| The Importance of Finishing College | | | | down the elevator all day. The only reason I got this |
| I run an executive recruiting firm meaning that I only | | | | job was through a connection from high school and it |
| recruit employers who are at a base salary of | | | | paid great. On the flip side, imagine going to work |
| $100,000 and above and I'm writing this article because | | | | every day and not being able to use your creativity. |
| I hope you want to be at this level someday. I will be | | | | Your brain shuts off and when that happens, you |
| straight about it; you will not succeed if you don't finish | | | | become complacent. Complacency is the enemy of |
| college. Yes, there are people like Bill Gates who | | | | success. |
| dropped out of college and had a huge career, | | | | 4. It can give people leverage over you. Let's say that |
| reinventing the way the world works. However, would | | | | you were up against somebody for a promotion and |
| you move to Los Angeles just because Nicholas Cage | | | | they were a real you know what. Any time they want |
| got paid 10 million dollars last film? Here are some | | | | to, they make a snide remark, in a roundabout way |
| reasons, both obvious and underlying, as to why you | | | | regarding your education. Don't give people an excuse |
| have no choice when it comes to finishing your | | | | to believe they are somehow better than you. |
| degree. | | | | 5. You will feel uncomfortable in social situations. For |
| 1. You will not be viable on the open job market. If I | | | | the rest of your life, you are not going to be part of a |
| think somebody is right for a job, I send them to my | | | | club that most adults are in or the weight your |
| client. However, I always have to put on the resume | | | | professional opinion holds. Now, when you get older, |
| "did not finish school." It is my obligation to my clients | | | | what college you went to is going to come up in |
| and most decline to interview the candidate. I have to | | | | conversations from time to time and you will feel |
| really push to get someone who did not finish college | | | | embarrassed. Additionally, people will hold your |
| into these interviews. Though, with so many good | | | | comments and opinions with far less weight. It's not fair, |
| applicants applying who have their degree, why would I | | | | but it's the real world. In 99% of situations, who would |
| continue to pitch the single person who does not? | | | | you take a stock tip from - a MBA or college drop-out. |
| Yes. Without finishing school, you can be successful. | | | | 6. You will feel uncomfortable in business situations. |
| However, when trying to get into an executive level | | | | Some people like to be uninteresting, annoying, etc., and |
| position, do you want a "did not finish school" tag on | | | | they do this via bragging about the college they went |
| your resume? If you don't finish school, don't bother | | | | to. If they were as important as they claimed they |
| thinking about this question because 99% of the time, it | | | | were, they probably would not have time to go on |
| won't be a concern to you. You won't make it to that | | | | about college in New Haven. However, always be |
| level. Your career counselors aren't lying to you. | | | | polite and never point this out. It's a fact of life that you |
| 2. Your writing skills will lack. Writing is so important | | | | are going to run into these people. |
| these days. Nobody likes to speak on the phone | | | | 7. For the rest of your life, you will feel as if you did not |
| anymore. Everything is done via email. In business, you | | | | complete nor accomplish what so many others have. I |
| not only have to formulate really strong ideas, but you | | | | can promise you that this one will stick. I own my |
| have to be able to convey them in a succinct, clear | | | | business and, if I didn't finish school, I would regret it. I |
| manner. Plus, for marketing purposes, writing is getting | | | | thought about it at times. I'm glad I stuck through as the |
| more and more important. | | | | work which I have done is now part of who I am. |
| 3. You will get the most miserable jobs - we're talking | | | | 8. Good Will Hunting is just a movie. If I were to pick |
| subpar miserable. Throughout college I had a job as a | | | | 2,000 U.S. universities and we were to be how many |
| doorman at a 5th Avenue, very plush Manhattan | | | | janitors at each of those colleges is fit to be an |
| building. For some reason, it did not have automatic | | | | executive, how many would you say there are? |
| elevators. My job was to take these people up and | | | | |