beemerboy

Has anyone acually been asked to PROVE their written
qualifications for a job.

Eg. Show their Degree Cetificate or MSCE etc....

no reason specifically......;-)

BB

dnb

My work wanted to see my degree certificate.

MarkO

My first job required a IIi or higher to get into an interview. Despite my CV specifically mentioning my Desmond, it wasn't spotted and I got an interview and the job.

About a year later I was in the pub with my boss, and talking about degrees, when he heard me mention my qualification. "You can't have got a IIii", he said "you must have got a IIi or higher to get an interview".

carl

Ah, a 'Desmond'. Still, at least it's better than a 'Douglas'.

sexy wrx69

mine didnt even ask for references.....muppets!

TomM

I had to produce all of my certificates, and even after all that the job wasnt worth it!!. Thought I was getting involved with some big kick **** company!, how wrong I was!!

I interview about 3-4 people a month and I ask them if they can produce proof of MCSE's CCNA's etc etc, I never follow it up but if someone is telling fibs and they are not to hot they often slip up and start with some excuse - very amusing and gets rid of the crap alot of the time.

If your asked, say YES!!!, very unlikely thatthey will follow it up.

beemerboy

hahah its swings and roundabouts!!!
i know that the first time i do tell a porky, i'll get sussed!!!

hahah keeps you on your toes though, but what the hell, as long as you can do the job, thats the mail thing i guess!!

thanks for the replies... Food for thought!!!

bye the way does anyone need a System Administrator with a degree in rocket science and 12 a levels!!! LOL

;-) BB

dsmith

Thora and Proud

NatWest asked what I got but never to prove it. All other jobs never even asked what I got. Could put BSc (Hons) Origami on my CV and would never had to prove otherwise.

Deano

MarkO

They'd have spotted it easily, when they took your CV out of the envelope and found it was folded into a small bird whose wings flapped when you pulled its tail.

MrDBM

what's a 'douglas' then?

sorry, had to ask - but answering the q - yes my employer wanted to see my ma and bsc certificates *plus* yearly gradings and thesis... (all that to sit on my rear and post all day! - you've gotta love the system!)

carl

Douglas Hurd -- Third

MrDBM

*right* - cheers carl!

brickboy

MarkO -- when interviewed for the job I'm in now (10.5 years ago and counting ...), I simply put on my CV "BSc Chemistry" as I only got a pass degree.

However, it seemed that less was more. I was told by my now partner that "we only really consider candidates with a first". I said: "Mmmmm"

A couple of years later I owned up ... with no ill effects.

greyarea

I had to send a copy of my degree certificate, and this was to the university that had issued it!

bros2

lost my degree cert, so I have a grotty piece of A5 paper confirming my educational attainment, basically cos I couldn't be bothered to pay £30 for a duplicate certificate.

Never been asked (other than first job from university) for this. Nobody's ever asked to see O or A levels. Rarely have my references been followed up on.

bros

Marky-San

Yip - Compaq wanted my Masters degree and Bachelors at the first interview stage.

polarbearit

What qualifications

Seriously, I ask in interviews about qualifications, one highly qualified chap produced his degree, professional qualifications, paper he had written on the subject (about 500 pages), several articles he had published in computing... He was excellent at the job, which I won't detail, but lets say it was totally unglamorous and only for 3 months. Seemed a lot of trouble to go to!

In general I ask about qualifications but don't follow up...

polarbearit

One friend once did two weeks driving a truck at motorway roadworks... At interview he was asked to show his HGV license when he started, this was never followed up, even though it was blatently obvious he had never driven such a vehicle before! Still he got away with it