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Online degree vs. Traditional degree in the eyes of hiring managers
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Are Online and Traditional Degree Programs Equal in the Eyes of Hiring
Managers?
The Department of Education projects that the number of students age 25 or older enrolling in degree-granting institutions will increase by 39% and many of them will be seeking online degree programs (Gresham, 2008).
Additional Results from a Web-Based Survey Revealed that Online Students were statistically more likely to say they were “very satisfied” (61%) with their program than were traditional students (40%).
Many Hiring Managers are Skeptical about Online Degrees because the words “Online Education” conjures up images of Spam E-Mail, and other means for obtaining a degree with little effort and time.
Audience:
Undergraduate and graduate students considering between earning a degree online versus a traditional instruction delivery method.
Importance of Study:
It could affect the opportunities available and future outcomes of graduates’ credentials in the eyes of hiring managers.
The purpose of this study will be to differentiate a hiring preference of candidates with degrees from universities based on different instructional delivery methods.
Question #2:
◦ Does the age of the hiring manager have an effect on the hiring preference?
Question #1:
◦ Do hiring managers assess the merits of a degree earned online as being less acceptable than, equal to, or more acceptable than a degree earned in a traditional university setting?
Null Hypothesis Alternative Hypothesis
Ho:
◦ There is no relationship between a hiring preference of candidates with degrees from universities based on different instructional delivery methods.
Ha:
◦ There is a relationship between a hiring preference of candidates with degrees from universities based on different instructional delivery methods.
Online Degree Traditional Degree
Online Degree: more than 85% of the class occurs online
Traditional (in class/ face-to-face) Degree: Less than 40% of the class occur online.
The study was based on undergraduate degrees because most companies hire on the bases of an undergraduate degree.
Companies’ preferences rely on the job requirements regardless of the method the degree obtained.
The Personal as well as the companies’ preferences.
Companies’ values sometimes might be related to where the candidate got the degree or how.
Companies’ might use different categories to choose candidate: degree, work experience and both.
Sample Size:
◦35 Human Resources & Hiring Managers from:
General Mills Supervalu Wells Fargo Fairview Hospital
Quantitative Data was gathered from the survey◦ 2 questions used to identify industry of
employment and age
◦ 8 “yes” or “no” questions
◦ 35 total participants from various industries 19 answered as being 40 years or older 16 answered as being younger than 40
years old
Survey monkey.com was used to distribute and collect the survey that the researchers created.
SPSS was used for analyzing the results
There is no relationship between the field the respondents work in and whether they prefer a traditional degree over an online degree
The contingency coefficient has a value of .433
This means the relationship is weak.
Pearson’s Chi-Square indicates that the relationship between the two variables is week
◦ This reiterates that the null hypothesis has to be rejected
There is no relationship between age of hiring personnel and preference towards a traditional degree
Have you ever encountered a job applicant within the hiring process who had an online degree?
Do you work for companies that research whether the candidate applying for the position has an online degree vs. a traditional degree?
Are online degrees just as equivalent as traditional degrees?
Do you prefer to hire a candidate with an online degree over a traditional degree?
Is equal consideration given to both types of degrees?
Limited Sample size makes discussing the reliability and validity of the study limited
The study could be replicated
Results of study could not be generalized to other corporations or organizations
Questions that need to be addressed in order for online and traditional degrees to have the same weight in the eyes of employers
Type of degree that is a better fit within a certain industry sector or specific job Types of inquiries done by companies that do research the instructional delivery method of the degrees earned by job
candidates
4-R Model
◦ Direction setter Looks ahead and anticipates that online
degrees will become more prevalent
◦ Spokesperson Going to universities and telling them
what their industry is looking for in a job candidate
◦Change agent Shape or change policy to reflect a
standard concerning types of degrees that fit certain positions within the company
◦Coach Educate other people within the company
who may not understand the difference or may have a bias towards one type of degree