Comments on: 5 Ways to Evaluate MOOCs on a Resume https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/5-ways-to-evaluate-moocs-on-a-resume.html Everything to make HR better Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:54:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Slippy https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/5-ways-to-evaluate-moocs-on-a-resume.html#comment-205343 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:54:33 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3539#comment-205343 On the other end of the spectrum I have an IT degree from a reasonably accomplished Engineering school that required hands-on learning. Most of my interviews have focused on whether I have x years experience in one thing or another or y certification. I feel like my degree is treated as a box to be checked that is only important if they want to filter people a little more.

]]> By: Roger Rabbit https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/5-ways-to-evaluate-moocs-on-a-resume.html#comment-205335 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:19:55 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3539#comment-205335 In reply to Evil HR Lady.

I still get asked for my GPA from my first undergraduate degree, almost 30 years ago. This is then verified by official transcript requests and I have had recruiters ask me to take them through my history of transcripts as recent as two years ago. I don’t think that my GPA is relevant, but having the base knowledge is relevant.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/5-ways-to-evaluate-moocs-on-a-resume.html#comment-205334 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:44:59 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3539#comment-205334 In reply to Jill.

I agree! I’ve been working on an article about a university and in so doing I’ve been talking with my friends from grad school. I started grad school in 1997. It is, of course, on my resume. It boggles my mind that what I did 18 years ago is still relevant in my career today.

]]> By: Jill https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/5-ways-to-evaluate-moocs-on-a-resume.html#comment-205333 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:36:50 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3539#comment-205333 I’m only in my 30’s so I was part of the generation where this push for college-college-college started. It just disgusts me the number of employers that see a “DEGREE” as the only relevant factor. I’ve known a handful of people in their 50’s and 60’s who were laid off and looking for work and, despite decades of experience in their industries couldn’t get a foot in the door because they didn’t have a Degree.

The only reason I’m now working on my Master’s is because I fear what the landscape will be 20 years from now when I’m in my 50’s and looking for a job. Will we Gen-Xer’s and Millenials be told “Oh. You *only* have a Bachelor’s? Sorry. Not interested.”

I wish employers looked at the whole picture and not just the Degree factor!

]]> By: Roger Rabbit https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/5-ways-to-evaluate-moocs-on-a-resume.html#comment-205332 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 15:22:26 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3539#comment-205332 I question the value of these as anything more than a curiosity, especially if someone tries to pass it off as credentials. I know someone who has a PhD from a well-known institution, but it’s well known as a university that if you pay them boatloads of money they will give a high grade with little to no work. This particular PhD did not go through the rigorous vetting process that we “what’s up doc” doctors go through and can’t compose three grammatically correct sentences in a row. I know someone else who went to this same institution for a Master’s degree and had a similar experience. Googling the school shows others who have had similar experiences. Now when I see this school on a resume I discount it as a MOOC, something that the person may have been interested in, but certainly not a formal education.

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