Honours and the Lack of it

I asked my friend if he has honors degree and he told me he has. I asked if its a prerequisite for government sector jobs. He told me, because it is not honourable to work in there, hence its a prerequisite to have honors degree'. Haha.. I know it sounds pretty lame, but the lameness of the statement is really quite funny.

Another friend of mine is currently looking for jobs, and he sounded dismayed when the human resource person from a particular government sector asked if he has honours, why he could do master degree,etc, etc. He susbesquently told me , a manager friend of his told him, he shouldnt even include his master degree in his resume, and that he should have studied his basic degree well, etc, etc. .cos thats all the government will look at. That a master degree is only for those who are hardworking.. dont mean the person is smart..

If everyone thinks like this manager, graduate schools , Chicago business school, insead, to name a few , can all close shop. No one will be thinking of 'improving' 'knowledge' by going for extra courses, etc..since 'one would just look at the basic degree'.

Maybe the government works differently? Maybe this applies to only the government?Perhaps. All I know is if the dear ministers and the like wants the workforce to keep relevant and 'upgrade'.. then the mindset to only look at the 'basic degree' has to change... assessment will need to be made on a more rounded level.

That aside.. its indeed very stressful to go through interviews.. Its never fun to be 'grilled' by another party. If its any comfort, at least its not the "Apprentice' or 'American Idol'.. or any of those reality shows, when you are constantly subjected to scrutiny by other contestants, judges, tv audience, etc. So Interviews are really quite easy afterall huh?! :p