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arly unemployment is still way too high, it seems some students are better off than others. Often the first qualified candidate gets the opportunity, thus those who can interview first have an advantage. Online college provides students and soon to be graduates with far more versatility to pursue their career aspirations before the traditional graduating class of students enter the race.
When speaking with many soon-to-be graduates, many have found that those students who choose college online rather than campus-based colleges may have an advantage. It seems that a higher percentage of them either have jobs prior to graduation or have had many more interviews. Many of the soon-to-be graduates we spoke to say that the flexibility inherent in online college allows them the ability to be far more proactive in their job search, giving them what they believe to be a competitive advantage. “I was able to go on interviews while my friends at campus schools were still months away from graduation and thus still stuck at their college campus”; “I had 5 in-person interviews and if the flexibility provided to me based on my online college was not there, I wouldn’t have been able to meet any of those companies” said Martha, a soon-to-be graduate from Georgia. “I was able to start my new career before I actually graduate; that just doesn’t happen at traditional campus based colleges” said Mark from New York.
Whatever the reason, it seems evident that those pursuing college online have a new found advantage over those stuck in the framework of traditional campus learning.
I personally found this to be absolutely true, I have been interviewing during my last term and have landed a job, I don’t finish school and get my degree for another month. Most of my friends are just now starting to send out resumes with hope to get interviews in a month or so. I am so happy I choose the online option as it worked for me!
I found that you are exactly correct during my job search. I was able to get a degree from an online school in computer science. I had a few job interviews that included a code test that I was able to blow through. My competitive advantage was that the interview took place during the college school year which narrowed down the talent pool that I was competing against. Fortunately, I landed a job in the field that I got my degree in and feel that unless I was going to a top destination college there was no advantage of going to a campus based school. I was able to fine tune my coding while I was in an online program, got my degree and am now doing what I went to school for. I am thankful that I went the online college route.
I completely agree with this article. I went to a traditional four-year school and found that much of the time spent in a classroom could have been better spent earning money and saving for my future college loan payments. Many of the coures are just fluff so you can earn credits, but an online college allows students to allocate their time accordingly rather than demanding how much time should be spent in a virtual lecture. Great article!
online college seemed to be the best place for me. i was trying to hold down two jobs while atteding campus coures…needless to say that did not work well. i finally decided to go the online college route and now have a career in marketing. amazing how credible online degrees have become. keep posting things like this!