Skills, not degrees, take you far – The Hindu (June 06, 2016)
Multiple qualifications won’t fetch you your dream job, skill-based training can.
A year ago, I met a mechanical engineer who had more interest in business analytics than mechanics. He obviously did not have the option of throwing away four years of study and starting afresh. Therefore, I advised him to take an online course on analytics along with his job. He did really well in the certification, and, as it turned out, landed a job at one of the biggest corporate houses. The skills versus degrees dilemma happens all over the world. I have many friends in Canada as well who have got degrees that did not benefit them because they did not have the skills. As such, they are working in different fields. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.