, these parameters are strictly adopted only for entry-level jobs. For positions requiring experience, the richness of the candidate's experience and their potential to fulfill the employer's expectations play a vital role in the selection process.
From India, Salem
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From India, Salem
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Dear colleague,
In my view, it is the quality and relevance of past experience to the deliverables in the new job that should weigh more than the number of attempts to complete the education. In the case of freshers, it is potential that should matter, and the number of attempts should not be allowed to cloud our judgment.
Regards, Vinayak Nagarkar HR Consultant
From India, Mumbai
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In my view, it is the quality and relevance of past experience to the deliverables in the new job that should weigh more than the number of attempts to complete the education. In the case of freshers, it is potential that should matter, and the number of attempts should not be allowed to cloud our judgment.
Regards, Vinayak Nagarkar HR Consultant
From India, Mumbai
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