How does HR feel about online education?
October 13, 2009 by Sam NarisiPosted in: Assessing the right candidate, In This Week's E-Newsletter, Latest News & Views
You find a candidate with the education and experience you need. Does it matter if the person got a degree online?
It’s not as big a deal as it used to be, according to a recent Society for Human Resources Management survey. Nearly all (90%) of HR managers say online degrees are viewed more favorably than they were five years ago. And individual courses taken online are as credible as traditional courses, according to 68% of HR managers.
Still, more often than not, companies would rather hire someone who went to a traditional college: 63% said, everything else being equal, their organization would hire someone who went to a traditional college over someone with an online degree.
What’s your company’s take on applicants with online degrees? Does it make a difference to you? Let us know your opinion in the comments section below.
Tags: online degrees, online university
October 16th, 2009 at 10:19 am
This is a great topic. I am a young person who never earned a college degree. Through hard work I have been able to excel in the workplace and am now in a HR management role. I want to go back to school but the programs that will fit into my schedule are at online universities. I am very cautious about choosing online over a brick and mortar school. Online universities (I have heard) are quite hard and require much more focus and preparation that traditional universities. However, there is still the stigma that online degrees are not as good as degrees from traditional schools. I don’t want to spend time and money earning a degree that will not get me in the door. Are there any online schools that have a good reputation in the Human Resources area?
I think the best example of this is the digital short that Saturday Night Live did recently: http://www.hulu.com/watch/101506/saturday-night-live-university-of-westfield-online
October 20th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Interesting how one can earn up to only 62 credit hours by testing out of some courses, but the universities still want you to attend the remainder of the classes on campus???? Why, could it be that they only want the $$$$? Why is it that in some professions like HR can one earn the ‘Esteemed’ PHR, SPHR, and GHR, etc., without having a degree by taking an exam? They exam is based on practical experience, and theory, that one learns on the job? Aren’t there other certfications which allow you to take an exam and become certified without a degree???
I guess that the only colleges and universities that become accredited and can offer and ‘accredited degree’ are those that are accredited by a ‘accreditation body’ which is made up of College/University Professors/Professional????
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:21 pm
It depends on the position you are attempting to fill. I would not hire a doctor who recieved his degree online.