Not All Universities Are Made Equal

One hot debate that keeps resurfacing in Thai society every now and then is how recruiters seem to favour Chulalongkorn graduates and graduates from other noted public universities over graduates from Rajabhat universities in the job market.

Some call this practice discrimination as all graduates should be treated individually and evaluated on equal ground for a position regardless of what institute they graduate from.

In an idealistic world, I agree that no one should be at an advantage or disadvantage based on a pre-conceived notion whether it’s positive or negative. But, in the real world, is considering candidates from more well-known institutes first just a safer bet from an employer’s POV?

It only makes sense that potential employers, who don’t have anything…