In article >,
"Pete C." > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> >
> > In article <v44Aj.12939$6R.7927@trnddc04>,
> > "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> >
> > > I've heard of people with GEDs claiming PhDs on resumes and they aren't
> > > found out for 20 years. Incompetence is endemic.
> > >
> > > Paul
> >
> > That doesn't say much for the folks who DO have the PhDs, if the
> > impostors can get away with the lie for 20 years. . . . "-)
> > Sometimes the stated requirements for a job are kind of extreme.
>
> Blame the HR departments and upper manglement for that. The actual
> managers of the departments that need the particular employee specify
> the job requirements, and the the HR and manglement loons grossly
> inflate the requirements far beyond any reasonable requirement of the
> actual job. I heard one case some time ago when a trucking company tried
> to require it's drivers to have degrees. That idiotic requirement didn't
> last long...


Sure. Dumb requirements, indeed. Some of it came about because
stating a particular academic credential was supposed to cut down on the
number of resumes that we poor HR schlubs had to wade through before
forwarding possible live ones to the hiring manager.
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