College transcripts and job interviews

If you come to work in my agency we will verify your degree and your transcripts because the rehabilitation act requires that you must have a specific level of education. But we accept RA and DETC.

 

Re: Doctor without an MD

 

It depends on where you are applying. If you are applying to a bank or credit union, they will pull a credit check and if you have bad credit or filed chapter 11 or 13, they will see it and you will not be hired. It is for security on their part.

As far as other industries go, I am not sure why they pull it but if they do, it is for a reason and if you don't have good credit, they probably will hold it against you otherwise they wouldn't be pulling it.

Duff

 

You've obviously never worked in a security clearance environment.

 

Re: Re: College transcripts and job interviews

Every job I've ever had since graduating has required transcripts. I've worked for public and private organizations, but always in education. Only one has required the diploma and that was for a position outside the U.S.

Coincidentally, that is why the St. Regis claim about using their degree to earn a teaching license is just silly (and a lie). While it may be possible to find someone asleep at the wheel, no one who actually looks would ever accept it as valid.



Tom Nixon

 

May be it's the type of job that I have and do; every job that I have ever had, verified my academic and professional credentials including unofficial and official transcripts. I am in government but as we all know, there are different branches within a government. Even transferring from one job to another has often triggered a review of my academic and professional credentials. I have just been informed only last week to expect another background check to include verification of academic and professional credentials to include credit check. Why? I am about to transfer into another “great” job. In 1997, during a brief three months in the private sector (when I thought I could make more in the private sector), my employer called all my schools (one of my program directors told me about the call) and did a background check on me. I was given a copy of the background check.

I often wondered how people get away with fake degrees in the work place. With me, if I ever tried to use fake credentials, I probably will find myself in the front pages of the Washington Post to say the least.


Godwin

 

Credit checks are used for various reasons. If you will be working with money, it may be a requirement of the insurance (bonding) company. Another reason is that some feel this is an indication of a person's reliability and integrity. It is also a way to find out if a person is in legal trouble, has moved frequently, or showed any other signs of instability. A lack of a credit record can be just as suspicious as a poor one.
As for the transcripts, at both high school and college level, my employers never asked for the transcripts, but did want to know what my GPA was. I always include them in my portfolio, anyway.
I worked previously with high security level government contracts, and never had to produce evidence of my credentials, but went through a FBI background check, fingerprinting and clearance from the Sheriff's dept in order to teach at a public high school.



Bo79:
BTW I'm still continuing my education and I never been on a job interview, but what I'm wondering is why to employers do credit checks? I feel that a person might have bad credit, they might be a great worker. Also if a person has declared personal bankruptcy in the past will employers be able to find that out and will they be able to use it against that person when considering them for a position?currently working on)

 

Re: Re: Doctor without an MD

I think the obvious conclusion is that someone who has bad credit is more likely have or incur financial problems, which would lead to temptation to steal, embezzle, etc.

My brother used to be a manager at Wells Fargo Armored, and he told me that almost every employee that was caught stealing had financial problems.

 

problems with copying diplomas

What is with the whole "give us a copy of your diploma" thing?

I have 4 personal problems with this:
1) a copy of a diploma really doesn't tell you much. You can buy or create a fake copy of a diploma fro virtually any school pretty easily now (damn you photoshop ) And unless the HR person knows what the diploma from that school looks like, they may never know yours is fake.

2) It would be much more accurate if one simply calls the university and asks them personally. Every U.S. university I have heard of will confirm whether or not a person got a specific type of degree from them. This way, all a HR person would need would be an internet connection to get the correct phone number of the university.

3) My diploma is HUGE. It's about 18 X 18 inches and it is framed. So now I have to take it out of the frame and bring it to kinkos because some lazy HR person won't take 2 minutes to call my university .

4) My diploma is in Latin. The only thing in English on it is my name. Hell, I could barely make out the name of the university or what type of degree (BA) it is. For all I know it could say I graduated from barber college with a concentration is hair perms.

Just Some Rants By Me,
Jon

 

Re: Re: Re: College transcripts and job interviews

I had to submit transcripts, consent to a credit check, and various other miscellany to get my current job--- and I'm only a part-time student employee.

 

Re: how common it is for employers to request to see college transcripts?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service will allow a substitution of education for required experience. The education must be a bachelor's degree that included at least 12 semester hours in the biological, physical, mathematical, or agricultural sciences. This must be verified by providing a copy of college transcripts. Also the agency's new Consumer Safety Officer is required to have at least 30 semester hours in applicable course-work, again verified by providing a copy of transcripts. When I considered applying for this position, all I had to send were photocopies, not official copies of all my transcripts. The VMO's (Veterinary Medical Officers) also are required to send a copy of their diploma, but no transcripts or licensing paperwork.

Ron Dotson
Consumer Safety Inspector
U.S.D.A., F.S.I.S., Field Operations

 

What I hate in my own case is the repetition of doing what others have done. Why can't the new government department or agency simply request what has been done before? Why waste money? The facts are unlikely to change (with the possible exception of credit and arrest records) and my degrees are relatively recent. I realize of course, someone must have a job to do.

Godwin