tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30544984.post7118887240106571665..comments2024-03-08T03:24:19.823-05:00Comments on Where The Hell Am I?: The Police Verifying Academic CredentialsReginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09024832959937205245noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30544984.post-67160196500604624662007-07-25T23:13:00.000-04:002007-07-25T23:13:00.000-04:00Ha! Well that is impressive. Go, go, go Mr. May.T...Ha! Well that is impressive. Go, go, go Mr. May.<BR/><BR/>That Radio Shack story is hilarious and proof that back home steps are skipped too. At least back home it seems to be rare. Here it's a common occurence. The excuse must be for them because I don't know any foreigner who has sympathy for them on this issue because we know that these things can be checked fairly easily.Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024832959937205245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30544984.post-70081044079210503272007-07-25T22:32:00.000-04:002007-07-25T22:32:00.000-04:00Expat JaneCould not agree more in fact here in the...Expat Jane<BR/>Could not agree more in fact here in the States I forgot what temp agency it is but they are doing a thorough background check on you including your degrees.<BR/> <BR/>The thing that was most funny to me was the CEO of Radio Shack lying about his resume saying he attended this university and in actuality didnt even step foot on the campus yet in still he managed to get the CEO position. I am like Radio Shack you didnt verify? yet in still you're quick to run the average worker through the mud and back with criminal background checks and everything else?<BR/> I am like I know getting a degree is important but like Brian May of Queen(he will get his PHD in AstroPhysics)said he wasnt interested in an Honorary degree he wanted the real thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30544984.post-51597131293027833552007-07-25T10:31:00.000-04:002007-07-25T10:31:00.000-04:00Yep, that's a laughable and lame excuse because I ...Yep, that's a laughable and lame excuse because I know that back home one of the first things that is done is degree verification. <BR/><BR/>It's the same excuse-making that we heard more often than not here in Korea.<BR/><BR/>"Oh, it's too difficult." "Oh, my English isn't good." You know what? Your English is good enough to bug the hell out of and micro-manage me. Why can't you use it on the Internet, pick up the damn phone and find out how to verify a degree?<BR/><BR/>It's b.s. <BR/><BR/>Nothing more, nothing less. I mean you can't really say "we let it happen because it was the easiest thing to do."Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024832959937205245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30544984.post-9653944021344370552007-07-25T10:17:00.000-04:002007-07-25T10:17:00.000-04:00The JoongAng daily has a leading item on this.http...The JoongAng daily has a leading item on this.<BR/>http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2878419<BR/><BR/>It made me laugh with the lines :<BR/><BR/>Those who completed academic degrees in foreign universities are required to report to the Korea Research Foundation, but this is not enforced. This institution has a limited number of staff so it is <I>technically</I> impossible to look into all the academic papers reported.<BR/><BR/>No.<BR/>It's not technically impossible, it's <I>financially</I> impossible, because no one thinks it's worth doing. <BR/><BR/>There is nothing technically difficult about it. You get a bunch of low grade staff to send letters to the universities and ask them to confirm the details of the student. Is that difficult?Jon Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589729363368420598noreply@blogger.com