How does a PhD make you a better worker than someone without one?

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  • bmouthboyo
    bmouthboyo Posts: 94 Forumite
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    Thats ok i kind of understand, it must be hard when you have not been educated as an adult.

    I only hope you can maybe provide your children with what you have missed out on :):money: :D
  • magyar
    magyar Posts: 18,909 Forumite
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    bmouthboyo wrote: »
    Thats ok i kind of understand, it must be hard when you have not been educated as an adult.

    I only hope you can maybe provide your children with what you have missed out on :):money: :D

    Please don't feed the troll any more.

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  • Poppy9
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    magyar wrote: »
    Please don't feed the troll any more.

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    Ok I won't;) . I did kinda think it was an AE as there seems to be a lot of them about!!
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
  • DrFluffy
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    magyar wrote: »
    Please don't feed the troll any more.

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    But he does look hungry. Bless him...
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  • keeperbear
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    Savvy_Sue wrote: »
    Getting a PhD will not make YOU more employable. The only thing that will do that is getting a job, and perhaps a life away from your computer screen.

    What utter tosh! You will not even get interviewed for certain jobs without a PhD. For example, hardly any US or UK universities will consider non-PhDs for a faculty position. I found it impossible to get a decent lecturership until I passed my viva. Since being awarded my PhD, I have worked in both the USA and UK, and have had little trouble getting a job.
  • melancholly
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    keeperbear wrote: »
    What utter tosh! You will not even get interviewed for certain jobs without a PhD. For example, hardly any US or UK universities will consider non-PhDs for a faculty position. I found it impossible to get a decent lecturership until I passed my viva. Since being awarded my PhD, I have worked in both the USA and UK, and have had little trouble getting a job.

    i think that the post by sue was directly aimed at studentphil, rather than a wider audience!! (and as such, was very apt!) if you read the whole thread, you'll get the general gist of why!
    :happyhear
  • moonrakerz
    moonrakerz Posts: 8,650 Forumite
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    Oh dear, oh dear !

    I am just going outside and may be some time.
  • BornSloppy
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    keeperbear wrote: »
    What utter tosh! You will not even get interviewed for certain jobs without a PhD. For example, hardly any US or UK universities will consider non-PhDs for a faculty position. I found it impossible to get a decent lecturership until I passed my viva. Since being awarded my PhD, I have worked in both the USA and UK, and have had little trouble getting a job.

    I agree. My boyfriend's doing an MA then a phD which will enable him to get a better lecturer's job.Don't know what the average employer thinks about people with doctorates but if you're entering the world of Academia surely it's a must and you'll be taken more seriously? The only person I know who lectures and doesn't have a phd is a published writer whose work is already respected.
  • Poppy9
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    keeperbear wrote: »
    What utter tosh! You will not even get interviewed for certain jobs without a PhD. For example, hardly any US or UK universities will consider non-PhDs for a faculty position. I found it impossible to get a decent lecturership until I passed my viva. Since being awarded my PhD, I have worked in both the USA and UK, and have had little trouble getting a job.
    Savvy was referring to 'proper jobs' in the big wide world:D
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
  • keeperbear
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    Poppy9 wrote: »
    Savvy was referring to 'proper jobs' in the big wide world:D

    Very funny. :p You mean proper jobs like people who gamble on shares everyday (i.e. a stockbroker)? :D
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