Current Events > Do jobs really check your educationally background.

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I have some where I had to give proof, like when I was applying for a state job... I didn't get. But normally that never happens when I am looking for non government work. I am not suggesting one should try to lie about their education just because that can always come back to bite you. but I was just wondering what happens with that, do they just take your word for it.

So say someone had a degree in Human Relations and they said their degree was in human resources. How likely is that to be discovered . And once more even reading it myself seems like I am looking to game the system. I not, it was just something that was bugging me.

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They do not.

Honestly if you were going to get the job they hardly check jack shit.

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I don't know . I always hate having to write down the street address of my high school because it moved the year after I graduated.

If someone lied about having a degree in Human Resources and was going for an HR job it would be extremely obvious lol.
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I have had jobs ask for my transcripts. Since I owe the school, I don't have access to them. After that they didn't seem to care.

Most jobs in IT and communications have asked me about my experience. It seems they care more about that.

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Someone, somewhere, will check. Eventually. I know of people, including a cousin who lost jobs for lying on their resume. My cousin had the job 5 years before they found out he lied about job experience.

There are people - often named Karen - whose entire job is to get people terminated.

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