This whole article reads so strange. Why are we calling a 24 year old an Eagle Scout. Why was he at the same bonfire as a random 16yr old. How are they gonna make felony charges stick for something that doesn’t exactly seem like a malicious assault( just a dumbass) why were there 3 witnesses who saw him do it, then proceeded to stay by the fire.
There is an internal narrative in Scouting that achieving Eagle Scout is a significant life accomplishment that carries respect throughout your adult life, so some people feel compelled to bring it up whenever. Some things I’ve heard:
- the police may give you some leeway like its a PBA card.
- the military will automatically consider you for higher rank upon induction
- it will always be a positive on a resume.
Of course, at the end of the day it’s a youth organization, and bringing up your youth accomplishments past your first interview or college application should be embarrassing at best.
In this case I think it’s just short for “someone who should have known better than to throw random bullshit in a bonfire.”
it will always be a positive on a resume.
Having done hiring before, I can definitively state that is false
If someone decided to use their limited resume space to include Eagle Scout, I would view it negatively. It means they had nothing else relevant they could add
So at a minimim there is at least one interviewer for which it is a negative. Can’t speak for everyone though
Great to know I wouldn’t want to work for your company with an attitude like that. its nice that you’re saving the Eagle Scouts the time, effort, and energy to figure out that your a terrible interviewer and (potentially) manager.
Yes. Just because of the resume thing.
Doesn’t sound like it’d be a culture fit anyway
Companies have different cultures. No one is a fit for every company. Point is it would be a negative in plenty of cases
The eagle scout rank also displays leadership capabilities due to the project you have to organize. Putting it on a resume isn’t going to hurt anything.
Or that one of your parents do
When I was in scouts, there were a lot of kids that had their parents doing 90% of the work
That one is on the scout masters. Mine wouldn’t let you progress to the board of review if you didn’t do things yourself.
All my Mom did was show up and helped with snacks and water, while answering construction questions (she used to build houses for habitat for humanity).
