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If it impacts me, then I might point it to them privately, like if
they say they were the manager of the department I worked in and since
they weren't, implies the need for a level of supervision over me that
wasn't there or needed.
OTOH, if it doesn't, forget it. After all, nobody assigned you or me
to be the credentials police and besides...it could be a matter of
interpretation. Interpret how? You know they didn't obtain the
certificate for a BA degree from the same college you went to and they
aren't listed with the University. So to you, they didn't get the
degree. However, after they left there, they got the remainder of the
credits through other legit means, but since you didn't have
knowledge, the reality is different between the two of you. Let the
entities who care do their own fact checking.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Suzette Leeming
<suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Just curious, should one do anything when they see that someone they know
> has inflated their credentials? It seems a foolish thing to do, to post an
> exaggerated resume on a public website.
>
> I would be tempted to publicly call them on it - but that's because I can't
> stand deceitful people. How would others handle that situation?
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John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
NYMetro STC President
Looking for the next gig.
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