January 7, 2010
Disciples will have all experienced CVs that bend the truth somewhat, talk things up or, simply, are a tissue of lies. But from one of our own? Surely not?
Kerrie Devine, an HR manager at Devon Primary Care Trust, received a six month suspended prison sentence, was ordered to pay £9,600 in compensation and undertake 150 hours of unpaid community work after pleading guilty to six counts of fraud by false representation.
Devine told whoppers to the trust in repeated attempts to obtain employment following a shake-up of NHS services. She falsely claimed to be part way through a CIPD course and to hold a degree in Human Resource Management from Oxford Brookes University. She also falsely claimed to hold two marketing qualifications.
The shocking aspect of the case (in Guru's view) is that Ms Devine was promoted to a £60,000-a-year role after dropping out of one course and non-attendance on another. Apparently, she gave the impression that she was well on her way to completing the higher CIPD qualification when, in fact, she was not. "She did precisely no work whatsoever," said prosecutor David Evans.
Remarkably, she has since found another job paying £58,000-a-year - although it was not revealed in court who for. Let's hope her current employer checked her references.
Kerrie Devine, an HR manager at Devon Primary Care Trust, received a six month suspended prison sentence, was ordered to pay £9,600 in compensation and undertake 150 hours of unpaid community work after pleading guilty to six counts of fraud by false representation.
Devine told whoppers to the trust in repeated attempts to obtain employment following a shake-up of NHS services. She falsely claimed to be part way through a CIPD course and to hold a degree in Human Resource Management from Oxford Brookes University. She also falsely claimed to hold two marketing qualifications.
The shocking aspect of the case (in Guru's view) is that Ms Devine was promoted to a £60,000-a-year role after dropping out of one course and non-attendance on another. Apparently, she gave the impression that she was well on her way to completing the higher CIPD qualification when, in fact, she was not. "She did precisely no work whatsoever," said prosecutor David Evans.
Remarkably, she has since found another job paying £58,000-a-year - although it was not revealed in court who for. Let's hope her current employer checked her references.
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Comments (2)
Well I can confirm that Ms Devine's new employers did not, in fact, check her references. Kerrie (with an "-ie") went on to work at IOP Publishing in Bristol as HR Manager, where she spent around two years.
I'm told she resigned on Jan 12.
Posted by Anon | January 12, 2010 3:49 PM
Posted on January 12, 2010 15:49
Yup whilst at the IOPP giving other employees of the company a hard time in various ways. Too unfunny for words, considering the impact that HR can have on other employees lives.
Posted by anon | January 22, 2010 1:47 PM
Posted on January 22, 2010 13:47