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Old 07-22-2010, 11:54 AM
 
Location: Fort Wayne/Las Vegas/Summit-Argo
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This is actually the WORST time to fake your resume.
Companies are actually doing the background checks that they usually blow off,because they need so few workers.
If you want to be embarrassed,send in a fake or inflated resume these days and see what happens.

Now if you were open your own BUSINESS and use that as a reference or to cover time periods when you were unemployed, had a number of jobs in a short period of time or were...umm.."an employee of the county or the state" then that MIGHT fly.

NOTE: I do not endorse, nor condone, resume fraud
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Old 07-22-2010, 12:47 PM
 
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Most of the times I tend to overreact in my resume and then figure how to do it later.

When I was applying for a delivery driver position I told them I had 5+ years of experience, I named a few companies and so forth although I've never been in a van . If I hadn't do it, I wouldn't have gotten the job.

When I was applying for a nursing job I lied about my experience. I had 2,5 years and I pumped it up to 6 adding various departments and other stuff. I got the job.

When I was in Dubai looking for a job I faked my resume completely. I lied about everything. I was working as a massage therapist and as a personal fitness trainer although I didn't have proper education and experience.

When I was applying for a web developer position in my country I lied about working in Dubai for 3 years as a LAMP developer giving my friend's phone number as a reference. I got the job and worked my ass off day and night to get "back on track" with all the coding I've missed out in the past few years.

So I tweak it a "little" bit. With all the competition we face today, nobody is giving me lectures on morals and whatnot. If you want to be moral, go to church. I'm here for the money baby and I'll do anything to get the job.
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Old 10-13-2010, 11:39 AM
 
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This is actually the WORST time to fake your resume.
Companies are actually doing the background checks that they usually blow off,because they need so few workers.

If you want to be embarrassed,send in a fake or inflated resume these days and see what happens.

Now if you were open your own BUSINESS and use that as a reference or to cover time periods when you were unemployed, had a number of jobs in a short period of time or were...umm.."an employee of the county or the state" then that MIGHT fly.

NOTE: I do not endorse, nor condone, resume fraud
They sure are doing more checks. Plus I have known a few to have lost out on jobs due to lying on their resume.
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Old 10-13-2010, 01:04 PM
 
Location: Eureka CA
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What you need to remember is that even if you get away with it enough to be hired, you have handed the employer a perfect excuse to fire you down the line, for untruthfulness. It happens, even years later..
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Old 10-13-2010, 01:15 PM
 
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You are right about that eureka.

Plus not to mention that you will be paranoid every day worrying if they will catch on to your lies.
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Old 10-13-2010, 02:07 PM
 
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You people are so naive. Thousands of people who lied on their resume and application are being hired every day and getting away with it! If they did not lie they would not even be considered, so it is a moral choice and a nothing ventured nothing gained situation. If they are found out and not hired other than feeling bad about a lie that did not work out they lost nothing because without the lie they would not have got to first base. if they were hired after lying on their resume and found out a few months later then to bad but they are still ahead because for a few months they have a paycheck and something to do during the work day and some additional experience.

I see lying on a resume and employment application as a win win situation unless they have a moral argument against it.
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Old 10-13-2010, 04:18 PM
 
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You people are so naive. Thousands of people who lied on their resume and application are being hired every day and getting away with it! If they did not lie they would not even be considered, so it is a moral choice and a nothing ventured nothing gained situation. If they are found out and not hired other than feeling bad about a lie that did not work out they lost nothing because without the lie they would not have got to first base. if they were hired after lying on their resume and found out a few months later then to bad but they are still ahead because for a few months they have a paycheck and something to do during the work day and some additional experience.

I see lying on a resume and employment application as a win win situation unless they have a moral argument against it.
You people? Please.

Post data that shows thousands are being hired everyday by lying on their resume.

Anyone that gets caught lying on their resume and it is found out will most likely be fired and will not receive unemployment. Furthermore, you can't really be certain that the employer that fired you for lying won't spill the beans to other potential employers. It's a lose-lose situation and very risky.
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Old 10-13-2010, 04:22 PM
 
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You people? Please.

Post data that shows thousands are being hired everyday by lying on their resume.

Anyone that gets caught lying on their resume and it is found out will most likely be fired and will not receive unemployment. Furthermore, you can't really be certain that the employer that fired you for lying won't spill the beans to other potential employers. It's a lose-lose situation and very risky.
Agreed, I'd have no qualms immediately dismissing anyone who lied to get a job. What else are they going to lie about? Stealing company property?

And I'd have ZERO problem telling anyone who called for a reference that the person was terminated when we discovered how embellished their resume actually was. As long as it's true, you can say it.
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Old 10-13-2010, 08:54 PM
 
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Default How to fake a resume

www.screwtherecruiter.com
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Old 10-14-2010, 12:51 AM
 
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But remember where most people who are lying on their resume start with, unemployed, broke and desparate. If you get hired and work a few months and then are found out you are still ahead because you had a few months of steady employment. I doubt the employer is going to write a letter to every possible employer telling them that Steve Johnson was fired for lying on his application and resume and to blacklist him as a result!

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You people? Please.

Post data that shows thousands are being hired everyday by lying on their resume.

Anyone that gets caught lying on their resume and it is found out will most likely be fired and will not receive unemployment. Furthermore, you can't really be certain that the employer that fired you for lying won't spill the beans to other potential employers. It's a lose-lose situation and very risky.
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