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Can you be competitive without a degree?

Q. My career has spanned more than 25 years, and I have been very successful. I have managed large, successful sales teams as well as large project and development programs. Past employment was secured through relationships. I never finished college, and now I find that I can’t even get a call back from an employer, even for jobs I am perfectly suited for. Do I have to go back to school to get a job? Or is there something else I can do to get over this hurdle?

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Many a directionless HS senior would be making a wise decision to put off further education for a couple of years of  "real life" education. Even if its menial work and he/she just makes ends meet, he/she is light years ahead of the equally directionless classmate who is by then somewhere between $15 and 50K in debt with nothing of any worth to show for it.