Education Background Check about GPA

notaznguy
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:41:43 +0000

If they are doing a background check, they will find out your GPA. I don’t know what methods they will use, but I was hired by 2 companies after my graduation. For the small company, my employer requested a sealed transcript from the university registrar. Obviously the transcript contained my GPA, so they were going to confirm it. The 2nd company was a huge Fortune 500 company so they hired a 3rd party agency to run an extensive background check on me. They found out everything about me, including the courses I took and the date of my graduation. They sent me a follow-up report after I had completed the background check and according to the report, yes, they did in fact validate my GPA.

You’re an idiot for lying on your resume. This is the real world, you’re an adult and you can’t do that. It’s unprofessional and it can cost you your job. Even if there is not much of a difference between a 3.2 and 3.0, the fact is that you lied. From an employer perspective, if you were willing to lie about this, what else are you willing to lie about? You might as well hope for the best moving forward. There’s still a chance nothing will happen, but don’t be surprised if you are terminated or have your offer rescinded.

Don’t ever lie about your GPA again.