jamill wroteit is not logical I guess to apply to 500+ jobs and barely get a response. Humans have a mental reserve and I cannot keep getting rejections for 2 years and keep going. So I went for a master's maybe consulting companies, like booz and BCG would take me; but I still don't get responses from them or even smaller companies.
I don't know - I have the same problem!
Without knowing more details, I don't think anyone can give you a useful answer. You may just get a generic answer (It is the economy, etc.).
I tried asking people close to me who know me what it could be. I received various answers. Nothing that totally convinced me, but still ideas to investigate.
I am sad to hear that. I have no degree, but a similar problem, so it must be something else.
My problem is how people who don't really know what they're doing, and actually set the company back and slow everyone down with bad work, seem to be more liked. And when it comes to me they do not find enough things to pick on and enough excuses to turn me away. I am not perfect, but I put in progress, if not somewhat slowly.
I have seen people spend months on a software project, then come up with something so buggy and messy that it cannot work in production and has to be thrown away and done again from scratch. These persons are still working with the same company that dismissed me with reasons (more like excuses I guess) such as being 5 minutes late and upsetting someone by giving my professional opinion.
I find it despicable and I also have a limited capacity to endure bullshit then find myself on the wrong side of the stick.
Not ranting here either, just expressing myself!
I don't want to work in such environments, yet it seems to be the norm! I understand your despair and feel for you.
Yet like anything else, with practice and experience, it's something you will get better at dealing with, I can testify that.
It's quite competitive, the job market, though. So if you have other options, they are worth exploring!
By the way, I have taken part in the recruitment process once. I can tell you that the degree is not the first thing they looked at. I don't have enough experience to make generalisations. I can just tell you that in this case we were looking for someone who fit the profile, or image we had in our head, and someone who is skilled at a professional level for the role. After the first interview we discussed to see everyone's impression. One candidate which I supported (as IT person) was disliked for reasons that I never understood, his way of talking, something he said, which I did not totally get.
Then if everyone was happy with them, the second stage would be a test assignment - a typical IT task (fix a PC) and I would observe him.
I can tell you that a nice degree (and work experience) gets people excited, and also validates a likely candidate. But - in this case at least - it was not the primary concern.
In some other companies and jobs, it might be different.
Your profile might be fitting for working in a big French company. In France they have this merit philosophy where engineers are considered "smarter", no matter what the job is. Engineering + Management will likely be well looked at.