Labor/Employment
Jul. 28, 2012
Background checks not always front-and-center in the hiring process
Employment lawyers wonder why some large companies fail to engage in thorough background checks of senior company officers when such checks are becoming cheaper and easier to do.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Presumably, when former Yahoo chief executive Scott Thompson applied for his new job at online shopping site ShopRunner, his resume accurately described his educational background.
After being exposed in May for saying he received a computer science degree that he hadn't earned, Thompson was let go by Yahoo Inc. just four months after joining the company. Shareholders had threatened to sue if the...
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