Omitting Campus Info

[ucbalumnus]

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@sakky

And yes indeed, often times those screens will only pass through those candidates (if we’re talking about entry-level positions for new grads) from certain schools.

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<p>And if an HR office screening thousands of resumes per day using a resume-grep system is being picky about school attended, consider this:</p>

<p>A. They screen for “University of Michigan”. Then either “University of Michigan” or “University of Michigan - Flint” will pass.
B. They screen for “University of Michigan” and “Ann Arbor”. Then just having “University of Michigan” without “Ann Arbor” will not pass.</p>

<p>In other words, either situation would not allow gaining any advantage by leaving off “Flint”.</p>

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@sakky

And of course, like I said, that all assumes that the hiring manager would even find out at all. Given the deeply questionable hiring decisions that firms routinely make every day, color me skeptical.</p>

<p>I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: if firms truly cared so much about the ‘upstanding ethics’ of their employees, then exactly why does the blizzard of scandals in the business news continue unabated?

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<p>Just because they make lots of mistakes in hiring does not mean that they make mistakes all the time or that the proposed resume listing is risk-free. Nor does the high frequency of ethical lapses mean that they will ignore what they perceive as ethical lapses when they see themselves as the victim (double standards are very common everywhere).</p>