Fake jobs on resume work history to cover gaps (employee, applying, interview)
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I'm hearing a lot of people say that they are getting away with putting in a fake job on their work history to cover extensive unemployment gaps. They give the phone number of a friend or relatives business and the person vouches for them. I am surprised to hear how easily this has worked for some people, even on applications with fortune 500 companies, and they get hired. I am starting to think that sometimes HR either doesnt check everything in your work history or if they do its just a brief phone call to quickly verify your job at the place. I thought in todays world HR would easily sniff out any fake jobs on resumes but i'm hearing from people that its easy to get away with. Anyone ever done this and either been caught or gotten away with it? with unemployment the way it is one almost has to do something to cover gaps, otherwise no one calls
Depending on the kind of job you are applying for this is incredibly stupid.
If you are going to work in any firm / part of a firm that truly does care about your trustworthy behavior (from IT to financial services to regulatory and governmental agencies) the extra steps to run a tax ID based employer search would quickly flag you as at least a "fibber" if not an outright fraud.
I am sure a quick phone call to "Van deLay Industries" is all that some low level jobs call for, but once you get your resume into any sizeable firms fully vetted DB the potential for your "fibbing" to make it so that you are about as unemployable as a felon...
Really pretty easy to just google the various addresses and phone numbers to see if something matches a legitimate business of some shmoe sitting around in his parent's basement pretending to be a former employer...
It's dishonest, no doubt. And it may or may not work. But it's little risk. Realistically, a company will retaliate by not hiring, or firing you. They aren't going to use their resources to prosecute you or pursue you legally unless you do something heinous on a grand scale. What do you have to lose? Chances are once you have the job, you're in as long as you do the job well.
Sure it's wrong, but no more wrong than what's going on in the employment world these days. People will do what they have to do to feed and house their family. Survival trumps morality and ethics. And all those business owners feel the same way about their businesses, survival and profits trump morals and ethics.
Two, four, or six wrongs will never make a right, but that's the way it is these days.
how do employers check if you say u were self employed, say as an insurance agent. my buddy was unemployed for a few years but had an insurance license, he claimed to be a self employed insurance agent on his resume and he gave a phone number of someone who owned a financial services company to vouch for him and say he placed business through them. He said he never had a problem and was eventually hired by a major fortune 500 company. He never woulddve gotten an interview otherwise. the company got a great employee and he can now pay his bills and live.
how do employers check if you say u were self employed, say as an insurance agent. my buddy was unemployed for a few years but had an insurance license, he claimed to be a self employed insurance agent on his resume and he gave a phone number of someone who owned a financial services company to vouch for him and say he placed business through them. He said he never had a problem and was eventually hired by a major fortune 500 company. He never woulddve gotten an interview otherwise. the company got a great employee and he can now pay his bills and live.
Now a situation like this may be harder to prove that the person was unemployed, but, it's still risky. Can't they look up the supposedly employed person's SSN & see that they've done ZERO business, sales, commission, etc.?
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Some employers do more follow-up than others, and in fact, some do the detail work after the person has started, assuming it will all verify. You would not be able to trust that you go away with it. Even a superior considering you for a future assignment or promotion might make few calls and bust you.
how do employers check if you say u were self employed, say as an insurance agent. my buddy was unemployed for a few years but had an insurance license, he claimed to be a self employed insurance agent on his resume and he gave a phone number of someone who owned a financial services company to vouch for him and say he placed business through them. He said he never had a problem and was eventually hired by a major fortune 500 company. He never woulddve gotten an interview otherwise. the company got a great employee and he can now pay his bills and live.
If companies have no problem posting fake jobs, I see no problem putting fake jobs on your resume. It has a lovely symmetry.
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