I belive Saint to be on the ball! When it comes to agencies it is quite normal to bullshit, they are agents, which means they need as many qualified people as possible, No degree no chance, because the agents themselves are also limited in qualifications, not all of course.
But agents network and help each other out, it's a little like second hand car salesmen, that have good contact with all the local garages, having daily contact allows you to offer, what you have on the books, so 50 to a hundred pound, is a nice little turnover...if networking.
Guys without degrees and experience I would be more focussed on, they are normally very productive, and dedicated to what they do, some are guru's in there own right.
Although problems in MNC are probably more to do with SOP's, and to overcome the criteria, there is only one way, get straight to the decision maker, and sell yourself. and the way to do it is really to offer yourself free for a couple of week to prove yourself.
It is really worth it in the end, because motivation to prove your worth, beats degrees to a pulp, and gets you promotion.
The most important issues are knowing your worth, when you know your worth, you have bargaining power, and the documentation goes straight to where it belongs, in my opinion the toilet.
Can you imagine how children have to study under Asian expectations
My own daughter included, but i do not agree, and I will fight for her freedom, Sad that i have to say that, but I find the pressure on people in general is inhuman, fixated and completely irrelevant.
The only reason it is going this way, is because education is a business, connected direct to the $ in every Country and university are actually selling their brand these days, at a cost of quality, thinking they can compete with the supreme.
The supreme have limited vacancies so maybe one should be taking education in how to network at all levels. rather than an education in a specific field of employment.
It's still my belief that a jack of all trades is worth, their weight in gold, and through the people I do know, that have inherited wealth in a frightening way, meaning multi millionaires, that have inherited their wealth and have the best educations still have difficulty to succeed in their own right.
That is just the way the cards are dealt, the same way most of us have to face life every day, and it is nothing to do with education, it's just the luck of the draw, karma call it what you will. I used to call it bad luck, but really luck changes with the more people you connect with.
So my two cents is most certainly networking every time. I know I'm not the cleverest of persons, when it comes to education, so selling myself is quite important, because i know i can produce more than i am worth, and that is what counts.
