Posted on 12/22/2005 8:25:28 AM PST by paltz
BE honest; have you ever lied on your resume? Come on - maybe just a little "harmless" white lie? Sure, you say. "I've stretched dates of employment a little to cover gaps in my work history - and I don't think it really matters that I put down that I earned a degree when I actually fell just a few measly credits short." Do you want the truth ... can you handle the truth? That "job-winning resume" you're circulating to hundreds of employers could be a ticking time bomb poised to maim your career. Numerous studies reveal that resume falsification is a common thing. Statistics from employers, anonymous polls conducted by job Web sites like monster.com, and surveys published by various background-checking firms suggest as many as 50 percent of all resume s contain some degree of distortion - from white lies to outright whoppers.
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My husband is a manager and hires Network Engineers. He looks at the resumes, but more importantly, during the interview process, he starts to ask direct, specific questions geared to what they claim their experience and knowledge to be.
He's had folks start to sweat profusely, or try to cover their answers by giving long rambling answers. I think that probably 3 out of 10 applicants actually have known what they claimed to know.
Never. Not only is it dishonest, it's just asking for trouble.
I don't lie on my resume. I really did flunk out of two colleges.
I invented 'Conservatism'.
It's always going to come back and bite you in the ass... In today's post-Enron, post-Tyco age, nothing is valued more than integrity, IMHO.
"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system."
- Al Gore's Resume
In case anyone is ever on a hiring committee, know that the degrees applicants claim to have are readily verifiable.
Just call the institution's Registrar. He or she can tell you in about 10 seconds whether someone was awarded a degree or not.
Quailty of a resume doesn't matter if the company is looking for an affirmative action hire.
If they want to get rid of you, they can use this as an excuse, that's all. I wouldn't even want to work for a company that would fire someone who was a good employee. There could be exceptions for security, public trust or other reasons.
I once saw a resume that once I checked the references it turned out to be a work of fiction worthy of the Bard himself.
LOL!
I have neverlied on my resume. I will never do so. It's too easy to spot phonies in the interview or once they start.
Besides, the resume is just the key to unlock the interview door. It's the interview that lands the job. Good jobs have rusty locks, so the key had better be stainless steel, not plastic-coated tin!
Piffle. I invented the resume.
Guys like him are why it's not cost effective to lie on a resume. I've had too many brutal technical interviews to even think about it.
Nicely put.
I'm a man of principles. I took the Nobel Peace Prize off of my resume when Jimmy Carter got his.
Now outright lying is another thing. False claims and huge whoppers will get one into trouble.
However, I am in a hot job market right now, so much of this is not needed.
Nope, never lied on a resume. There's really no need to since many employers decide in the first 3 mins. if they like the person enough to hire them.
Yeah, but those other 7 of 10 are the same people who go on the Internet and complain how tough the job market is because everything has been outsourced to India and "American employers won't give American workers a chance".
I've always thought that "won't give American workers a chance" translates to "won't believe the lies on my resume". ;)
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