When applying for a bank job, is your first degree really important?

Earlier, in a "most popular" job search program, the CEO of a well-known company rejected a job applicant who graduated from Peking University because his "first degree" was from a second university. colleges. Later, he explained that there are too many graduate students in prestigious universities, and it is often difficult for us to judge the "comprehensive quality" of a graduate when recruiting. It is actually very helpless to regard the first academic degree as a "threshold."

So, is the “first degree” really more important than the “highest degree”?

Netizen 1: Whether the first degree is important depends on where you are going. If you are taking the civil service exam, the highest degree is more important. Large companies and universities generally require the first degree. It is a 211 Project University or a 985 Project University, so if you want to go to a university or a famous company, the first degree is more important. Because the first academic degree reflects your IQ and your learning ability under the same study time as the third year of high school, while your highest academic degree reflects your hard work. Simply comparing whether the first degree is better or the highest degree is more important is meaningless and extremely boring!

Netizen 2: As a subordinate of a senior HR—— for more than ten years. He told me that when there were not many graduate students, he would directly pick out the graduate students and 985 undergraduates from the piles of resumes, and then blow the remaining resumes with a fan. The ones that were blown away were not blown away. Those who left were put together with those previously screened, and then an interview invitation was sent. Nowadays, you can no longer use a fan to blow, and there are too many resumes for graduate students. Most people have CET-4, CET-6, and Computer Level II. They can only use "first degree" to screen. There is no way, it's a big company!

Netizen 3: The person above is definitely not HR, it’s complete nonsense. As a Ph.D. student from a third-rate university, I rarely think about jobs as an undergraduate or master's degree student. My first degree was also from a third-rate university. With my scientific research results, I easily entered a university. There have been more and more Ph.D.s in recent years, and many three universities have begun to recruit Ph.D.s. In comparison, if it is a famous company or a famous school, the first academic degree is really not important. Many colleagues with Ph.D.s around me have a very low starting point. Some are from technical secondary school, For self-taught undergraduates, national subjects are given one after another. In short, in one sentence, "first degree" may be an obstacle for you to get in, but capable people will eventually shine as long as they have a platform.

Netizen 4: There is indeed "first degree" discrimination, but it is very reasonable. This is a selection mechanism for society as a whole, not for individuals. The first two are individual cases. Think about it: undergraduates from ordinary universities go to graduate schools in 211 and 985 universities, while undergraduates from 985 universities go to either famous schools or go abroad. You have worked hard for four years before you can barely match the starting point of others. This completely reflects your personal preferences. If your ability is good, don't talk about how hard you worked to get into graduate school. There are many people who work hard. Why do others get into prestigious universities as undergraduates, while you just go to an ordinary university? "First academic qualification" is very important, let alone there is any "first academic qualification" discrimination, I would like to say: the existence is reasonable. There are some people you can surpass no matter how hard you work, and there are some people you can't surpass no matter how hard you work. The requirement for "first academic qualifications" in an enterprise is to find those people you can't surpass no matter how hard you try, do you understand?

Editor’s note:

Although many companies that are better than others value your “first degree” more and more, it does not mean that the first degree is very important. It is just that the current master’s degree The number of doctoral graduates continues to expand. Employers use "first academic qualifications" to initially define the school's brand value and comprehensive capabilities, so that it can more easily find suitable talents.