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by Mike_Naylor » Fri, 26 Feb 2010 9:43 am
After recently being accepted for a job, the HR person I was dealing with me asked me to send them verification of high school grades. GCSE etc.
This surprised me quite a bit, being in my late 30s, with a top University degree,and 15 years in the trade.
I basically explained that it's not the type of thing 30 somethings in the UK are asked for, and I can't even recall the last time I even saw my little high school slips, let alone used them for work.
I was actually a bit peeved at the time. Bearing in mind I've never even had to produce the paper copy of my degree until now (which I'm quite happy to do by the way).
Also, being nearly 40, I have to be totally honest here, in saying I'm not 100% certain that my hazy recollection of my grades is completely spot on anyway. I know the basics of course, but I'm not the type of person who remembers whether they got a C or a D in home economics or things like that.
Anyway, I just said that I don't have high school stuff any more. But I can of course bring out my degreee. Which they said was fine, as that is all they need anyway apparently. She was just telling me that high school stuff was "ideal for their records," but not a pre-requisite.
I'm just wondering, I'm not going to get myself in a situation, where I get out there, and this changes am I?
As in, can I safely assume that turning up with my degree will be the end of this discussion? And I can just get on with things.
Can HR departments in Singapore actually check UK high school grades?
I'm just envisiging getting there, handing over my degree, getting on with it, and 6 months later being called up as they've checked my grades, and I got a D in drama in 1990, and not a C.
You know, I'm all for verifying degrees. I realise that bad stuff goes on. But I draw the line at having school grades being snooped at.