TESC conferral

[Thor]

TESC did not charge me anything extra for the rush. I explained I was working as a teacher and for legal and salary reasons I had to prove I had earned the degree before the school year was over.

I did my last CLEP on May 24, and I had my approval by June 15. I don't remember the exact date.

I see. My scenario will probably be a bit different as I'm planning on applying for new jobs. Wondering how I'll address the degree bit when it comes up, as you know most companies now do background checks. I'm guessing I could hand them my rush approval paper and let them know that I am a graduate, but waiting for graduation on XYZ date right? Thanks

[Lindagerr]

Thanks Thor you are giving me a chance to add to my post totals, I want to be a Princess:roflol: (only 22 to go)

It does take at least a week for transcripts to get to TESC after an exam. Then if you don't rush it TESC can take up to 6 weeks to add that to your transcript. In my case I waited until I knew they had received the transcript then I called and pushed them to find it and put it on my eval. Once they had done that I could ask them to rush approval. The actual approval probably only took about a week. Then I had the letter in about 2 days. If I were you I would put it on my resume as soon as earned and figure by the time they got around to checking it would be true.

[burbuja0512]

I see. My scenario will probably be a bit different as I'm planning on applying for new jobs. Wondering how I'll address the degree bit when it comes up, as you know most companies now do background checks. I'm guessing I could hand them my rush approval paper and let them know that I am a graduate, but waiting for graduation on XYZ date right? Thanks

For background checks, you'll need to make sure that the company doing the background check totally understands that your degree is awaiting conferral if you haven't rushed it as Linda suggests (which is of course the best option!) After all, most employers don't do their own background checks, they work with a third party.

Also keep in mind that the hiring manager that interviews you will not likely have anything to do with the background check process, so your printed resume can be slightly different than what happens with HR, especially if you're applying at a large company.

What I would do is just put down your earned degree even if it hasn't been awarded yet and apply for the job. Many companies are SLOW when it comes to hiring and you might have the degree by the time they even call you back. If not, go through the process and if you get called in for an interview, mention to the HR person that you're working with that you have a letter of completion (or whatever proof that you're done), but that the degree won't actually be conferred until a certain date.

Or, here's another idea - How old are you? If you're under 25, I would probably be less afraid to put something like "Bachelor of Arts, Psychology Completed, conferral date xx/xx" I personally don't want to put my graduation date because at 35, I don't really want to draw attention to the fact that I graduated mid-career. I don't think most people would care, but you never know..

Either way, don't sweat it. If you did the work, you can safely say that you have completed your degree and it's easy to prove.