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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an exec recruiter and echo many PP sentiments on who you know and sift skills as strongest drivers for prof introductions leading to opportunities.  In the real world it's not about pedigree.  Certain industries require it but for your typical F500 company, there's so many ways to find your way to the top and even if the middle, jobs that pay well and are prestigious or impressive in title.  There's a whole lot of companies and jobs out there.  It's more competitive in that you have to be more impressive in context of how many people have to like you and how much the like you over the other person but by and large connections are key.  Having said that, if you are smart, you find a way in.  Typically if you are able to go to a top school, et al, you can impress just as well.  So if comes down to a bit of luck, personality and connections.  There's no one way in which is to sag it's a myth that says you have to go to a top school to be successful or get a great job.

The other component is the ability to do sales and read people.  My kids go to a school where they are more about being well rounded than pure academics.  I like that because in the real world, people don't focus on how well you actually do things but how well it seems like you know what you're doing.  Sad but true.  Most people are easily impressed and if you understand how to read people, it's much more valuable than an academic education.  This is true for business oriented industries v being a doctor/engineer/attorney of course but on the whole, life is about interacting with others not with books.

I say to my kids all the time it doesn't matter where they go to school but it does matter what they want to do, how they want their lifestyle to be.  Starting at the bottom is not really a problem if you know what you're doing to get to where you want to be. [/quote]

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