Katie Zacharia and the real problem with workers embellishing their credentials
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In this edition of Business Insider Today, we explore the reason why workers embellishing their credentials is a major problem.
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Samuel Corum/Pool/FTWPThis post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter.You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here.The credibility concernWhen questions began swirling about new (and now former) White House press secretary Katie Zacharia's legal credentials, a colleague asked the obvious question: Why should anyone care?She was hired to be President Donald Trump's spokesperson, not his lawyer. Does it really matter if she overstated her qualifications?It does.She was let go on Friday, five days after starting the job. That's half the time Anthony Scaramucci infamously lasted as White House communications director during Trump's first term.Zacharia was widely panned for her performance during her first (and final) press briefing on Monday, as well as for misrepresenting herself as a lawyer.In workplaces, it turns out, bending the truth about one's background is not only problematic, but more common than you might think. And it can carry real consequences. BI's…
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