
The brouhaha over the academic credentials of Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson raises an obvious question for the search profession: How could this happen? It’s so obvious a question, in fact, that Business Insider headlined its post about the debacle with that very question.
The answer, as Chuck Wardell, CEO of executive search firm Witt/Kieffer, explained it: “People take certain things for granted when they hire. They take for granted that you don’t drink at breakfast and you’re not a career alcoholic. I don’t really think (it’s the Yahoo board’s fault). I think that’s Thompson’s fault.”
There’s no disagreement that Thompson is at fault, if it turns out his claim to a degree in computer science isn’t true, which appears likely. But letting off the hook the Yahoo board, and whatever firm handled the background checks? I don’t think so. Read more…


























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