Have you ever lied on your Resume?

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Originally posted by: FoBoT
no. never needed to
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And wouldn't, even if I "needed" to.
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Whoa! You must save a lot of money on your electric bill with that huge glowing halo over your head!
 
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Tommy2000GT

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Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Originally posted by: Tommy2000GT
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
I've never lied on mine.

But at a previous job I had 3 guys who reported directly for me. One of those positions came open, so I had to interview several people to find a replacement. One guy came in with so much BS on his resume that it smelled like a farm animal. In particular, he had down that he had graduated from the computer science department at a local university.

Much to his detriment, he didn't realize that I had graduated from that exact same program.

When the interview started, I opened up with chit-chat about our common schooling background, professors we knew, etc. It was immediately obvious that this guy was a fraud, so I began sticking it to him with really specific questions. He eventually broke down and told the truth - he was in either his freshman or sophomore year in school and was nowhere near graduation.
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what if someone just lied about their job experience? They said they were a financial analyst but they were really an accountant. However, the dates of employment are true if a prospective employer calls to check. Would this be a lie that someone can pass off if they can BS pretty good to back it up?
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It would be difficult for a prospective employer to discover the type of deception that you are describing. However, if they do somehow find out, you can bet your last dollar that you won't get the job.
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what if I got the job due this lie, would the chances be good that I be home free? or will they look it to it futher?
 
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DigDug

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Never. Its not worth the consequences of getting caught. A few kids at my law school fudged their GPAs and were caught since employers that visited were given copies of the transcript. The kids were not allowed to further participate in the on-campus interview program and, from what I've heard, had tremendous difficult finding a job. Even the biggest legal community is a small one, and word gets around.
 
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Tommy2000GT

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Originally posted by: DigDug
Never. Its not worth the consequences of getting caught. A few kids at my law school fudged their GPAs and were caught since employers that visited were given copies of the transcript. The kids were not allowed to further participate in the on-campus interview program and, from what I've heard, had tremendous difficult finding a job. Even the biggest legal community is a small one, and word gets around.
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Wouldn't lies about things like place of schooling, GPA, place of employment, and dates be easily verified?

The only lie I can see that you can pass off is the type of experience you recieved at your former place of employment
 
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Lifer
Feb 13, 2003
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No. I'm not a BSer and if they asked me questions on what I lied about, I'd have to make up more to cover myself and it's just not worth it to me.
 
NuclearNed

NuclearNed

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Originally posted by: Tommy2000GT
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Originally posted by: Tommy2000GT
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
I've never lied on mine.

But at a previous job I had 3 guys who reported directly for me. One of those positions came open, so I had to interview several people to find a replacement. One guy came in with so much BS on his resume that it smelled like a farm animal. In particular, he had down that he had graduated from the computer science department at a local university.

Much to his detriment, he didn't realize that I had graduated from that exact same program.

When the interview started, I opened up with chit-chat about our common schooling background, professors we knew, etc. It was immediately obvious that this guy was a fraud, so I began sticking it to him with really specific questions. He eventually broke down and told the truth - he was in either his freshman or sophomore year in school and was nowhere near graduation.
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what if someone just lied about their job experience? They said they were a financial analyst but they were really an accountant. However, the dates of employment are true if a prospective employer calls to check. Would this be a lie that someone can pass off if they can BS pretty good to back it up?
Click to expand...

It would be difficult for a prospective employer to discover the type of deception that you are describing. However, if they do somehow find out, you can bet your last dollar that you won't get the job.
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what if I got the job due this lie, would the chances be good that I be home free? or will they look it to it futher?
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I recommend that you don't do it. Do you really want to start out an employment relationship based on dishonesty? Things have a way of coming back to haunt you, given enough time.
 
Scarpozzi

Scarpozzi

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Yes....I once put on my resume that I was white. When I showed up for the interview, they kindly told me that the job had been filled already.
 
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PowerMacG5

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Originally posted by: Linflas
No I have never lied but I once got lectured by an interviewer for something I didn't list on my resume because I thought it was trivial.
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What did you leave out? During a career fair at my school when I went up to the Cisco table the guy there was asking me questions about subnets and whatnot, and asked me why I didn't put that I knew that stuff on my resume.
 
robphelan

robphelan

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we had a very qualified candidate for an open position (making a lot of money). we offered him the job on condition of pre-employment background/drug checks.

He quit his current job before the background/drug check returned (dumb). As it turned out, he lied about getting his degree.

We rescinded the job offer.

The worse part about it is we still might have hired the guy with no degree, if he hadn't lied about it on his resume.
 
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Tommy2000GT

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Originally posted by: robphelan
we had a very qualified candidate for an open position (making a lot of money). we offered him the job on condition of pre-employment background/drug checks.

He quit his current job before the background/drug check returned (dumb). As it turned out, he lied about getting his degree.

We rescinded the job offer.

The worse part about it is we still might have hired the guy with no degree, if he hadn't lied about it on his resume.
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say if didn't lie about his degree, but he lied about what duties/experience he had at his former jobs, would your background checks pick that up?
 
MasterAndCommander

MasterAndCommander

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Never had to. I send a blank piece of paper and a picture of myself, crouched and ready to attack.

I always get the job offer. Always.
 
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oboeguy

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I've never had to lie / pad / etc. My record stands on its own as pretty exceptional. :)
 
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Tommy2000GT

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http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/resumes/20020606-mende.html

a salesman might claim, "Sold $3 million in widgets in 2000," when he actually worked on a team with technical people. If the numbers and the time frames are true, Mr. Stybel says, that's fudging rather than lying. While the whole picture is likely to emerge in the interview, fudging "does help get people through the interview door. And that is the purpose of the resume."
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so I'm gonna fudge, and that should be ok :)
 
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Raiden256

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Feb 11, 2001
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Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
Never had to. I send a blank piece of paper and a picture of myself, crouched and ready to attack.

I always get the job offer. Always.
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LOL FTW!
 
shortylickens

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
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With all my heart and soul I believed everything I put on it.

Cant say much for the rest of the world. But I believed it.
 
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