Comments on: Dealing With LinkedIn Liars http://www.metzgerblog.com/2009/09/23/dealing-with-linkedin-liars/ Observations on social media -- and the occasional rant -- from Metzger Associates' New Media Practice Group Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:27:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Steve http://www.metzgerblog.com/2009/09/23/dealing-with-linkedin-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Steve Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:21:06 +0000 http://www.metzgerblog.com/?p=745#comment-192 Lying is so common I don't pay too much mind to it anymore. Sad but true. I ran across a former colleagues linkedin and read his comments for the place we both had worked at and what he wrote made him sound like he walked on water lol. He talked about the SAP environment. Umm we didn't have SAP there at all! Or this woman who started a particular craft around the same time I did and 6 months later was proclaiming she was an expert in the field with 10 years experience. She convinced some art school to let her teach a glass there and so on. I just had to shake my head knowing she was no more an authority on that than I was. Or the Linkedin profiles where all their jobs have some high brow title. I mean come on you graduated from school in 2007 and that year your were hired into a management position or director. I don't think so. Lying is so common I don't pay too much mind to it anymore. Sad but true. I ran across a former colleagues linkedin and read his comments for the place we both had worked at and what he wrote made him sound like he walked on water lol. He talked about the SAP environment. Umm we didn't have SAP there at all!

Or this woman who started a particular craft around the same time I did and 6 months later was proclaiming she was an expert in the field with 10 years experience. She convinced some art school to let her teach a glass there and so on. I just had to shake my head knowing she was no more an authority on that than I was.

Or the Linkedin profiles where all their jobs have some high brow title. I mean come on you graduated from school in 2007 and that year your were hired into a management position or director. I don't think so.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.metzgerblog.com/2009/09/23/dealing-with-linkedin-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Michelle Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:15:41 +0000 http://www.metzgerblog.com/?p=745#comment-190 Okay, so now turn the tables - I was unemployed for 10 months, and just recently found out part of the problem. I worked for a HORRID boss, doing everything and then re-doing it. We spoke often about my title, as it was ever-changing in the spirit of the start-up. We finally agreed upon Marketing Communications Manager, and she had the business cards printed herself. Come to find out that when potential employers called her, she told them I lied on my resume about that title and that I was simply a Marketing Assistant. I wasn't even hired at that title. I did finally land a job, thank goodness, but what in the world am I to do going forward? Okay, so now turn the tables – I was unemployed for 10 months, and just recently found out part of the problem. I worked for a HORRID boss, doing everything and then re-doing it. We spoke often about my title, as it was ever-changing in the spirit of the start-up. We finally agreed upon Marketing Communications Manager, and she had the business cards printed herself.
Come to find out that when potential employers called her, she told them I lied on my resume about that title and that I was simply a Marketing Assistant. I wasn't even hired at that title.
I did finally land a job, thank goodness, but what in the world am I to do going forward?

]]> By: Lisa Greim http://www.metzgerblog.com/2009/09/23/dealing-with-linkedin-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Lisa Greim Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:18:40 +0000 http://www.metzgerblog.com/?p=745#comment-188 Second the motion on "Carmina Burana," although, given the nature of the dispute, you might choose the movement where the lyricist brags, "I screwed the Queen of England." Second the motion on "Carmina Burana," although, given the nature of the dispute, you might choose the movement where the lyricist brags, "I screwed the Queen of England."

]]> By: Glen Turpin http://www.metzgerblog.com/2009/09/23/dealing-with-linkedin-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Glen Turpin Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:07:44 +0000 http://www.metzgerblog.com/?p=745#comment-185 Always take the high road, Elaine. This sort of thing would make my blood boil too, but as you noted, there's no point in skining to their level. Oh, and excellent choice of Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi! Their LinkedIn profiles, like the moon, are changeable, ever waxing and waning. Always take the high road, Elaine. This sort of thing would make my blood boil too, but as you noted, there's no point in skining to their level.

Oh, and excellent choice of Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi! Their LinkedIn profiles, like the moon, are changeable, ever waxing and waning.

]]> By: Ef Rodriguez http://www.metzgerblog.com/2009/09/23/dealing-with-linkedin-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Ef Rodriguez Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:20:59 +0000 http://www.metzgerblog.com/?p=745#comment-183 I would LOVE to see some names attached to these scandals, but I know Elaine is far too classy for all that. (Heehee!) Elaine for governor of Colorado! Let's make it happen or whatever! I would LOVE to see some names attached to these scandals, but I know Elaine is far too classy for all that.

(Heehee!)

Elaine for governor of Colorado! Let's make it happen or whatever!

]]> By: ElaineEllis http://www.metzgerblog.com/2009/09/23/dealing-with-linkedin-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-182 ElaineEllis Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:01:25 +0000 http://www.metzgerblog.com/?p=745#comment-182 Agreed! Agreed!

]]> By: ElaineEllis http://www.metzgerblog.com/2009/09/23/dealing-with-linkedin-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-181 ElaineEllis Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:00:54 +0000 http://www.metzgerblog.com/?p=745#comment-181 I didn't realize they had that kind of option with the comment system. That's good to know. I also wasn't aware people wrote online recommendations for themselves. Slimy. I didn't realize they had that kind of option with the comment system. That's good to know. I also wasn't aware people wrote online recommendations for themselves. Slimy.

]]> By: Alexis Anzalone http://www.metzgerblog.com/2009/09/23/dealing-with-linkedin-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Alexis Anzalone Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:18:30 +0000 http://www.metzgerblog.com/?p=745#comment-180 It seems like taking the high road is the best choice, but the old saying "what goes around comes around" springs into my mind. Just wait until she has a great "idea" in a new job, but cannot see it through to the end from a strategy, planning and execution standpoint - then SHE will be sweating bullets! It seems like taking the high road is the best choice, but the old saying "what goes around comes around" springs into my mind. Just wait until she has a great "idea" in a new job, but cannot see it through to the end from a strategy, planning and execution standpoint – then SHE will be sweating bullets!

]]> By: Elaine Ellis http://www.metzgerblog.com/2009/09/23/dealing-with-linkedin-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Elaine Ellis Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:17:13 +0000 http://www.metzgerblog.com/?p=745#comment-179 I agree! Hopefully people can figure it out on their own by getting to know these people. I agree! Hopefully people can figure it out on their own by getting to know these people.

]]> By: Elaine Ellis http://www.metzgerblog.com/2009/09/23/dealing-with-linkedin-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Elaine Ellis Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:15:40 +0000 http://www.metzgerblog.com/?p=745#comment-178 I see what you're saying, but I feel like I'd just be sinking to their level. Altho that would be funny. I see what you're saying, but I feel like I'd just be sinking to their level. Altho that would be funny.

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