Are people surprised about this? People lie on their resumes because A)Most people are pathological liars that love having pissing matches with each others resume's. B) They put it on there long ago and forgot all about it, and/or started to believe it. These guys nailed that one down.
As a piddling middle manager I've gotten to hire my fair share of people, and with that I've reviewed mountains of resumes. One thing 90% of them have in common? Hilarious embellishments. We're hiring mainly entry level people, fresh out of college types, and some of the experiences these kids allegedly had during there 3 month internships is truly astounding. I'm talking ground breaking work, creating new efficiencies that saved their employer millions, implementing whole systems themselves, you name it, they've done it. These kids are accomplishing more in their non-paying internship than your average CEO gets done in a year. Dead serious.
I have half a mind to start sending these resumes to our board of directors with a note saying something like: "Dear Board - Guys, this one's it! This kid is going to lead this company to new heights. I mean, look at his experience with synnergies and efficiencies at his previous job! Increased productivity for the whole company in just 12 weeks! All this and he's just one year removed from delivering pizza's and working at Target as a cashier. Just extrapolating that rate of growth out over a couple years and I think we're looking at the next Steve Jobs here."
So does it shock me that this CEO at Yahoo completely fabricated an entire college major that didn't even exist? No, not at all. Probably tossed that on there like 15 years ago, got away with it ever since and didn't think to take it off...I mean, he's up for CEO at Yahoo, he's probably figuring work history is enough. If you want to question anything question why a guy that's like 50 years old still lists education on his resume. Again, he's interviewing for CEO! He's probably got plenty of relevant experience.
