2006-09-11 10:53:49 · 24 answers · asked by yoshi34uk 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
"Derek Johnson, 37, of Newport Beach, Calif., said he founded fakeresume.com after working as an executive recruiter and sorting through one resume lie after the next. He said that too often, he saw companies attracted to candidates with the best fabrications."
"The site offers a "Resume Tuneup Service" for $94.95 and an online book for $19.95 with tips on: How to fill the gaps in your employment history, the best way to get fake references, how to get transcripts from any university with any GPA you want, how to rig your resume so it gets picked by the new automated human resources systems and why you should lie on your resume, but not on a job application.
On that last one, here's why: You can be criminally charged for lying on a job application."
2006-09-11 11:08:37 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's your employer's problem to find out before they hire you. The most that can happen to you is not getting the job. A friend of mine got his first good paying job lying about his English and programming skills at a company where both of these are vital. If you're required to run a crane or other dangerous device, for safety reasons it's up to your employer to check that you're really qualified. Your daddy could have had a homebuilding business as you were a kid and let you try out the m0nster, this would have given you some sort of unqualified "crane manoeuvering experience".
2006-09-11 11:06:54 · answer #2 · answered by jarynth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lying is a bad idea. Employers are much more savvy these days than they use to be, and they routinely perform background checks, employer verification, and even credit checks on potential employees! Maybe you wouldn't get caught...but if your lies were discovered, you've lost the job and may be prosecuted for fraud. However, you should manipulate your resume to put you in the best light possible for a particular position. Look for keywords in the job opening that you can emphasize in your cover letter or resume. Job hunting is like the work of a salesman -- salesmen shouldn't lie, but they do put their products in the best light possible. In the case of a job hunter, the product you are selling is yourself (figuratively). Highlight your best qualities, try to turn negatives into positives.
2006-09-11 11:03:10 · answer #3 · answered by Tiramysu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to get as near to the truth as possible. I found omitting some details is a good thing. I have an artificial leg and got turned down for several jobs until I got into the career I finished up in and they did not find out until I had been with the firm for 10 weeks
2006-09-11 10:57:42 · answer #4 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liars always get found out!!! It might seem like just a little lie but if you did get the job and got found out, not only do you have the embarrassment of being found out but you may also lose your job and any chance of a reference!
As an example, a company i worked for employed a girl who'd got a string of qualifications according to her cv. Someone came into office to sort computers out who had worked with this girl previously and said that she hadnt any qualifications at all! My employer asked the girl to bring proof of these qualifications in the following day. Guess what, she obviously couldnt prove them and we never saw her again!!!
Something as simple as that can get you found out!
If you want to get a job, do it without lying!
2006-09-14 10:45:32 · answer #5 · answered by Mizz Julie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never lie, it always catches up with you!
Nothing worong with describing previous job roles in best light e.g. stock taking = merchandise management, as long as you can talk about in the interview and it is not too over the top!!!
never lie about qualifications.
Most employers have written in contracts instant dismissal for such things. It is technically fraud.
Also remember life has a strange way of bringing back people you have long forgottern about!! e.g. working in same place, firms place wotk with, best firend of colleague/boss etc, and they will always if they have a gduge or hear an untruth, generally blow you up, bigtime!
Important thing to rember be good to everyone on the way up, they could be the one's that send you back down otherwise, or help you back up to the top, dependent upon on how you treat the,
2006-09-11 11:05:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a recruiter for a company, this is what WE do. All shortlisted applicants are invited in to an 'open day'. You are then asked to write an essay of 200 words giving brief details of education, work record, qualifications etc.that you have put on your CV INCLUDING DATES. These are then compared to the CV you have sent in. Guess what? Very few match up!!! You have to have an excellent memory to be a liar.
2006-09-11 12:44:32 · answer #7 · answered by Steve C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly not very far - you'll soon get caught out because you'll have to keep lying to keep up the initial lie! Also, depending on the industry, you'll get fired even before you get hired!!!
2006-09-12 02:26:35 · answer #8 · answered by scallywag 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't lie!!! part of my job is to interview and hire people for my company. employers can spot a lie if they have been interviewing for any length of time. you will eventually slip up and get caught. then you will be fired for lying. is the job really worth that embarrassment and potential loss of income and the record of having been fired?
2006-09-11 11:35:35 · answer #9 · answered by kristen t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have to lie to get the job then you are probably not competent enough to do the job. Stick with what you can do.
2006-09-11 12:20:45 · answer #10 · answered by K 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋