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Agreed, I worked in a UK college and we consistently had problems where students would arrive without the minimum language requirements (I blame admissions). OK, we weren't teaching English, but usually, even for language courses, there are minimum requirements. When I wanted to study Japanese I had to take the "Introduction to Japanese" before I could take "Japanese Basic Level", or I had to prove my capabilities to speak Japanese to a basic level. Simple really.
Why did the friend think he could turn up and just sign on? Didn't he research before travelling to the UK? Personally if I wanted to do it again I would at least find out the criteria. The British Council are located in almost every country in the world and as far as I am aware are more than happy to do that for people.
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I graduated many years ago from my degree, no one ever asked for my qualification then, after many years working in my field, I took a job at a specialist higher education college teaching a technology subject. Once I signed up they asked for proof of my qualifications, ah, where were they these days? Erm, haven't seen them in over a decade? Called my mother: "do you have my certificate?" she found it but the funny thing was, the college accepted a fax of it!?
So a faxed copy of my degree certificate was sufficient to allow me to teach and this guy in the story can't get a job without proving he has no qualifications? Truly a WTF!
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A new hire in my IT company had to suddenly go on a vacation in the first week of his work. When he came back, he informed the HR that his brother had passed away. The HR did not buy into this and insisted he produce a "death certificate". The new guy just put up his resignation papers and left.
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Some start ups care more about their seniors staffs pedigree so they can wow investors. The more masters and PHD's the better. HR was letting this person know that an otherwise unemployed forty something with no current relevant experience and no title was not what they were looking for. I can point to at least one company that is burning through other peoples capital and that has very impressive management credentials but that is really just a marketing scam that delivers unusable software to clients just so the clients can check off their CFR title 21 compliance check box.
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I love the one where they need a computer science degree. Um, I have a math degree, but my alma mater did not offer a "Computer Science" degree until after I graduated. Okay, so I was on the internet before it was the WW web , but it wasn't not that long ago.
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Sounds like HR to me!
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The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence!
But seriously, wtf?
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reminds me of a story where a narrow-minded HR person insisted on contacting the previous employer of a "self-employed" person! no kidding, she called HIM on the phone, asked HIM questions about HIS employment with HIMSELF, he added "and i'm STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!" to the end of EVERY one of his answers, and she thought that was perfectly normal, she never did understand what "self-employed" means!