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Will a masters make me over qualified?

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Davies259
(@davies259)
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Hi,

I am starting my final year of a Bsc Computer Forensics (hons) degree at university. I have the opportunity to undertake an integrated masters in Computer Security. I have no industry experience, therefore I would need an entry level position.

My question is will the integrated masters make me over qualified for an entry level position? or will the integrated masters put off perspective employers?

Any help you can give me will be much appreciated.

Cheers Matt

 
Posted : 17/09/2013 12:28 am
(@forensicg)
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Matt,

I wouldn't worry about being over qualified for any position in the current job market, make yourself as attractive a candidate as possible.

I've worked at companies where they have only recruited candidates with masters for entry level positions, if you have no experience an additional qualification can only be a positive.

Good luck with the decision you make,

G.

 
Posted : 17/09/2013 12:26 pm
(@lethalforensicator)
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A masters will help you gain a full time position, however this position is still going to be entry level.

If you are in your final year in the UK, look at the Big 4 accounting firms, they have Cyber/Forensic teams and are often looking to recruit gradutes (Bsc/Msc).

 
Posted : 09/10/2013 10:09 am
(@mr_dee)
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Hi,

Getting your Masters degree will make you qualified, not overqualified. It seems that a lot of organisations (including government/law-enforcement) are making "having a masters" the new standard for their technical employees who work in the IT security/digital-forensics/network-forensics.

Some of these organisations are now actually sending their current employees, who may have been doing their job in security/forensics for 5-15 years to do a masters degree. A bachelors no longer carries the same value as they did 20 years ago and organisations are therefore raising the bar. (Why? The amount of bachelor degree students has just exploded in the last 20 years. over saturated market sort of thing.)

When i got my Bachelors (Software Engineering) with decent grades. i was a 2008 graduate and got to be the first graduate generation to enjoy the economic disaster. I struggled for a year and a half to get a job in my field within IT sector going from interview to entry exam to trial day over and over, and just never got hired in the end.

Then i made one of my best decisions, i did a Masters degree (computer Forensics). Afterwards i applied to two specialist positions, in a very competitive sector, the first called me back 2 days later said they wanted to hire me, the second called me back (i was the last candidate) an hour after the interview and said i was hired. Getting a masters degree made that amount of difference for me.

My advice for anyone graduating in these turbulent economic times, IT or not, Get a Masters degree.

Good luck

 
Posted : 09/10/2013 1:54 pm
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