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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Posters on DCUM say that CC doesn't matter, that all prospective employers ask is where their degree is from. Well, I worked at a company who rescinded employment offers once they discovered an applicant did not spend all four years at their graduating schools. They did not see two years at a CC plus two at the graduating school as equivalent to four years at the graduating school. So, it does matter to some people.[/quote]

That is a pretty shallow company. So they stack the deck against kids who maybe can't afford 4 full years at the state flagship and maybe wanted to avoid taking out loans so they completed the basic classed at CC. What a terrible company.[/quote]

I don't think it was a "terrible" company. It's their company. They are allowed to make the rules. Their decision was more based on lack of full disclosure than based on attending CC plus another school. They felt that an applicant who did not disclose the details of their path to a degree was dishonest. If I attended CC, my resume would state CC then "whatever" college. [/quote]

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't realize the person failed to disclose the CC on his/her resume. In that case I would agree.
We recently hired someone who graduated from UMD after 2 years at CC. When asked why they attended CC for 2 years they said "I wanted to save my parents some money".[/quote]

I went to a flagship university and graduated in four years, which is what I put on my resume.

I don't include that I started out at a community college a decade earlier and didn't finish until shortly before I started at the state university. I was not a traditional student and gradually worked my through school. Many people don't include their community college AA on their resume once they complete their four year degree. It's not "dishonest," it's just irrelevant once you have a bachelor's degree. Resumes are not supposed to be exhaustive lists of everything you have ever done in your life. It's normal to focus your education and career summaries to whatever seems relevant to the position.

I should note that there is a difference between a resume and a job application. If the latter includes language that insists that you must include "everything" then you should include everything. [/quote]

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