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I am sick and tired of employers in the U.S. viewing people with degrees from universities in third-world countries as if they are equal to a degree from the U.S

I, on the other hand, am sick and tired of the immigration authorities questioning my degree from the UK and refusing to confirm that it is equivalent to a US degree. Hardly third-world.

But in any case, your problem is solved very easily- by firing people. At a previous job we hired a guy with a Masters from a college in New Jersey (I forget which, sadly). He was useless. We fired him. Education can get you in the door, but it can't keep you in the room.

The problem with this is that hiring immigrants is more expensive and time-consuming because of the process you have to go through. Although it sounds backwards, if it was easier to hire immigrants it would be easier to fire them when they aren't as good as they say they are.



I think that the UK is considered on-par with the US, I wasn't inferring anywhere that the UK is third-world.


Oh, I know. I was making a more general point that degree equivalency is just a giant mess.




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