Co-worker’s LinkedIn is inaccurate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Submit a form to the None Of Your Business Coordinator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work with him so unfortunately it is my business.

Nope. Nothing about his LI is your business. Butt out busybody.

[Anonymous]

Get a life OP.

[Anonymous]

Once he has the job, then his resume is less important. At that point, how he performs in the job is more important and rating him on his work is what matters.

If the interviewers cared about the legitimacy of his resume, they could have questioned things on the resume, could have given him some technical quizzes or questions during the interview or done background checks to investigate his background. Because we've been burned by someone who embellished their resume in the past, I make sure to have technical questions for candidates in the interview and in some cases, I will call listed references to inquire about work experience. I find it telling if there are no coworkers or supervisors who are familiar with a candidates resume and skills in their list of references and I do ask for a list of references.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was wondering how a co-worker got a job with our agency because he has created a number of fire drills, is not very good in his role, and in general is a distraction to the team.

I did some research and found out his experience does not match his LinkedIn page (and most likely does not match the resume he submitted to the agency).

How do I report this?

And just how do his actions injure you?

[Anonymous]

OP, send a screen shot to his superior, but it MUST be anon, or it will come back in your face. Chances are, they know - long ago.

[Anonymous]

Another reason I won’t get a linked in. One less platform for ppl to snoop into my business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another reason I won’t get a linked in. One less platform for ppl to snoop into my business.

A fully completed LinkedIn profile is a dream for identity thieves.

[Anonymous]

A co-worker at an old job described himself as a transformational leader with more than 20 years of experience. All he did was format PPts, flirt with middle-aged women, and talk about how he would change things if he could *just* get into certain meetings.

But OP, LinkedIn is a curated resume, if that. I have a list of duties and accomplishments from prior jobs and depending on the audience and job announcement, I could present 2 or 3 resumes where the only common factors would be job title, place of employment, and dates of employment. Your work environment may not be a good fit for his skills and experience. I'd let it go. If he is truly not competent, things will likely go the way you're aiming them to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once he has the job, then his resume is less important. At that point, how he performs in the job is more important and rating him on his work is what matters.

If the interviewers cared about the legitimacy of his resume, they could have questioned things on the resume, could have given him some technical quizzes or questions during the interview or done background checks to investigate his background. Because we've been burned by someone who embellished their resume in the past, I make sure to have technical questions for candidates in the interview and in some cases, I will call listed references to inquire about work experience. I find it telling if there are no coworkers or supervisors who are familiar with a candidates resume and skills in their list of references and I do ask for a list of references.

Not in the federal government. You can be terminated twenty years down the road based on a fraudulent resume submitted to a federal agency when you first joined the government. This is why the federal government is reinvestigating everyone with a Public Trust clearance every 7 years - they have found all sorts of issues. Of course, they must hard proof of the deception. It causes one to fail their suitability determination.

[Anonymous]

LinkedIn content is not the same as a false resume used to get a job.
At my company, they allow us to use any title we might make up on LinkedIn (Code Ninja).

[Anonymous]

OP - this is dumb. Why do you care?

[Anonymous]

Won’t his current problems at work speak for themselves and eventually make him fired?

I’d let the LI profile go

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Won’t his current problems at work speak for themselves and eventually make him fired?

I’d let the LI profile go

I would hope so but fed gov’t is harder to get fired for performance. Easier to get fired for lying or fraud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - this is dumb. Why do you care?

Because he’s terrible. That’s why.