Standing Out – Post 4
This is the fourth in a series of posts from the current draft of a book I’m working on, Standing Out: A Short Guide for Proving Your Value to Employers.
For an extensive explanation of this post’s content, check out the first in this series of posts. I suggest you read that before diving into this post, but my hope is that each post will also stand alone on its own and can be read out of order too.
Consider everything in these posts copyrighted by me: Copyright © 2024 Race Bannon. Also, like much nonfiction content, this is entirely my perspective. Other professionals might have different perspective, and I suggest you listen to them all. No one person has all the right answers, including me. What this book contains is my opinion about how to stand out among potential and current employers. If you agree or disagree with what you read, I hope it will prompt deeper thinking about the topic. I will never position myself as the ultimate expert on anything, including this topic.
Related posts:
Standing Out – Post 1
Standing Out – Post 2
Standing Out – Post 3
Standing Out – Page 5
Standing Out – Page 6
If you don’t have a college degree
If you don’t have a college degree, you’re not alone. Only about 45% to 55% of working age adult Americans have gone to college and completed a degree program or attained some type of postsecondary credential. That means about half of the adult population doesn’t have a degree. Yet, so many of those without a degree are entirely qualified to be hired for a multitude of jobs at companies that are using a college degree as a filtering mechanism for candidates.
But things are changing.
For example, through their Tear the Paper Ceiling project and Opportunity at Work projects, Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs) is trying to champion the 50% of the American workforce that has developed valuable skills through military service, community college, training programs, partial college completion, or, most commonly and I think one of the ideal ways to learn and gain experience, on-the-job experience. Check out STARs for some great resources to advance your career without a college degree.