Here is an article about the President of Tetra Tech getting demoted because of discrepancies in his education. He has over 40 years of experience in the industry but due to these discrepancies he has been demoted. The lesson here…DON’T LIE ON YOUR RESUME or any other document. This guys was the President; do you think that they would have any problem getting rid of anyone else? Nope, so keep that resume up to date and honest.
True personal story – I sent a guy to interview for a mid level position and asked if he graduated from the university on his resume his answer was “not exactly” not the right answer. It was a YES or NO. It is ok to put that you attended the university and even what you were studying but do not elude that you graduated unless you actually have! Needless to say he did not get the job and we did not work with him anymore after that. What sucks is that he was actually a great candidate.
Here is a link to the Tetra Tech article.
http://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/article_necoar081008a
Friday, October 10, 2008
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I totally agree. I had a friend once who listed his University on his resume. He never actually said that he graduated or put a year or anything, but his resume definitely made it look like it. Needless to say, after interviewing where an astute hiring manager figured it out...he didn't get the job and made me look bad in the process (I assumed he had graduated).
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