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muriel_volestrangler

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13. An example: "the University of West Yorkshire"

Reply to closeupready (Reply #9)

Mon May 14, 2012, 12:19 PM

May 2012

It doesn't exist (though West Yorkshire, as a county, does), but it shows up in about 10 LinkedIn profiles - mostly non-British, so that cuts the chances of people knowing the university doesn't exist. I suppose they think they're safe from anyone saying "oh, I went there - were you taught by Dr. X?"

I imagine there are a lot more who do choose a real university to claim to have a degree from.

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Lying about having a college degree is mere "embellishment", according to this. [View all] closeupready May 2012 OP

Only for the 1%ers ...this is crazy, they could background check this guy uponit7771 May 2012 #1

Forcing someone to step down over THIS??? Zalatix May 2012 #2

Lying is no big deal? closeupready May 2012 #4

It is a big deal generally, but today's job market is ultra, ultra competitive. Zalatix May 2012 #10

Ok, but my point was there's lying, and there's embellishment. closeupready May 2012 #11

I don't see lying about a college degree as that serious. Zalatix May 2012 #12

I mean, you are obviously entitled to your opinion. closeupready May 2012 #15

Post removed Post removed May 2012 #3

Yep. & Answering the phone for a software development co. can be billed as Director of patrice May 2012 #5

LOL, how funny that is. You made me laugh, thank you. closeupready May 2012 #7

It's not as bad as Yahoo! generally claiming they do anything valuable jberryhill May 2012 #6

Stockbrokers did this regularly in the 1980s adigal May 2012 #8

Really? That surprises me, frankly. closeupready May 2012 #9

An example: "the University of West Yorkshire" muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #13

Most of the people didn't lie, but when caught, it was common to ignore it adigal May 2012 #16

We terminated a very good engineer exboyfil May 2012 #14