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How Many People Here Have Post Grads

  • 25-03-2007 8:38pm
    #1
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hoping to do one this year?

    What kind of post grads do people here?

    Did you get much a pay rise after they got their post grad?


    Any do it part time?


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  • #2
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,611 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    did mine part time (MsC), basically because work were willing to pay for it. looks good on CV, some of it was interesting, but thats about it. I should not that it was a right pain in the arse for two years doing a full time job and also studying. I got a day off a week to attend which was great but just meant I had to fit 4 days work into the other 5 and spend most weekends and holidays working on college stuff.

    Some people are impressed by it, a lot of people aren't. I've interviewed a lot of people in the last 4 years and in general a postgrad is no indication of the quality of the applicant. It is becoming more of a standard thing though. The last few years I'd say at least half the people I've worked with have some kind of post grad and it's growing all the time.

    In general PhDs aren't so common and would almost be frowned upon if you are going into a 'hands on' company unless your phd was directly relevent to what you are going to be doing. Not that a PhD isn't hard to get and worth having but to get it you generally have to specialize very deeply which limits your options when you finish.

    When you do go for interviews and are looking around etc, a CV that shows ongoing improvement and learning helps. For instance I was looking seriously at an MBA last couple of years but decided not to for time being and got work to pay for a 6 month project management course instead. It wasn't great, i knew most of it already but again looks good on CV and may have helped get me my new job, starting tomorrow!


  • #3
    shakeydude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 207 ✭✭shakeydude


    I am going to do an MSc Part Time, probabaly with some college in England.
    I will either do one in Renewable Energy which work will pay for or something in Environmental Economics which I dont envisage work paying for. I dont really know what the fiscal implications but when you do get work and your are any good your company will pay whatever to keep you MSc or no MSc


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