University fires $100k/year social media director for lying on resume

I was talking moreso about the idea that whoever has that job simply sits at his or her desk and sends out tweets.

 

Our social media person goes nuts. Like Sonner said, a lot more to it than tweeting once an hour. The gig probably isn't worth $100k, but if (IF!) your social media liaison finds a way to monetize your audience, you've found a winner.

 

I'm sentient. I understand social media. I can imagine what the job actually "entails" -- repetitive busy work and training -- vs. your vague description of it. I can imagine everybody needs the $2,000 Mac Book to do the job, too.

Nobody - I mean nobody - blows money like higher education.

 

Obviously, the position requires more than tweeting, but similar positions in the federal government pay $40k.

 

I am going with doctorquant's guess about the nervous administrator and that this woman is the Jessica Dorrell of academics.

 

Y'all insinuating there was a little intersocial media going on?

 

I just read the reddit thread. Wowie, divorce sucks.

So Jordan, if you're reading this, you know there is plenty more where this came from and I'm telling you this is just the beginning. I told you I was going to publicly humiliate you for lying about me and I meant it. I hope you learned a lesson and come clean because next time around may not be so easy. My guess is that you will start looking for ways to get revenge instead.

 

She had "Michigan Press Award nominee..." on her resume?
Really? Putting down contest entries -- not winners -- on her resume?
The ex-hubby's nuts, but she's a prize too...

 

"References available on request. Thank You!" is a ticket to a job.

I'm just wondering how many internships she had.

 

My point exactly. Yes, it is an important job. Not $100k important.

 

I put SportsJournalists.com nominee on mine. Is that wrong?

 

One twist to this story I would not be surprised to hear (note that I am not asserting that this is what happened, but I would not be surprised at all by it) is that the hiring of this degree-less gal involved a search that wasn't as wide-open as it should have been. Indeed, there might be a higher-level administrator sweating bullets today.
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This is exactly right. Many of these "open" searches are anything but.

As an aside, does anyone think she shouldn't have been fired? I mean, if it really was just one class, and she was good at the job....I dunno, seems like letting her take the stupid class would have been OK.