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I'm 36.  I don't disagree with most of what your post.  I never said I wouldn't hire someone with an online degree.  But the fact is I get TONS of qualified applicants for every open position, and unfortunately I just don't have the time to sift through every single resume looking for that diamond in the rough.  If someone with an online degree had some other type of really amazing specialized experience that set him/her apart from the pack, I would certainly consider hiring that person.  But if I get 20 resumes with similar qualifications and I can only interview 5 people, chances are it's going to be the ones who got a degree from an in-person school.

I'm not sure where you got the idea that I'm holding out for applicants from "prestigious" schools. I definitely never said that.  But you should know that my workplace (like many others) requires applicants to submit a transcript, of course I know whether or not an applicant has "just barely passed."  If it was between someone who just barely passed from Harvard vs. someone who got straight As at an online school, I very well might favor the online school grad.  But it's never like that.  Usually it's the difference between someone who got straight As at a decent well-respected in-person school vs. someone who got straight As at an online school, and in that case, it's a no-brainer.    [/quote]

No, it's lazy.[/quote]

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