Job Lying Resume Person's Qualifications Experience People College

A "resume" is a document that lists a person's education and "training" (formal learning beyond the degrees they've earned), their qualifications, their work experience, and any special skills. It's not unusual for "jobseekers" (people looking for jobs) to "pad" (make bigger or more substantial than something really is) their resumes just a little bit to sound more "impressive" (causing others to admire them). In fact, most employers in the United States know to "deduct" (subtract; take away from a number) a little from each resume they read, assuming that most people have "exaggerated" (made something larger than it really is) their qualifications, experience, or skills in some way.

This exaggeration, while not completely honest, is generally expected and accepted. What is considered "unethical" (morally wrong) and unacceptable, of course, is "out-and-out" (complete; clear) lying on one's resume. In 2012, the "CEO" (Chief Executive Officer; the top manager of a company) of the popular website Yahoo!, Scott Thompson, was "fired" (had his job taken away) for this "very" (exact) reason. It was discovered that his official "bio" (biography; short description of a person's life) listed a college degree in "computer science" (the study of computers) from a college in Massachusetts that he didn't have. The truth was that he received a degree in "accounting" (the study of the organization and reporting of financial information) from the same college. That may seem like a small "distinction" (difference) in most people's minds, but in Silicon Valley, the area in Northern California where many technology companies are located and many computer scientists and "engineers" (people who design and build machines and other things) work, this was a "big deal" (significant or important event).

Of course this was not the first time that a major "public figure" (person known to many people) has been caught "fibbing" (telling small lies). Most people who have been "outed" (had a secret or lie made public) lose their jobs, like Thompson did.