Yahoo exec's Resume

[katiesue]

My co-worker and I are having a disagreement about the Yahoo CEO resume bruhahah.

My co-worker feels the mistake really was an oversight that had probably been on his resume for years. He feels it has no bearing or relevance on his job qualifications so it doesn't really matter. Lots of CEO's in Silicon Valley are proud to be college drop outs at least he has a degree. He was hired for his proven abilities at his former employer not for his degree. His other argument is that since the degree wasn't offered at that time perhaps he'd taken the required classes for that degree just didn't have it because it wasn't offered yet (this is one of the wackiest justifications).

While I agree that the press is going a bit nuts and it's fueled by a disgruntled shareholder it does matter. You had a blatant lie on your resume. There's no way you "forgot" what you had degrees in. And even if you'd put it on there years ago to fluff up your resume, you knew it wasn't true. So you mis-represented yourself. Even if it was a "white lie" it wasn't true and you let it keep going.

I don't have a 4 year degree. I went for 4 years and I have an AA but I didn't finish up the BA part. So I do put on my resume "attended San Jose State" and the dates. I do not put a degree but it gets assumed there is one. Trick I learned from a former boss who doesn't have a degree either. So I do get implying something that's maybe not true. But I am very careful never to state a degree and if asked I will say no I never quite finished.

Thoughts?