Going to community college then transferring- looks bad to companies hiring?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They wouldn’t know- just put where your bachelors degree is from on your resume.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like you couldn’t make it into the “Home” state university or a better college? How would a graduate counter that in a job interview?

Your experience?

This is such an east coast attitude. You will never encounter this in California where it’s considered smart financial and educational planning to go to CC.

I hire from California with a committee that includes people from California and no one thinks going to community college is optimal. We also review transcripts for those out of college less than 5 years. Generally, it is not seen as favorable to have attended community college rather than directly to a 4 year college in the hiring process

[Anonymous]

What a load of hooey! Why should anyone feel ashamed for doing what they had to do to get somewhere? There is NO STIGMA starting at CC

[Anonymous]

DD started at Richard Bland college and transferred to W&M, now working for a respectable mid-sized management company. When it came up, DD explained it was a financial reason.

[Anonymous]

I taught at a large R1 state flagship and the best students were always the transfers from branch campuses or community college.

I hire, now, for a large nonprofit and barely glance at where someone went to college. What matters to me is experience in similar roles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like you couldn’t make it into the “Home” state university or a better college? How would a graduate counter that in a job interview?

Your experience?

This is such an east coast attitude. You will never encounter this in California where it’s considered smart financial and educational planning to go to CC.

I hire from California with a committee that includes people from California and no one thinks going to community college is optimal. We also review transcripts for those out of college less than 5 years. Generally, it is not seen as favorable to have attended community college rather than directly to a 4 year college in the hiring process

Right, because you are on the east coast as you are hiring from California, not in California. This is not how highly successful California businesses operate.

[Anonymous]

I’m a hiring manager and I would not hold this against an applicant even a little bit. I know too many smart, hardworking people who started at CC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like you couldn’t make it into the “Home” state university or a better college? How would a graduate counter that in a job interview?

Your experience?

This is such an east coast attitude. You will never encounter this in California where it’s considered smart financial and educational planning to go to CC.

I hire from California with a committee that includes people from California and no one thinks going to community college is optimal. We also review transcripts for those out of college less than 5 years. Generally, it is not seen as favorable to have attended community college rather than directly to a 4 year college in the hiring process

I don’t understand…kid says they graduated from Berkeley (true). How do you know they even went to CC until after they have an offer?

Also…in what world is this worse than a kid that spent all four years at some school ranked 1000 (as an example).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ability to leverage minimal resources.
Persistence.
Loyalty to those who have supported them by not burdening them with enormous bills.
Made a mature decision to fulfill gen ed while still deciding on major so as to keep as many options open as possible.
Humility and grit.
Not entitled.

This assumes that the grad went on to complete the final two years at a reputable college and did quite well when there. Shows they can cut it. If that is the case, I could go on and on. Especially if said student surprised the interviewer in person with a very polished personal presentation, charisma and sharp verbal skills. Refreshing and surprising. Memorable.

It’s all in how you package it.

And you think people will buy your BS…
This is like insulting people’s intelligence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like you couldn’t make it into the “Home” state university or a better college? How would a graduate counter that in a job interview?

Your experience?

This is such an east coast attitude. You will never encounter this in California where it’s considered smart financial and educational planning to go to CC.

I hire from California with a committee that includes people from California and no one thinks going to community college is optimal. We also review transcripts for those out of college less than 5 years. Generally, it is not seen as favorable to have attended community college rather than directly to a 4 year college in the hiring process

I don’t understand…kid says they graduated from Berkeley (true). How do you know they even went to CC until after they have an offer?

Also…in what world is this worse than a kid that spent all four years at some school ranked 1000 (as an example).

We review transcripts as part of the application process so we know they went to CC. And I also work for a California company (someone assumed wrongly above that I don’t) and hire for California and the East Coast. And it’s not CC to Berkeley vs some college ranked 1000. That’s apples to oranges. It’s CC to Berkeley vs direct admit to Berkeley for 4 yrs or to wherever in the top 50 schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like you couldn’t make it into the “Home” state university or a better college? How would a graduate counter that in a job interview?

Your experience?

This is such an east coast attitude. You will never encounter this in California where it’s considered smart financial and educational planning to go to CC.

I hire from California with a committee that includes people from California and no one thinks going to community college is optimal. We also review transcripts for those out of college less than 5 years. Generally, it is not seen as favorable to have attended community college rather than directly to a 4 year college in the hiring process

I don’t understand…kid says they graduated from Berkeley (true). How do you know they even went to CC until after they have an offer?

Also…in what world is this worse than a kid that spent all four years at some school ranked 1000 (as an example).

We review transcripts as part of the application process so we know they went to CC. And I also work for a California company (someone assumed wrongly above that I don’t) and hire for California and the East Coast. And it’s not CC to Berkeley vs some college ranked 1000. That’s apples to oranges. It’s CC to Berkeley vs direct admit to Berkeley for 4 yrs or to wherever in the top 50 schools.

What s**t company do you work at that looks at transcripts as part of applications? It isn’t any of the super successful CA tech companies. They also wouldn’t care that you started at CC and then killed it at Berkeley for the final two years…why would anyone care about that?

You actually never said you only hire from top 50 schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like you couldn’t make it into the “Home” state university or a better college? How would a graduate counter that in a job interview?

Your experience?

This is such an east coast attitude. You will never encounter this in California where it’s considered smart financial and educational planning to go to CC.

I hire from California with a committee that includes people from California and no one thinks going to community college is optimal. We also review transcripts for those out of college less than 5 years. Generally, it is not seen as favorable to have attended community college rather than directly to a 4 year college in the hiring process

I don’t understand…kid says they graduated from Berkeley (true). How do you know they even went to CC until after they have an offer?

Lots of companies review transcripts for relatively new grads.
Also…in what world is this worse than a kid that spent all four years at some school ranked 1000 (as an example).

We review transcripts as part of the application process so we know they went to CC. And I also work for a California company (someone assumed wrongly above that I don’t) and hire for California and the East Coast. And it’s not CC to Berkeley vs some college ranked 1000. That’s apples to oranges. It’s CC to Berkeley vs direct admit to Berkeley for 4 yrs or to wherever in the top 50 schools.

What s**t company do you work at that looks at transcripts as part of applications? It isn’t any of the super successful CA tech companies. They also wouldn’t care that you started at CC and then killed it at Berkeley for the final two years…why would anyone care about that?

You actually never said you only hire from top 50 schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They wouldn’t know- just put where your bachelors degree is from on your resume.

That's deceptive.

No it's not. You put the last degree you got on your resume UNLESS other degrees are relevant. Where you got an associates degree holds zero relevance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They wouldn’t know- just put where your bachelors degree is from on your resume.

That's deceptive.

Disagree. It’s the norm. No need to ever mention community college if you don’t want to

A lot of students transfer colleges. They don’t like the first one or change their major and like another school for that. I went to a college for three years and then transferred for the last year. The school on the diploma is the only one that mattered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like you couldn’t make it into the “Home” state university or a better college? How would a graduate counter that in a job interview?

Your experience?

This is such an east coast attitude. You will never encounter this in California where it’s considered smart financial and educational planning to go to CC.

I hire from California with a committee that includes people from California and no one thinks going to community college is optimal. We also review transcripts for those out of college less than 5 years. Generally, it is not seen as favorable to have attended community college rather than directly to a 4 year college in the hiring process

I don’t understand…kid says they graduated from Berkeley (true). How do you know they even went to CC until after they have an offer?

Also…in what world is this worse than a kid that spent all four years at some school ranked 1000 (as an example).

We review transcripts as part of the application process so we know they went to CC. And I also work for a California company (someone assumed wrongly above that I don’t) and hire for California and the East Coast. And it’s not CC to Berkeley vs some college ranked 1000. That’s apples to oranges. It’s CC to Berkeley vs direct admit to Berkeley for 4 yrs or to wherever in the top 50 schools.

What s**t company do you work at that looks at transcripts as part of applications? It isn’t any of the super successful CA tech companies. They also wouldn’t care that you started at CC and then killed it at Berkeley for the final two years…why would anyone care about that?

You actually never said you only hire from top 50 schools.

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