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By Bob Capwell, Chief Knowledge Officer, EBI
The Real Story Behind Getting A GED In America – Is It Real or Fake?
During these hard economic times, many Americans that do not have a high school diploma are desperately searching for jobs and looking for ways to be more competitive in the job-market. Many of these individual are using this time for continued education and are working to get a General Equivalency Degree (GED). Many are using this time for continued education to obtain a GED and with a lot the traditional brick and mortar institutions having expanded well beyond the borders of a school’s geographic boundaries, online education has become very accepted. A quick Internet search will unveil hundreds of firms which purport to offer GED education online. Many of these firms provide limited or no course work, life experience degrees and are fraudulent, offering nothing more than a fake piece of paper for an outrageous fee.
Currently, a General Equivalency Degree, General Education Diploma, is governed and managed by the American Council on Education (ACE) . An official GED exam focuses on testing in five areas of study which includes: Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts (Reading and Writing) which you must score a minimum score of 410 under each section to pass (depending upon state requirements).
Employers should never take a certificate/diploma provided by an applicant at face value. There are numerous resources for creating fake GED certificates or any type of diploma online. To verify an applicant’s GED, have them provide the following information:
• Complete name used when the GED was received.
• Date when the GED was received. • State where the GED was issued. • Test center location (maybe required for certain states).
• The applicant’s DOB or SSN may also be required for verification.
• Certificate # may be required for certain states. • A signed release or a small fee may also be requirement of the agency for verification.
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Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) Spring Regional Conference, Apr 30th - May 2nd, Omaha, NE
2012 AETAP Annual Conference, 24 – 26 April 2012, Kraskow,
http://www.aetap.eu/aetap/Next_Conference.html
Preventing Violence in the Workplace, Threat Assessment and Threat Management: The State of the Science , Columbus, OH, May 8-12, 2012, click here for more information
• Threat Assessment and Management in a Campus Setting" (May 8, 2012)
• "Workplace Violence Threat Management in the 21st Century" (May 9, 2012)
• "Case Management Strategies for Workplace Threats of Violence: An Interactive Session" (May 10, 2012)
• "Threat Assessment: The State of the Science" (May 10, 2012) "Assessing Threats and Violence in the Workplace with the WAVR-21" (May 11-12, 2012)
2012National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) July 21st through 25th, 2012, Denver, Colorado; NCADV
www.ncadv.org
3rd International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector, Vancouver, Canada, 24 – 26 October 2012,
www.oudconsultancy.nl
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