Adult education is a topic of interest to any adult who wonders if their current educational level is holding them back professionally.

Certainly education is just one criteria that hiring companies often use to compare job candidates.

As a recruiter, I can think of many cases where hiring managers and in some cases entire companies were stringent in terms of the educational requirements they were looking for in their "ideal" candidate.

In some cases, I've seen hiring managers and companies who will not hire people who don't meet minimum educational requirements.

I'm not talking about cases where a professional certification is required either. Certainly, if a company requires a professional engineer or certified accountant, then this is usually a fairly well-understood requirement. If you don't have the certification, you won't get the job.

I'm specifically talking about cases where a job is only available to candidates who (for example) hold a university or college degree.

Not a diploma either. A university or college degree.

In some cases, it doesn't even matter what degree the person holds, it could be any degree.

I've lost count of the number of times where a hiring manager has told me that they won't look at candidates who dont hold a college degree.

Chances are you won't see a job description that says "don't bother applying if you don't have a college degree" but believe me, there are plenty of jobs you might be applying for that basically have that proviso even if it's not explicitly stated.

Carl Mueller

My name is Carl Mueller and I'd like to thank you for learning a bit more about me!

I feel that I have numerous relevant experiences during my career that come in useful when helping people with their careers:

I know what it’s like to work internationally, having worked overseas (in New Zealand, from 1994-1998).

I've survived several corporate downsizings while many of my colleagues were being laid off.

I have also experienced being laid off twice myself during corporate downsizings.

I know what it’s like to be self-employed.

I've helped many people find better jobs. I started to work as a professional recruiter in 2000 first as an Information Technology (IT) recruiter and then in general recruitment across many industries including IT, manufacturing and marketing. Since this time, I have helped many people find their dream career and it’s a great feeling.

I experienced one of the slowest hiring periods in recent memory especially during the general hiring slowdown that followed the Y2K frenzy in 1999, the bursting of the dot com bubble in early 2000, and then the employment market bottoming out following September 11, 2001.

These were certainly not great times to be a job searcher in most industries nor was it a particularly good time to be a recruiter.

Following this, I began running the day to day operations of an Internet-based company in early 2003 that focused on developing online software and subscription-based websites for consumers. It was then that I fully realized the power, usefulness and potential of the Internet which really spurred me to set up my own website which you can view in my Personal URL section below this bio.

I’m also a Platinum Ezine Articles Expert as recognized by EzineArticles.com, one of the most visited websites on the Internet. This special designation is earned by having consistently high-quality articles published and viewed on their website. All of my submissions are related to helping you find your dream career and many of my articles get reproduced on other websites by their webmasters.

Good luck with your career and I hope I have been of assistance to you!