If I remove my PhD from my resume when applying to entry-level engineering jobs, can my employer find out?

Only if they do a background check on you. But you will have a multiyear gap in your resume while you were working on your doctorate, how are you going to explain that? Search for your name on the internet and see what comes up.

I doubt that your employer will find out unless both your degrees are from the same university. You can leave it off your resume without being absolutely dishonest. But there will be a place to list it on your job application and it would be very deceptive and unethical to leave it off your application. Besides that you may wish to use your PhD to prove to your boss that you are as smart or smarter than he or she is once you go to work. Don`t say no way, because every good engineer thinks that and proves that they are smarter than their boss at one time or another about something. You only ask if your employer could find out and did not ask for advice but just in case you meant to ask for advice and forgot. My advice would be to leave the PhD on your resume and also to include it on your application. It will be easier to explain during an interview than it will after you get on the job after your wife has told the ladies at the bridge club about it.

I don't think they will, unless you tell them about it. I don't think companies do background check on their employees really. Unless they have alot of free time to offer. Good luck.

Feel for you. Son-in-law had a tough time because he had PhD in Engineering and was told in over 100 applications, "overqualified". Your resume should include education or there will be a gap in your life. Since modern personal depts. often include scanning for key words to see if you are a match for the job you are trying for, it might not scan the education section. If you survive the scanning system and get an interview, you will get to talk to a person. The slip of "by the way I also have a phD in--" in the education part may be better received by a live person.

Feel for you. Son-in-law had a tough time because he had PhD in Engineering and was told in over 100 applications, "overqualified". Your resume should include education or there will be a gap in your life. Since modern personal depts. often include scanning for key words to see if you are a match for the job you are trying for, it might not scan the education section. If you survive the scanning system and get an interview, you will get to talk to a person. The slip of "by the way I also have a phD in--" in the education part may be better received by a live person.

I doubt that your employer will find out unless both your degrees are from the same university. You can leave it off your resume without being absolutely dishonest. But there will be a place to list it on your job application and it would be very deceptive and unethical to leave it off your application. Besides that you may wish to use your PhD to prove to your boss that you are as smart or smarter than he or she is once you go to work. Don`t say no way, because every good engineer thinks that and proves that they are smarter than their boss at one time or another about something. You only ask if your employer could find out and did not ask for advice but just in case you meant to ask for advice and forgot. My advice would be to leave the PhD on your resume and also to include it on your application. It will be easier to explain during an interview than it will after you get on the job after your wife has told the ladies at the bridge club about it.

I don't think they will, unless you tell them about it. I don't think companies do background check on their employees really. Unless they have alot of free time to offer. Good luck.