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Originally Posted by Riskki

I didnt graduate from college and i have a full time job!

Up until this year, I wasn't a college graduate either. Just had a little bit of college and graduated from Business School for Accounting. I lost my job in 2007; I've been having a tough time finding a new full-time one since then, especially with the slumping economy. When weeding out candidates, the ones without the degree, are the ones who usually have their resumes ignored and tossed, unless the applicant can compensate that with many years of work experience.

My mother doesn't have a college degree, but, she does have almost 35 years experience in what she does, so for her, she probably wouldn't have a tough time if it ever came to her having to find another job.

My aunt lost her job last fall, but she has a Bachelor's degree and one class from a Masters, work experience, and found a job fast. She lost her job in October, had a new one by January of this year.

I'm just finishing up getting my Bachelor's degree, and even though it's taken me a while, I finally managed to get a full time job as an Administrative Assistant. I pray this lasts. ^^

If you want something bad enough you will always find a way to make it happen.

I admire this ideal, but realistically, one usually has a better chance at certain jobs or might have an easier time obtaining a job with a degree as opposed to one without, unless there's something the one without the degree can offer that the one with the degree can't and I'm pretty sure experience may count here.

Getting a job in Japan, though, seems the best route is to just get a college degree. You'd be killing two birds with one stone. One, it helps your chances at getting a job in your homeland and it helps you with the work visa issues if you ever want to work in Japan without having to go the long route of finding a company that'll hire you and sponsor your visa.

lol neither of us are going to win, cause its easy to see that your someone who is for further education and im not (for myself) neither of which is wrong! we just have different opinions!

Nothing wrong with that. What MMM is saying, though, is that you'd better your chances if you did go to college for something and graduate and getting to Japan would be easier.