Nov 10, 2009

Follow up to an earlier post about Degrees

Posted by Wendy Weber

Interesting piece from yesterday’s New York Times on degrees.

There are many, may people who attended college but never got a degree. According to data from the Education Department, after 6 years, more than 40 percent of those who started at a four-year institution have not finished.

“More schools are reaching out to students who never finished degree requirements, creating flexible programs that can be particularly helpful to those who have just a few credits left.”

While I don’t think it’s necessary to mention that you don’t have a degree unless you’re asked, please be honest if questioned outright. We have – more than once – had a candidate who indicated that they held a degree gotten to the point of an offer from a client of ours. Only in the background check did it come to light that the candidate did not have a degree. Both times, the client said that while they could have accepted the lack of a degree, they could not tolerate the deceit, and the offers were rescinded.

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