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My federal agency does not except for when we were doing some IT Fellows program but that was at the master level. I don’t think I never once looked at the school in all of the hiring I did. The focus was on the experience.
I am guessing that’s more of big Corp or silicone Valley thing.
For the most part I would say no, unless there's a specific reason you'd get a major from one school over another. My biz school was accredited the same as harvard's biz school, so why would it make a difference for undergrad. I think once you get to advanced degrees, and more PHD's it matters. Though I'd want to make sure it's at least a real school and not a diploma factory for a bachelors.
I do think there are some majors where it matters, but I think they are more specialized and not offered many places. Where they interned and worked during school would matter more I think.
When I'm somewhere that the person has their degrees on the wall and I see they did their undergrad and grad at the same school I just think, oh too lazy to go elsewhere, not good enough to go somewhere else etc. Though that would also depend on the quality of the school, but then I'd think, why'd you need to get your undergrad at harvard if you could go somewhere cheaper and then get your masters etc there. I think it's good to go other places to meet new minds, teachers, different environment etc.
My dh is currently not in a hiring manager role but he was for 12 years and no, what school someone went to never played a part. I doubt he even took notice. And this is one reason why our kids will do their basics at community college.
not in a position of hiring but I will say my SOs company only recruited at certain schools. when looking at schools I’d look at what companies go to the career fairs and look at alumni connections. a higher endowment is more likely to have an engaged alumni base that prefers to hire their own.
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I'm not someone who hires people, but I've heard enough from DH (who does) and from my friends who all have recent college graduates. I would say it really depends on the field of interest (IB, consulting, and CS seem to be the most name conscious), the target employers (we know kids who got great jobs at large corps, but couldn't get into certain target companies), and the hiring managers. I will say that all the young graduates I know are doing well and have found positions. I know this is kind of icky (and also kind of confusing) but it really does depend on so many things that there's no one answer that would fit all.
ETA - I also know one graduate from a "top" school who didn't do so well there, and her options were much more limited than those who did well at "lesser" universities. So it also is what you make of the opportunity. If you want a summer internship at a place like GS, Google, or FB, you'd want to make sure you're in one of their preferred schools.
In my field, the big firms recruit at certain schools, so if that was the goal, its a lot easier to get "seen" if you go to one of those schools. On the other hand, there are plenty of people who got their degree elsewhere who have very successful careers - other than getting the first job, it really doesn't matter. There are a couple of programs around where I have met people who really didn't know anything they should know, despite having a degree (sometimes a masters!) in the field. I would not hire a new grad from one of those schools. I'm generally hiring people with at least 3-4 years of experience, so school is not much of a factor (but 3-4 years of experience in a big national or regional firm really helps a resume get my attention).
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Thanks for the replies, everyone!