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Originally posted by Dirty Meg:
I know how to order beer in seven different languages and I know how to say 'faster potato-head' in German and 'to infinity and beyond' in Latin.
People who actually bother to learn a language for a college course are wasting their time. Just say you speak Esperanto or Linear A. Who's gonna check?
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Actually, many employers do these days. I know someone who lied on their resume and got a good job and thought they were home free...next thing you know someone did some checking and they were unemployed and unable to find work.
A Professor at the university lied about authoring some obscure texts on a subject in her field. Her colleagues figured out she wasn't able to discuss those areas and someone did the legwork to determine the articles she had on her resume didn't exist. Of course, I suppose I should add, in all fairness, that same prof had been the dean of the largest college (21 departments) as well as teaching within the university for a few years before anyone caught on. But now she's got alot of bad press in her field (lying about publications is one sure way to never work in academia again)and is going to have to change careers to make a living.
Our office checks credentials before the final hiring papers go out. I'm one of the people who has to track down whether or not a potential hire has the degrees that they claim they do and we usually ask for transcripts with the resumes of finalists for a position.
[ 07-09-2004, 08:45 AM: Message edited by: Cloudbringer ]