My wife has a 4 year degree in banking and finance from a university here in the Phils and 8 years of relative exp. Do companies in the US recognize the education and experience? What are other people's experience with this?

Orimai

Yes, domestic companies will recongnize foreign degrees. My friend who works for Lockheed Martin came from India with a foriegn degree, and got the job.

I don't see that it would be a problem in the US, though I've run into educational prejudice in the UK. For some recruiters here it doesn't seem to matter that I have a B.A. from one of the best unis in America; all they can see is I don't have any GCSEs or A-levels.

I previously looked in to what i'd need to do a part time course in the US - to apply most US unis want to see the original degree certificate and a sealed copy of the transcripts - which are a break down of the marks given for each module.

The transcripts then have to be independently adjudicated to fit in with the US scoring system so that they can be compared to US degrees (most of which are 4 year degrees).

So be aware that some employers will not realise education and university systems are different around the world, but I think as long as you have the degree certificate you should have no problems.

I think anyone with educational degrees has problems using that degree once in the U.S. My husband has a bachelors of education in Science and basically cannot work as a teacher until he goes to school for 2 more years and gets a bunch of credentials here. It gets frustrating.

It really depends on the field of work. The company I am with now recognize my foreign degree & my experience (I am in finance/accounting).

It's usually the companies that have a problem with it, but if you are in a profession that requires licensing of some sort, It can be very difficult to get the licensing board to accept a foreign degree for licensing purposes.

does anyone know if i need my 3 year training as a medical/clinical laboratory techincian, obtained in germnay, to be evaluated to get a job in the states? or do you think its enough to just get translations of my certificates, score reports and my finals to get my german degree accepted?

thanks for your help!

nina

Nina,

You may want to check the boards or associations that relate to your profession. Some professions (example: lawyers, medical doctors, school teachers) have very strict rules (I teach foreign trained professionals in Canada, and this is a huge issue for them all the time). Other professions are not as hard to get into. But like Ziggy said, licensing in a regulated profession can be -is- a pain in the neck.
Best, L.

Nina,
As a lab tech maybe 1 year of college in states required not sure. Nurse need 1-2 years college. doctor need to pass 3 tests then a paid college residency program. Check this site www.ecfmg.org Should have your answers or links to other sites.

My degree is in French with a specialization in applied linguistics (as opposed to literature), but I don't work in that field...I work in I.T. Most I.T. jobs in the UK require certain GCSEs/A-levels at the bare minimum, but since I don't have any of those and a degree in an unrelated subject, it does tend to confuse a lot of people. The UK seems to be a very qualification-oriented society that seems to think you can't do anything unless you have a piece of paper that says you can. It's ridiculous. I program RINGS around the so-called "certified" SQL developers at work, and I have no formal training in the subject. I only got this job because a friend of mine was in charge of hiring for it. Otherwise I'd have been up a creek.

I have worked for a call center for an American bank company. I learned that Philippine Banking is different from US Banking but I don't think they won't recognize her degree. I also know someone who has a degree of Economics here in the Philippines and she's now working in America at a bank. I think it depends on the field of work and requirements too of the company.

That's not because of the degree he has - it's because of the teacher certification required in the US which is different on a state-to-state basis. Even someone certified to teach in NY, for example, may not be allowed to teach in CA until they meet CA's requirements.

In order to qualify for a position with the agency I work for a friend of mind had to that his certification (England) to a company that evaluated it and then issued a certified document stating what the equivalent degree would be here in the states.

So true. Each state has their own qualifications in regards to teaching. Something that might be a good idea (later on down the road) is to become Nationally Board Certified. That will allow one to teach in ANY state at any time providing a job is available.

No, it doesn't. National Board Certification can provide continuing education credits and it could be used to prove that a teacher meets "highly qualified status" under NCLB. And it enhances a teacher's classroom instruction skills. What it doesn't do is provide certification to teach anywhere in the US.

In fact, to be eligible to do the National Certification you need to be state-certified first. Here's the link: http://www.nbpts.org/become_a_candidate/eligibility_policies

Er, to clarify, as for some reason I can't edit my last post:

In fact, to be eligible to do the National Certification, you generally have to be teaching already for a minimum of 3 years, and except under specific circumstances that means you'll need to have state certification first since you wouldn't have gotten the teaching job in the first place without it. Here's the link: http://www.nbpts.org/become_a_candidate/eligibility_policies

I have to agree with the above, we are having to jump through many hoops to get credentials recognised. We are using a company recognised by the Nurse licensing authority of Florida. Its my view though that we have to do all the leg work, requesting more info from the UK uni to help them. having the diplomas is not enough.

My apologies. I suppose the National Board Certification my teacher friend has is all wrong then.

It's not that it's wrong. It's an excellent program. It's just that it doesn't provide country-wide teaching certification.