May 25th, 2012 - By Brande Victorian Source: Newsone.com Yesterday was a bittersweet day for Long Beach native Brian Banks. Five years after being accused of rape and five years after serving time for the crime he didn’t commit, a judge told the 26-year-old that his case was dismissed. In 2002, Brian was a popular 16-year-old student at Polytechnic High and a star athlete on the football team who was already being scouted by eight colleges. He verbally accepted an offer to attend the University of Southern California on a four-year scholarship when an accusation from a fellow classmate and childhood friend took it all away. Wanetta Gibson, who was 15 years old at the time, said Banks raped and kidnapped her on school grounds ... Continue reading →
Shhh… Embellishing resumes is a common practice for many people… Add a little here, a little extra there, no one will notice, right? Well…. Nine times out of 10, a few white lies won’t really hurt, but if you’re adding an entire realm of qualifications you honestly don’t have, someone will eventually sniff you out. Just ask the former Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson’s who padded his corporate resume with an extra degree. At first, he shrugged off the discovery but he soon found himself in the unemployment line. (An aside: Thompson will walk with $7 million, but no severance.Well, if that’s the payout, I’d be happy to get hired and fired from Yahoo! too.) But back to the matter: How far is too far on ... Continue reading →
Shhh… Embellishing resumes is a common practice for many people… Add a little here, a little extra there, no one will notice, right? Well…. Nine times out of 10, a few white lies won’t really hurt, but if you’re adding an entire realm of qualifications you honestly don’t have, someone will eventually sniff you out. Just ask the former Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson’s who padded his corporate resume with an extra degree. At first, he shrugged off the discovery but he soon found himself in the unemployment line. (An aside: Thompson will walk with $7 million, but no severance.Well, if that’s the payout, I’d be happy to get hired and fired from Yahoo! too.) But back to the matter: How far is too far on ... Continue reading →
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