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Article: Past the prestige: what career options does your Ph.D. offer?(Making Connections)
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- Black Enterprise
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- August 1, 2004
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Twenty-two years ago, Debra Banks, then director of career services at Chicago State University and a year shy of completing her doctoral course work, accepted an offer to work for First Chicago as a college recruiter. Today she is vice president and senior relocation counselor for Chicago-based Bank One (formerly First Chicago).
"The Ph.D. had no value in the bank at that time. A senior vice president suggested I take the number of hours I earned toward the degree off my resume, since it might be a distraction for [future] interviews and open me up to a lot of questions," says Banks.
Aside from possibly being deemed as overqualified, Ph.D. graduates ...