Follow up to an earlier post about Degrees
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said that while they could have accepted the lack of a degree, they could not tolerate the deceit, and the offers were rescinded.
