Academic Qualifications and Career Success People’s opinions differ as to whether or not it is necessary to have a university or college degree before starting to build a career. While someone think it more important to gain working experience as soon as finishing school, I still believe that university education has an irreplaceable role to play for a successful career. Some people think that working experience accounts more when one is seeking employment, as he/she can gain practical skills and deal with certain situations that will occur in workplace, which the book knowledge taught by teacher at university may never tell. For example, a career beginner can have a better grasp of the technique of communicating with clients and crisis management skills only after he/she has already encountered these situations and learnt lessons from precedents or failures. Moreover, as soon as one has entered the workforce, he/she starts expanding his/her profession circle, which is of remarkable importance in one’s career trajectory but is hard to have when one is still on campus. On the other hand, however, university or college education gives students further knowledge specialized in a certain field, presents them abilities of continuous learning and critical thinking, and enlightens them to have various perspectives on life and things, which make them a complete person and guarantee their further development. These are mainly realized by the different forms of studying provided by institutions, including group discussion, workshop and seminar, by which students can communicate and cooperate with their classmates, brainstorming ideas and getting inspired by their peers. To conclude, although entering the workforce straightly after school does allow individuals more time to gain working experience and profession links, I still believe that university education benefits one’s career trajectory in a long term.