career development

Did you know Tommy Flanagan invented Rock and Roll?  Or at least that’s what he wanted everyone to believe.  Incase you aren’t familiar with old Saturday Night Live skits, Tommy Flanagan a.k.a. “The Pathological Liar” was a character played by John Lovitz, who told lies about his achievements and accomplishments in life as a way to make himself seem more important.

If you are a hiring manager you know how exhausting and tedious the interview process can be.  First your inbox gets flooded with resumes that you have to mine through and find the ones that might be a match for your open position, and then you have to call all those candidates and either give them a phone screen or invite them in for an interview.  Depending on your hiring process you go through 2-3 rounds of interviews to find the one who will be your next rockstar.  Before you make the offer you call up their references and run a background check.  It turns out your so-called “rockstar” created a fake resume and lied about his or her experience.