Background check for education
deepblue2012
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In you experience, will the background check company just verify your highest degree or they will verify all education you submitted with your Resume or application form? I had a master in US and a bachelor and a diploma in other country. I am thinking just put my master degree on my Resume. I am worry if they check all the education detail, it may cause some delay...
Any comments?
Thanks a lot.
Any comments?
Thanks a lot.
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YuckTheFankees
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If you just put your Master's, they will probably assume you have a bachelors as well. So I would think they would ask for your Bachelor degree info as well. I would give them all the info and not hold anything back because if they have to ask for it, that might leave a negative impression... -
Vik210
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Write everything. I had issues with IBM because I had my bachelor’s and master’s from different countries and funnily enough, this was very confusing for HR. My offer letter got delayed by 2 month as we were discussing my educational background!
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MiikeB
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Put them both. Anyone with common sense will assume that if your bachelors was good enough for the US masters then it is good enough for a job.Graduated - WGU BS IT December 2011
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NetworkVeteran
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I'd put both, as that'll raise fewer doubts and suspicions. Lengthy background checks certainly don't have to hold up your offer and/or employment. The last job offer I accepted had several contingencies, all of which I knew would pan out, so they didn't worry me. Contingencies are indeed common in other types of contracts such as when you buy or sell a house.
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Vik210
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This depends from company/ country you are applying for. My master’s is from UK (like any other master’s in UK) was for one year full time. Some countries still do not recognize this as a degree and they treat my bachelor’s as highest qualification.NetworkVeteran wrote: »Lengthy background checks certainly don't have to hold up your offer and/or employment.
Some company wants to finish the background check before they send an offer letter (like Accenture) and other (like HP) hire first and do the check in first 3 months of job. -
deepblue2012
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Thanks for all that replying to my thread. Just a follow up question: Will the background check just verify my highest degree (master degree in this case) or they will conduct verification on everything I put on eduction section of the Resume?
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erg0n
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deepblue2012 wrote: »Thanks for all that replying to my thread. Just a follow up question: Will the background check just verify my highest degree (master degree in this case) or they will conduct verification on everything I put on eduction section of the Resume?
Thanks a lot!
It all depends on the company's policy, the company I currently worked for verified my university degree and required proof of my certifications and that was it. -
YuckTheFankees
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deepblue2012 wrote: »Thanks for all that replying to my thread. Just a follow up question: Will the background check just verify my highest degree (master degree in this case) or they will conduct verification on everything I put on eduction section of the Resume?
Thanks a lot!
It depends on the company. Some companies wont even ask for information regarding your degree's, but the majority of them will. Just give them all the information and you wont have a problem.
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deepblue2012
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YuckTheFankees wrote: »It depends on the company. Some companies wont even ask for information regarding your degree's, but the majority of them will. Just give them all the information and you wont have a problem.
Yes. I will just release all the information and relax. It seems wild just put master degree in the Resume without mention about undergraduate education. Thanks! -
BenjaminTraeger
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Each of this happens differently, for example, when I got a job my university diploma was not checked at all, so the most important thing is the knowledge that you have.