for a job she wants to apply for in a different state. We know each other just casually, from passing in the hallway. I offered to help, and her resume was a train wreck. Misspelled words, poor grammar, poor punctuation, and two full pages despite not having much of a meaningful career... Anyway, an hour into the exercise she admitted that she had never gone to college, but there it was on her resume, a LIE that she had printed to get her current job. Her resume said she had completed 36 hours of business administration courses from a local university, but it was a lie. She never attended that school for a single day.
I told her I'd only finish helping her if she agreed to remove ALL false information from the resume, which she did. But now I'm wondering - should I inform her current employer that she lied about going to college, because I bet they believe she did attend, and that might have influenced their decision to hire her in the first place?
2007-03-01 00:19:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Or should I just let it go on account of the fact that she's been with her current employer for 3 years, and I suppose they're happy with her or else she wouldn't have lasted that long?
2007-03-01 00:19:49 · update #1
What's really odd is that she is also a devout Christian, and talks about her church all the time.
2007-03-01 00:22:34 · update #2
Are you guys serious? People LIE on their resumes all the time? Wow... I would never even DREAM of putting a lie or an exaggeration on a resume. What's this world coming to?
2007-03-01 00:30:29 · update #3
She's a sweet kid, and she did come clean to me, so I guess I'll let it slide. She was SO grateful for my help. (get your minds out of the gutter... the girl is half my age, and I'm happily married).
2007-03-01 00:39:03 · update #4
Oh, I don't think her faith made her feel entitled to lie... I just found it odd that her faith didn't CONSTRAIN her from lying.
2007-03-01 00:40:34 · update #5
Oh, I don't think her faith made her feel entitled to lie... I just found it odd that her faith didn't CONSTRAIN her from lying.
2007-03-01 00:40:55 · update #6
It is not your responsibility to inform her employer. Either her employer should have investigated her background better, or they didn't care. It is really up to her to inform future employers, and you know they won't hire her without some educational background in Business, even with her experience. Maybe it is time for her to go to college for real. Either way, stay out of it or you may find yourself caught up in something you would be better off out of.
2007-03-01 00:24:53 · answer #1 · answered by Chali 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
From someone who has been out of work since being laid off 12 months ago... I guess I too would say pretty much anything to get a decent job... yes I would stretch the truth, provided it was not a major whopper of a fib...
I dont know what its like in the US, but in England if your female and fifty you suddenly become unemployable no matter how good your qualifications or your cleavage... ( can dream cant i... about the cleavage that is..)
So i say give the girl a break, she must be good at her job or they wouldnt have kept her for three years... maybe she too had things that she figured might damage her chances.. at least she wants to work too many people these days are only to happy to live off welfare..
and judging by your name i guess you are also happy to streeeeeeeeetch things a little I mean the macadamias of course LOL
2007-03-01 02:41:44 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Hazy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
36 HOURS of business administration???? Why lie about something so trivial, no wonder her current boss didn't investigate. But anyway, back to your question, its not your issue, if her current employer employed her, and she has been working for them for the last what ever lenght of time she has worked there than why are you concerned?.
But your right, she shouldn't have it on her CV, any potential employers could do a check on her, if they find out she lied about one thing it will make them doubt everything else she has put in there.
But I don't see why you think your under some moral obligation to inform her current bosses, what good would it do? To you or to her
2007-03-01 00:32:26 · answer #3 · answered by Christine 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is not your place to inform her current employers about her untruth on her resume'. Obviously, they didn't do a background check on her, so it's their own mistake in hiring her. She has been with the company for three years, so she must be good at her job. Do not ruin a person's career because of something YOU think is right or wrong. It's really none of your business. Her religion has nothing to do with it, people fudge on their resume's all the time.
Just be her friend, that's all she asked you to do.
2007-03-01 00:26:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Funny how some people seem to think that the fact that they go to church gives them the right to be dishonest, self-righteous, etc. I'd let the employer figure out for themselves what's up. Or the next one in the other state may figure it out. You'd feel better about yourself if you never said a thing probably. People like that usually get caught. Not everyone can be stupid enough to buy her lies.
2007-03-01 00:33:17 · answer #5 · answered by karenhar 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 00:23:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋