"Harvard" HBX credentials as Education
Hey everyone,
Does anyone know of people who put Harvard business school HBX listed as their main education on both their LinkedIn/resume and whether people fall for it? I was only curious since the person in question (when talking briefly in person) could only talk about their Harvard education without mentioning their actual undergrad, which is buried behind their listed online education from Harvard and Berkeleey Haas.
My suspicion rose when I was looking at a resume of the candidate and was surprised to find that they had already "attended" business school at Harvard Business school despite being only 21-22. This especially surprised me because the person in question was a 4th year pwm intern still in undergrad from a non-target, and upon research, I found that Harvard Business school provides online courses known as HBX courses to people willing to shell out $2k. I was wondering if anyone else knew or had encountered a situation where candidates took these online courses and claimed to brag about their education from Harvard, Wharton, etc.
If so, do people confront the applicant about this obvious misleading information or just choose to ignore it? With the amount of applicants a company can have, I wonder if all companies can put in the due deligence to spot these type of misrepresentation.
That's ridiculous. I'd assume most are looking for the education that results in an actual degree. If I came across what you did, I'd likely out the resume in the discard pile. Seems like they're aggressively overcompensating.
I know a few students who did the HBX CORe program and have it listed on their resume and/or LinkedIn, but they clearly represent the program for what it is--an 8 week online program covering business essentials. I've mostly seen it on resumes of undergraduates not studying finance and I think banks view it positively as it demonstrates a candidate went out of their way to gain the hard skills their academic program doesn't offer. Although IMO, the experience is not worth $2K at all. They definitely include their actual education / graduation dates as well.
Do you think this program could be useful to an IB candidate from a non-target? Do you think it adds any value or makes for a more attractive candidate? Obviously, I would not deceive and would list it for what it is, an online 6-week program. Just trying to get some more opinions from people in IB before I go through with it.
HBX is pretty explicit on how to list the CORe on resumes and LinkedIn (see second-to-last post here: http://hbx.hbs.edu/hbx-core/core-faqs.html#section-credential)
If they are just listing "HBS" or "Harvard Business School" along with dates, I'd consider that to be deception.
HBX is Harvard's digital learning platform. The CORe program (Certificate of Readiness) in business fundamentals taught by the Harvard faculty should be a positive on a resume. It is an intense program designed in Harvard style case-study fashion with student active participation and a huge range of assessments with a final exam before successful completion. A successful completion with a Pass, Honors or High Honors should be praised. It should not be misrepresented on a resume but when correctly represented (Students are informed on how to do this), it should be seen as a huge positive.
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Just kidding, it's quite ridiculous, it's like the people who say they went to Wharton and did the online courses haha
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