The Unpopular Truth About Student Loans and Your Career
Lindsay Mustain spent 10 years getting her degree at night for zero additional dollars in pay. Here is the uncomfortable truth about education versus experience and what actually gets professionals hired.
The Unpopular Truth About Student Loans and Your Career
Unpopular opinion about student loans.
I wish someone had sat me down and told me the financial impact of student loans and the true benefit of college education.
The lie we've been taught is that the only way to get a good job is to go to college (and likely take out loans to make it happen).
So I did.
For 10 years, at night, I went to school.
To get a degree… to be qualified to do a job… that I was already doing.
Want to know how much more money I earned at my job because I got my degree?
Zero dollars.
Then I decided to get certified in HR, so I could have more career opportunities.
Want to know how much more money I earned after I got my SPHR?
Zero dollars.
Do you know how many people hired me because I had a degree or an SPHR?
None.
Let's be clear. Education allows us to be qualified on paper.
Education does NOT get us the job.
I wish someone had told me this. So I'm telling you now.
Education is considered a nice-to-have, but experience (aka results) beats education every single time.
The gap between education and landing a job is what is missing for 99% of all candidates who are searching for their next career.
It's this gap that can get you a 3% pay increase (standard) or a 400% pay increase (a recent client success story).
The full Theory of Hireability™ is at TheoryOfHireability.com. Read the manifesto before your next job search move.
