ENEB Master Thread

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You were one of the many early detractors speaking with certainty that the program would never get any favorable evaluations.

Given that I rarely speak in certainties, this sounds quite unlike me. I think listing this 'degree' alongside worthwhile qualifications will take away from the overall quality of an candidate. I also think ENEB is ethically questionable. But I doubt I'd make promises about the practices of foreign evaluators.

Regardless, it's great to hear American evaluators have evaluated it as equivalent to a 'regular' Masters degree! Here I had been thinking there was all this debate over which evaluator was best to go with, since some evaluated it as a pseudo-bachelor, others as a grad cert, etc etc. But it sounds like that's resolved, and we no longer need to discuss. Great! The science is settled.

Any hiring manager that has gone that far without having made a determination on all of a candidate's qualifications sucks as a hiring manager and is used to wasting his/her own time with poor vetting skills.

Nope. Checking quals is usually a final stage action. Doing it any earlier (before you've selected your final preferred candidate) would mean having to check the quals of multiple candidates, rather than just your best candidate.

Unfortunately, SOMETHING has to come last when hiring someone, and there will be times when an applicant looks perfect for most of the process, only to fall at the final hurdle. It happens, and is (sadly) unavoidable. If no candidate ever fell at a final hurdle . . . we wouldn't bother with the hurdle.


But ignore all of that. I've realised your post has much wisdom, and you are correct that absolutely no harm can come from following ENEB's advice. I fully encourage you to list your ENEB degree as a 'Isabel I Masters in (specialisation)', avoid mentioning anything about ENEB or titulo propio, and apply far and wide. You deserve to put this ENEB - no, Isabel I - true and honest Masters-level qualification on your CV. Nothing bad will ever come of it.