Whenever Smails refreshes his resume for a judicial posting, he is often encouraged by peers to "cook the books" a bit, because recruiters want to see a bit more leadership examples versus humble honesty. Smails will go on the record as saying he has never lied or left misleading statements on a resume, but wording up has not been an issue either.The main concern? If you lie on your resume, you are essentially lying about who you are, which is something that will be found out in due time after you have started the new job. This would surely lead to a dismissal.
So it struck me funny this morning when I saw the headline about Chicago State University's head baseball coach, whose resume as it turns out was rife with lies--wallopers to say the least. According to the ousted coach Husain Mamoud, he was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds, held a punting record at his college, played for the now-defunct Chicago Fire professional football team and was even a league-leading quarterback for the Continental Football League. All of these accomplishments, as it turns out, were lies.
And it's not like Mahmoud is alone in this pool.
George O'Leary was fired as Notre Dame's head football coach days after being hired for the position after it was discovered that he lied on his resume--Rudy Reutteger is still spinning in his grave.
Washington State University head baseball coach Donnie Marbut was caught in his own web of lies on his resume, as he massaged his academic credentials.
These are but two examples, and both in the sports world. You can find other top resume liars here.
I will never cease to understand why people lie about who they are. I have experienced this in both my personal and professional relationships and it simply turned my stomach each time. Be it saying you played football at the collegiate level or taking on the life and personality of someone else, a la Single White Female, when you lie about who you are to people, unless you have absolutely no conscience, you have put yourself into a world of complete and total mistrust. Remember the boy who cried wolf?
Perhaps your wife, Morgan Fairchild, will.
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I agree with Smails; people that lie on their resume suck. I once had a boss who said he played football for Air Force, while he was in college, but, as it turned out, he never did. Unfortunately, he was never held accountable for lying on his resume.
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