BUS 240!

boosting your resume-Critical thinking exercise

Boosting Your Resume - Critical Thinking Exercise Read through the following scenario. Then, answer the following 6 questions. Do not rush through this assignment! Take some time to think about the 'scenario before answering each of the questions. Answers should be thorough and require 4-6 sentences. Be mindful of your spelling, grammar and sentence structure. "Everybody has stretched the truth a little on their resumes at one time or another, right? That's the question that people who are about to give their own resumes a little boost ask themselves as a way of dealing with the twinge of quilt they are probably feeling as they adjust their job title or make that six months of unemployment magically disappear by claiming a consulting project. In the harsh light of day, resume inflation is not only unethical, but if you transfer those untruths onto a job application form, which is a legal document, then the act also becomes illegal. Consider the outcome for these former occupants of high-ranking (and high-paying) positions: Ronald L. Zarrella, the chief executive of Bausch & Lomb, a maker of eye care products, admitted yesterday that his rsum contained false information about his education. But, as Bausch shares began to fall on the news, the company's board issued a statement of confidence in him. Mr. Zarrella, who was named chief executive 11 months ago, had said that he received a master's degree in business administration from New York University when, in fact, he had not. From 1972 to 1976, Mr. Zarrella attended the N.Y.U. business school as a night student while working for Bristol-Myers, but he left before graduating. "I'm embarrassed that some of this incorrect information appeared in some of our published materials on my background," Mr. Zarrella said in a statement yesterday. "Clearly it's my obligation to proofread such things carefully and ensure their accuracy." The Bausch board issued a statement supporting Mr. Zarrella, who had held several positions at Bausch from 1985 to 1994 before leaving the company. He returned as chief executive last year. "We brought back Ron Zarrella to lead Bausch & Lomb because of his extensive business experience and his demonstrated management skills," said William H. Waltrip, the most senior director, after the board held a conference call. "We knew based on his previous tenure with the company that he would offer outstanding leadership to the organization, and he's certainly done so. - George O'Leary resigned just five days after being hired as Notre Dame football coach in 2001 when it was revealed that he did not hold a master's degree in education from "NYU - Stony Brook (a nonexistent institution), nor had he lettered three times as a football player for the University of New Hampshire (both of which he claimed on his resume). O'Leary retired in October 2015 after 12 seasons as the coach of the University of Central Florida Knights. He is contracted to remain as a special liaison" to UCF through 2020 at a reported salary of 200,000 a year. . Scott Thompson the former president of PayPal was hired as CEO of Yahoo in January 2012. Activist investor, Daniel Loeb, notified Yahoo's board of directors in May 2012 that Thompson's claim of a degree in accounting and computer science from Stone Hill College was an embellishment and that Thompson's degree was only in accounting Yahoo initially stood by Thompson, but when further investigation revealed that the same claim had been made on legal statements for PayPal and eBay (PayPal's parent company), Thompson claimed that the search firm that placed him was to blame for the error. He resigned two weeks later and became CEO of online shopping service shop runner Steve Masiello is the men's basketball head coach at Manhattan College in New York. In the spring of 2014, he was being considered for the head coaching position at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. He had solid basketball credentials, including playing for renowned coach Rick Pitino at Kentucky and serving as an assistant coach for him at Louisville. Masiello made it as far as an agreement in principle for the head coach job, subject to a reference and background A rudimentary check on his resume revealed that his statement of graduation from the University of Kentucky was inaccurate. Masiello attended for all four years, but never graduated. The coaching position required a minimum of a bachelor's degree which explains why he is still coaching at Manhattan today, 1. Does the competitive pressure to get hired justify the decision to boost your rsum? Why? 2. Do you think the board of directors of Bausch & Lomb made the right decision in choosing not to fire Zarrella? Why or why not? 3. What steps should companies take during the hiring process to ensure that such bad hires do not happen? 4. Can you polish your rsum without resorting to little white lies? Provide some examples of how you might do that. 5. Your friend has been unemployed for two years. She decides to boost her rsum by claiming to have been a consultant for those two years in order to compete in a very tough job market. She explains that a colleague of hers did the same thing to cover a six-month period of unemployment. Does the longer period of unemployment make the decision any less unethical? Why or why not? 6. If you discovered that a colleague at work had lied on her rsum, what would you do