Comment on Should I just lie on job applications and say I have a college degree?
scytale@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I can’t really say if there are degree filters in my company’s recruiting process, but I do know if they get far enough to reach the technical interview stage and I’m part of the interview panel, we don’t really care if the applicant has a degree or not. What we look at is experience and knowledge/skills. I wouldn’t recommend lying because HR does perform background checks.
Depending on the company this is exactly the argument I’m favor of lying about a degree: the hiring manager doesn’t care, and HR is checking a box.
Whether or not it’s a “good” idea in terms of efficacy is probably based on too many unknowns. It’s all a crapshoot anyway in terms of the random shit that a resume can be filtered for.
And HR by definition must act like a total asshole almost no matter what the situation is.
figjam@midwest.social 2 days ago
Depends on how well staffed HR is. Big multi national company? Fuck yeah they are checking every box. Cory who does HR alone and watches the front desk while Betty is at lunch? No fucking way.