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> Some are going to ask: "If he was good at his job, why fire him?"

I would propose a slightly more cynical model:

It might not look good if it goes public

A bit more cynical:

People with college degrees act as a group. By enforcing the educational cartel they prevent poorer upstarts from competing with them.

Maybe penalizing people for lying on their resumes is a good idea.

Maybe trying to really judge how people will do in a job based on a resume is altogether a seemingly bad idea too

That's what the interview process is for, theoretically. Possibly you have no idea what it's like being on the hiring side, having to work with oftentimes apathetic recruiters who are in charge of the hiring funnel, candidates who claim knowledge but don't have it, or even worse are cheating. The worst is hiring the wrong person as a year can go down the tube. Meanwhile my leadership chain wants me to hire fast. My time is finite, and I've got a lot of pressure on me. I do give people the benefit of the doubt. I don't care what school you have been to if you have the right skills and work experience, but I'd be lost without resumes to narrow the field.

If word gets out that this company doesn’t check backgrounds, then this company will be inundated with fraudsters.

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