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Here's my situation. I got a degree and almost a year later hadn't found a job yet. I was getting desperate, and ready to literally give up all together. I applied to an internship because they were easier to get. You don't need 1-2 years of experience. The problem was that you "had to be currently enrolled in college" to apply. Well I lied and said that I was still in college just to see if I would get an interview. I got one and thought about turning it down, but I went because I had nothing to lose and not thinking I would actually get an offer (I had at least 7 interviews before with no offer). Well I got the offer, but I had to pass a background check, which includes a degree "currently enrolled" check. I said screw it, I'll probably get caught but its worth a shot. Well I passed because they hired interns through a temp agency and they only checked my completed degree, which was my undergraduate. I also fudged a previous internship employment dates forward a year to match my degree enrollment dates. Well they didn't check back far enough to catch it!
Now the problem is I feel guilty. I'm not a liar. I have to make my linkedin profile private, and lie to people's faces at work that I am still in school. I am living a lie! I just got backed into a corner and got desperate. They also like me so far and I really like the company! I think there is a chance they could give me a full time offer after the intership, but I know that will entail a more through background check through their actual company, that I will probably not pass.
My plan is to just complete the intership and not accept an offer they might give me because then I couldnt use them as references for any future jobs and would have to leave that job off my resume. It would be a disaster and I would be back to square one. What if I just admitted I lied at the end of my internship? Is it forgivable? Would they still hire me? What should I do?
I'd just work until I was found out. But in Manila Phillippines you can buy fake college degree papers, but maybe they are all Filipino colleges. I lied at Schlumberger that I didn't have a felony, and I lasted all through my 6 month temp job. But they didn't extend or transfer me to the big money Subsea division.
You got do what you got to do. This job market is tough and employers are way too over demanding that the only way to get a job for someone who doesn't have any experience is to stretch the truth. In your case stretch it out to way over one year.
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Lying at the end of the internship won't help, if you are gonna lie, stick with the lie.
What is the industry? My guess is they won't do another background check anyways, company I work for now, I went through a temp, that did a pretty basic check. When I got hired on they said they would do another check, but never did. I know because I requested a copy of it, and never got it. Pretty sure that's cuz one wasn't even done. Companies don't want to spend that kind of money.
You could always finish the internship then got a job elsewhere and be honest about your education there.
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