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Most individuals choose to take an online degree so that they can advance themselves career wise or change careers. It may not be possible for them to go back to school to take a university course due to personal commitments like looking after family or working full time or they may have a busy life that they cannot hold back. An online degree will help in such cases, especially where careers are concerned.
Online degrees are still a matter of debate for employers. Some of them question the validity of an online degree. They are traditional in their outlook and do not credit online degrees with any importance simply because the individual has not sat through four years of university classes. There are some employers who recognize the fact that those individuals who possess online degrees have achieved them with their own initiative and these are vital qualities which set these employees apart from the rest of the competition.
The trend of online degrees is increasing day by day and most of the job posts are filled with such candidates. These online graduates are meeting the demand for workers with specialization in certain fields that were almost unknown in the past. In reality, the online technical qualifications and college degrees have revolutionized the world of industry, business and education. Attitudes are gradually changing, but online degrees are still being debated and challenged by some employers if they are presented in a resume of the candidate.
Attending a traditional university or college gives value to the degree, as the institution is easily identifiable, so is the degree presented by that institute. Online degrees are not easy to trace and substantiate, hence the skeptical attitude of the employer. However, both kinds of degrees involve the same amount of work, but an online degree provides the student useful personal qualities like time management skills and working on one's own initiative. These qualities can be an added advantage for the job seeker to beat the competition.
Employers are well within their rights to check out the educational background of candidates with online degrees. They are wary of candidates with online degrees from relatively unknown institutions due to the presence of fake agencies and may even decide not to hire you. This is because online degrees are still looked upon with suspicion as compared to a degree from a regular university or college. However, some of the larger online universities are now well-known enough to need no explanation. One question the prospective employer will ask is why the choice of an online degree instead of a regular university course. There needs to be a convincing answer ready for this question.
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