Jack Welch on the effect of "prestige" on job placement

College Search & Selection
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<p>In his [url=<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/perm/content/07_02/b4016111.htm%5Dbusinessweek"&gt;http://www.businessweek.com/perm/content/07_02/b4016111.htm]businessweek&lt;/a> column, Jack Welch talked about the effect of going to a "prestigious" college. For those without access to the article, a "prestigious" degree:
- may get a second look for an unremarkable applicants who would otherwise not get the job
- fulfill a qualification for those consulting firms which only hire from the "top" schools
- only last for a month before the college becomes irrelevant in the face of the person's performance record</p>

<p>Welch also points out that an applicant with great grades, recommendations, and leadership will get hired pretty much anywhere no matter where they went to school, with the exception of the aforementioned prestige-driven consulting firms.</p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>Pretty funny coming from a guy who went to UMass.</p>

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<p>My thoughts - if you plan on going into business, go to the best school you are capable of getting into and attending financially !! It's better to have all doors open to you !!!</p>

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<p>I believe this only applies to American companies...non-americans will have an extremely difficult time finding awesome job opportunities at their respective home countries if they don't graduate from a prestigious university.</p>