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Cheaper than student loans! (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My wife works in HR and she’s yet to work at a company that calls the registrars office.

It's SOP over here. I even got bothered about it when I was in the final stage of hiring, because I graduated in December and put graduated in 2005 on my application despite officially getting the diploma in 2006.

That being said, if you’re applying for a job you’re never gonna get an interview for (Director or Manager roles without an MBA or BS) then you have quite literally nothing but your time to lose.

Reputation matters and you won't get love in your industry by lying like this.

If you do get fired, and your employer flags you as "not eligible for rehire" that's a big chunk of your career you can't reference anymore because its now a black mark.

This is a big risk for anyone who isn't simply scamming as a career.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If you do get fired, and your employer flags you as “not eligible for rehire” that’s a big chunk of your career you can’t reference anymore because its now a black mark.

Legally the business cannot say anything whatsoever about job performance or any reason behind hiring in terms of employment verification, at least where I am in Massachusetts. Employment verification here can only say dates of employment, starting job title and ending job title. Nothing else. If they say more is a massive liability and absolutely anybody can call up asking for employment verification, there's no vetting.. so getting caught telling more information is very possible.

Being banned from employment from one employer doesn't usually do anything, and again, if you didn't have a job to begin with and needed that foot in the door, and old small-midsize company that has zero real power, influence or clout beyond their domain will have zero impact on your job prospects. If you never get past offer phase it's unlikely.

If you're in a highly specialized field where there's only a handful of people who can do your job then yes, EVERYONE in that field probably knows just who you are! But you can't fake it till you make it at that level. low level managers and early-mid career white collar roles? Yeah you can bullshit your way through a lot of those.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Legally the business cannot say anything whatsoever about job performance or any reason behind hiring in terms of employment verification

Saying "no eligible for rehire" is enough to poison your reference.