ENEB Master Thread

[cacoleman1983]

I'm curious about these claims that private employers don't care about accreditation. I know many employers fail to verify accreditation or even that the person has the degree they claim to have, but private employers have also fired people after finding out that their degrees were earned from unaccredited schools. For some in HR, accreditation is the only way they know how to verify that a school isn't a diploma mill. SHRM also warns HR specialists about degrees from nonaccredited schools.

They care but they are not as stringent about it.  They are more likely to use other criteria to evaluate a potential employee more so than the degree alone.   When I mentioned they don't care, I was talking more about the reputation of the school being more important than the actual accreditation factor.   They are willing to look more at MOOCs and other training as a substitute for educational requirements.   The problem may not be so much the accreditation but rather or not an employee lies about it on their resume.  If they are truthful upfront, it may not be as big of a deal where as government and academic jobs are not as flexible. 

Many do fail to run background checks in HR but when they do it would likely be to see if everything on a resume is on the up and up as far as being the truth. I can't speak for all private companies but from my observation,  they are likely a lot more flexible with how a school is accredited or recognized than academic and public sector careers.