Are there any colleges or universities that you refuse to hire from?

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Anonymous wrote:Rutgers. I hate New Jersey. And any super religious school.

I hope this is a joke. Rutgers is a great university. And New Jersey is one of the most well-educated states with excellent public k-12 schools in the country. Hiring someone who went to Rutgers doesn’t mean you need to visit the state.

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard - bunch of jerks

This is often true.

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Anonymous wrote:Oberlin

That’s okay. We alums somehow still find jobs despite your dislike of us. Apparently it pays to be on the right side of history.

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Sometimes SLAC grads can be a little too precious/snowflaky/entitled and disappointed with their real world responsibilities being insufficiently glamorous.

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Anonymous wrote:No, not really - I know that their school doesn’t define them. I do take into account major thought. But a bigger detraction is that I probably wouldn’t hire someone who put their pronouns on their resume. And I’m not talked about gender neutral pronouns like they/them, I’m also talking about even if a women put she/her/hers or a man put he/him/his. I’m liberal, but I would assume that employee may be potentially difficult.

They wouldn’t want to work for someone like you anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:No, not really - I know that their school doesn’t define them. I do take into account major though. But a bigger detraction is that I probably wouldn’t hire someone who put their pronouns on their resume. And I’m not talked about gender neutral pronouns like they/them, I’m also talking about even if a women put she/her/hers or a man put he/him/his. I’m liberal, but I would assume that employee may be potentially difficult.

Pronouns annoy me too, but I think there is a place for them if someone has an androgynous name. I appreciate knowing if Kelly, Cory, or even Drew is a he or she so that I can use the proper form of address (Ms.or Mr.) It is also helpful for names not derived from English language to know the pronouns of the person you are addressing.

I had not considered this; thanks for this viewpoint.

It may be seen as helpful but a woman with an androgynous name may appreciate maintaining the lack of clarity since there is still sexism, more in some fields than others. She may get a better response if the person she's emailing doesn't peg her as a woman.

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I wouldn't 100% rule someone out but if a candidate had a strong enough resume to be interviewed, I'd be probing much more for personal attitudes and biases from certain schools. From a Hillsdale or Liberty - why did you choose that, what they are as the pros and cons. But I'd say the same for grads from places like Ivies, Duke, Stanford. There it's about screening for attitude, entitlement, etc. I've worked with great people from those schools but also with people who thought they were all that and basic entry-level tasks were below them. So, I'm more cautious than when interviewing a public U grad.

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Grand Canyon University is a private Christian university located in Phoenix, Arizona. We are dedicated to helping our students change their lives

These schools in states like Utah and Arizona raise red flags for me. They're cult-like. It seems more like a jobs program in admissions (sales) for the people who live in those states. They're copy and paste degrees.

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Anonymous wrote:Liberty, Oral Roberts, Hillsdale, Patrick Henry, BYU.

I would be wary of graduates of any of these universities, but might hire if they seem particularly qualified and don't act like cult members.

BYU I have no issue with and is the exception, but I've actually never come across a great resume from any of the others. So they've been disqualified on that basis but the school doesn't help.

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I want to say Liberty, and I silently seethe when I hear some parent is sending their kid there, BUT I've actually hired a couple of Liberty students as summer help and they were pretty darn awesome.

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Ivies and women only colleges. I don’t have time to explain a million times why they are at the bottom of the work structure and hence will do less than exciting work.

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Anonymous wrote:Liberty, Oral Roberts, Hillsdale, Patrick Henry, BYU.

I would be wary of graduates of any of these universities, but might hire if they seem particularly qualified and don't act like cult members.

BYU I have no issue with and is the exception, but I've actually never come across a great resume from any of the others. So they've been disqualified on that basis but the school doesn't help.

No it isn’t. Do some research.

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Anonymous wrote:No, not really - I know that their school doesn’t define them. I do take into account major though. But a bigger detraction is that I probably wouldn’t hire someone who put their pronouns on their resume. And I’m not talked about gender neutral pronouns like they/them, I’m also talking about even if a women put she/her/hers or a man put he/him/his. I’m liberal, but I would assume that employee may be potentially difficult.

Pronouns annoy me too, but I think there is a place for them if someone has an androgynous name. I appreciate knowing if Kelly, Cory, or even Drew is a he or she so that I can use the proper form of address (Ms.or Mr.) It is also helpful for names not derived from English language to know the pronouns of the person you are addressing.

I had not considered this; thanks for this viewpoint.

It may be seen as helpful but a woman with an androgynous name may appreciate maintaining the lack of clarity since there is still sexism, more in some fields than others. She may get a better response if the person she's emailing doesn't peg her as a woman.

I guess, but that seems weird. I’m a female engineer and know lots of women who thrived in male-dominated offices. And lots who were hired into toxic offices. If your resume is passed over solely because you have clearly feminine name, it’s a toxic workplace and you dodged a bullet.

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Anonymous wrote:Liberty, Oral Roberts, Hillsdale, Patrick Henry, BYU.

And you call religious people close minded?

+ 100%

I know several well known Fortune 100 companies that target BYU. Coca-Cola is one example.

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Allof the major accounting firms also hire from BYU as it has one of the best accounting schools in the country.