Resume Reviews - When That Darn Committee Takes Credit for Your Best Ideas

By Lance Winslow

The other day, I was reviewing a rather stellar resume from an individual who claimed that he was on many committees, in charge of doing some very important things not only for our country, but also in his industry, and the very large Corporation he had worked for during a 20 year period. However, we could not attribute the success of all those committees to this individual, even though he had claimed that it was his idea which contributed to their success. He told us that since he was an idea man, he was often called in for consulting, or to work on specialty teams and projects, or focus groups, think tanks, and committees.

He told me that it was the sign of a true leader not to take credit for all he had done, and to let other people on the committee take credit so they can also take ownership of the project. For this I do not disagree, however when reading his resume it appeared he tried to take the credit, but previously he had also inadvertently given credit to everyone else on the committee, and averted his brilliance and excellence from himself. By doing this he could not really take credit on his resume, even though he attempted to do so. Therefore, we had to dismiss almost everything on his resume, even though he claims that most everything which was done was his idea.

Now then, perhaps you've been on a number of committees or on very large specialty teams working on extremely important projects yourself, and if so I have a question for you; how does it make you feel when the committee takes credit for your best ideas? You see, in my own life I've been involved in team projects, and more committees and I care to talk about. Each one I contributed too significantly, and while there were others there, mostly they just sat there and listened and later executed my plans. No, like this other individual I could not take credit for what came out of the committee even though it was my concept.

For me personally, it hasn't been a bad ride, and since I've always been self-employed, it hardly matters who gets credit for my great ideas, however this individual was trying to get a job, and he had sprinkled suggestive dialogue in his resume of his expertise and abilities, unfortunately none of which he could prove. We did not hire this gentleman, we could not tell if he was BS'ing us or if his resume was the real deal. Later on I thought that indeed he might be all he says he is, but we have a stack of resumes here, and we are going to go with someone else. Please consider all this and think on it.

Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Career Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net

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