<p>I have seen this in school district struggling with $$. A Masters or a PHD can actually cause you to not get hired simply due to the increased salary they have to pay you. Is work experience better than an advanced degree in many fields now?</p>
<p>I have been unemployed since last year with a double master’s looking for a high school teaching job…it’s fine for our family situation, but others should be aware of this…</p>
<p>I think you have to factor in age as well. I have heard many a discussion about keeping the medium age of a company’s work force as low as practicable. In any group plan the age of employees is the biggest determinate of the premiums charged. And health insurance costs in the U.S. can only be described as ridiculous. My point is, if you were willing to accept the pay of a less credentialed and less experienced but younger individual you still would be at a considerable disadvantage. </p>
<p>And before somebody flames me: That may not be what the law says, but that is the way it works in present day America.</p>
<p>Not quite. Throw gender in there. Young females (22-26) will have higher premiums than middle age men because young females are having babies and middle age men aren’t.</p>
<p>Our school district REQURIES that every teacher get a master’s degree within a certain period of time after being hired, if he/she doesn’t come in with one.</p>
<p>Well, this is more support for S, who wanted to take a break from school after getting his EE anyway. He is entering the workforce rather than continuing his ed, dispite our urging that he continue on for his grad degrees. Glad he has a job waiting, as I’m sure it’s very discouraging for many of his friends who are still looking.</p>
<p>While you mayget your initial certification as a teacher in the New York with out a Masters, you must get one within 5 years before you are granted professional certification. You must have a masters coming in the door to hired as a guidance counselor</p>
<p>Even though female heath insurance costs more, (and not just for maternity issues) , as far as the government is concerned, females are officially recognized as an oppressed group. Even when looking at public school teachers where in my city where they comprise almost 80%, there is a federally funded “Women in Teaching” program. The private sector is under similar pressure as well. </p>
<p>Point is, there is a law enforced whammy for being white, middle age and male. Credentials are secondary.</p>