Experience or education: which is more important?
824342
education is more relevant when someone is a a newcomer to the work force or a specific field, such as a recent grad or a returning home-maker.  As such, they have little experience, but have invested time, effort and money into education, and can bring the freshest training to the table, and are usually cheaper than experienced personnel.  For mature workers, experience is often key, as it their abilities and proficiencies in their field are actual, not theoretical, and their education, if they have one, is most likely 10-20 years out of date.
679419
I agree. Its not about education. You can be book smart but not street smart. You may be street smart but bot health smart. It's all about the individual. I personally think that this is a stupid question!
5566
No. What's more important is that you learn things that interest you. If you learn how to learn, then you can change what you do throughout your life. I know an economics major developing software, a political science major managing a multimillion dollar division of a corporation... what's more important than what these people studied, is that they learned how to pick up new skills, and they jut kept learning things that interested them.\n\nLife will take you lots of interesting places, and you don't need to plan them all before your freshman year of college.
589099
Bit of a balance really, and depends if the employer is willing to put in some time to train you or not. If you know nothing in an area but can prove your a good employee and have aptitude in something with transferable skills then you don't need the educational degree. Really depends on the level of the job, and what the area you're looking at getting in to is.\n\nAt some point when moving up in an organisation you're going to need that degree usually
297380
I would have to say experience, because then you have better judgement in whatever feild you are in. It's better to have done something correctly than just to know how to do it.
485599
Unfortunately, experience is most required. I say it is unfortunate because, most young people after leaving school, are not given the opportunity to practice their skills. And as such, garner some experience. Maybe a course titled "experience" should be introduced.
315069
a college degree or a diploma
185990
It depends on the individual.\n\nSome learn better by seeing.\n\nSome learn better by hearing.\n\nSome learn better by doing. This means applying the knowledge that one wants to remember.\n\nIt can also depends on what it is that one is learning.\n\nAnd certain things might be better learned in a certain way regardless of who is learning them.
140229
Education is everything. Helps upbring a whole, intact,cultivated person beeing able to distinguish right from wrong, avoid making big mistakes in life, have reason and be difficult to manipulate. Education can not only be aqcuired from books. Family, sentimental experience, social and artistic interests are part of a person's education.
1063864
I agree with you 100%.  I am an Early Childhood Educator with no children as of yet and most of my family, friends and neighbours come to me for advice about their children.  Life experience is sometimes good enough to learn what you need to know.  Not to say that real hands on experience doesn't help but it doesn't mean you don't know anything either.
176587
I believe emotional age/experience is much more important.  However that being said, if you 'go too far' outside your generation, you can later learn that you didn't have as much in common as you thought.. generational issues can be biggies.. it's to each their own and what they prefer/workout.
1149174
many companies use your experience to cover your education.  Just be honest in your resume, if they interview you, you don't want to lie.  Just say the way you see it , experience is as important as education, and you will pursue a degree or certificate once you get the job. (you may not have time later on.. but who cares.. employer just want to know if you are aggressive enough)
752171
Experience is very important. If those are your only two choices, then I would go with the Bachelor's and experience. Another option, however, would be to get experience while you are obtaining your Master's degree. You might not be making as much money or you might have to work part time in order to continue your education, but in the end you will have the best of both worlds: you graduate degree AND experience.
902584
on da base of good experience n education
1001984
Sorry but, nothing is fair. Sometimes experience trumps education or degrees, sometimes it is the other way around. Sometimes it is just a personality choice. Sometimes it is personal, sometimes it is professional. It happens, if your that unhappy find something else. Sorry if I didn't help. Your welcome if I did.
374764
I think that being educated means having enough of a knowledge and experience base to accomplish and set goals for your life.  It has nothing to do with degrees or certificates on the wall.  That can be big part of it, however.\n\nTake parenting for instance. Or being a patient in today's medical care system. Or a registered voter?  All of these things require a knowledge and experience base that doesn't have much to do with formal education.\n\nThe easiest "educated" person to deal with is one that knows they will never stop needing to learn.
973089
Please teach! Education is history, in all areas of the curricula, history plays an important role. I hope you enjoy working with children.