Discussion Job hunting "upgrading" your grades

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  1. ZhaWarudo

    ZhaWarudo TOKI WO TOMARE!!!

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    I wonder how many employers check the grades with your university or even report it if it's against the law. I realise it depends from country to country and employer to employer, just wanna now in general any experience. It's quite common practice at my place, but I don't know anyone who did it unfortunately. I need to provide a list of my grades because of English and that's fine coz my English 1 is B and E2 is A, but other grades have a lot of D's and E's so I want to upgrade some of them. It's not a degree, just a list of grades, though there is an official uni seal on it.
     
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  2. Anoncommander1

    Anoncommander1 The Commander

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    no one will check my grade since it is my own company.
     
  3. amilhs

    amilhs Moon Walker

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    Can i apply?
     
  4. KTL

    KTL Down horrendous

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    Yeah right.
     
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    Anoncommander1 The Commander

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    you can. but I will still check your grade.
     
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    Evanbond Well-Known Member

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    Having good grades is important now. If you have the D's turn them to B, at least. Give your major courses priority. In the interview, they ask academic questions too and if you're from CS background, you would face questions which hadn't been taught at your university.
     
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  7. amilhs

    amilhs Moon Walker

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    Ahw.. can you do an exemption?
     
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  8. Wize

    Wize [20 years ahead] [PROCRASTINATOR]

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    Eyyyyyyyyyy
     
  9. Anoncommander1

    Anoncommander1 The Commander

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    if you pay $10,000, I will not look at your grade for cleaning service position.
     
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    pukeofhurl The Philosopher

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    i have a GED and several skill certificates electrician,mechanic,computer engineering, no one cared that i scored in the 99th percentile on all of them... since they will always hire the one with the more prestigious name attached sooo no they dont care about the grade they care about where you got it >.> wish i went to MIT instead of community college...
     
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    die4jingshi Well-Known Member

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    I honestly think the practice is stupid. Your past scholastic performance does not predict your present and future work performance. At most, it can only provide a glimpse on certain skill predispositions.
     
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    Ahh! Sir, I think that will be no good.. I am applying because I dont have work and i dont have money..so how can I pay $10,000?
     
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    die4jingshi Well-Known Member

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    Of course its a different matter though in job hiring if there are two or more applicants for the same position. Even if i were the HR officer, i'd go for the one with the better grades
     
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    asriu fu~ fu~ fu~

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    as long as I got my initial money on 1 month no prob~
     
  15. ZhaWarudo

    ZhaWarudo TOKI WO TOMARE!!!

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    I am CS grad but it's not a CS job(flight control), what kinda questions that weren't taught at the uni?
     
  16. AliceShiki

    AliceShiki 『Ms. Tree』『Magical Girl of Love and Justice』

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    Companies check your grades in uni?

    Wow, that seems so weird to me... I never heard of it happening on my country.
     
  17. ZhaWarudo

    ZhaWarudo TOKI WO TOMARE!!!

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    I'm asking if they do so I don't get caught or even have to pay some fine.
     
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    AliceShiki 『Ms. Tree』『Magical Girl of Love and Justice』

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    They might end up asking in some country I guess... I doubt you'd need to pay a fine though, it doesn't make any sense, why would you have to pay to get hired?
     
  19. ZhaWarudo

    ZhaWarudo TOKI WO TOMARE!!!

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    Altering documents is illegial in any country
     
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  20. lalalyly

    lalalyly Digging translating pits and jumping into them.

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    In my opinion, grades will only get you in the door. Work ethic and some common sense will help you stay. I wouldn't bother with upgrading your grades, but bringing to the table something you've worked on to prove your effectiveness. I hired a CS grad a year ago who brought examples of projects he had done and discussed what he did and what worked/didn't work on his projects.

    Also, good schools don't have as much effect as you think. I've fired Harvard grads and kept people who went to community college and then graduated from a state school. The former was too lazy and wouldn't do any work assigned to him. The latter was a hard worker that was innovative and came up with effective, out of the box solutions.