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The scale is extreme, but that is what a lot of companies do. For example, with large accounting firms, having a CPA license boosts salary by 10-25% over a can
by gamblor956 3y ago
The scale is extreme, but that is what a lot of companies do.
For example, with large accounting firms, having a CPA license boosts salary by 10-25% over a candidate without a CPA (assuming both are otherwise equally qualified and get offers). With law firms, having a federal court clerkship on the resume boosts salary by 25-50% over candidates without a clerkship (at the early stages of one's career), not including a six-figure signing bonus that generally is not offered to other candidates.
- ghaff 3y agoYeah, I can pretty much guarantee you that someone with a degree from Harvard who clerked at SCOTUS is going to earn a lot more than someone who has a degree from a send- or third-tier school and a no name clerkship--at a white shoe law firm, assuming the latter can even get an offer (even before the interview). And this is not a category that is so rare that I don't know people in the former one even though I'm not even remotely in law.