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Re:Ask HN: Which of the major MOOCs provide better credentia... by mindcrime on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @11:32AM (#15132970)
You may give a positive sign, there are other reviewers who will give it a negative sign.

Interesting. What would be the rational behind assigning a negative weight to that? I have a hard time seeing that point of view. I'd think that, at worst, the presence of MOOC(s) on a resume would be neutral.

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Re:Ask HN: Which of the major MOOCs provide better credentia... by user5994461 on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @01:39PM (#15134204)
See the MOOC as "a noteworthy achievement from this candidate was to watch a video on the internet".

One of the first things HR screen for is a formal education. You wouldn't believe the amount of people who try to put a MOOC as one, HR is trained to detect and reject them right away.

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Re:Ask HN: Which of the major MOOCs provide better credentia... by mindcrime on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @06:53PM (#15136798)
One of the first things HR screen for is a formal education. You wouldn't believe the amount of people who try to put a MOOC as one, HR is trained to detect and reject them right away.

Sounds like somebody needs to fire whoever is in charge of HR.

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Re:Ask HN: Which of the major MOOCs provide better credentia... by user5994461 on Thursday August 31, 2017 @02:09PM (#15142423)
Of course not. You filter what you can when there are hundreds of candidate applying. It's perfectly normal.
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