Would this be wrong?

SusieWinwood

My DH was made redundant in Dec 08 and is still out of work. :mad:

He heard on BBC Breakfast the other day that employers are looking unfavourably at people who have been out of work for 6+ months as they are assuming (wrongly) that they don't want to work and are not looking hard enough.

DH has applied for over 100 jobs, sent out countless CV's, han one interview and still nada.

I said what about changing the date of redundancy to say July 09? Apart from this date all of his CV is legit and checkable. It's not his fault he is in this sitution and is desparate to get back to work.

Any thoughts on this?

TIA

Susie

honeypop

What about when any potential employers asks the company for a reference and they have to say when he left, and their date wouldn't match up - wouldn't look good and probably cost him the job.

bendix

SusieWinwood wrote: »

My DH was made redundant in Dec 08 and is still out of work. :mad:

He heard on BBC Breakfast the other day that employers are looking unfavourably at people who have been out of work for 6+ months as they are assuming (wrongly) that they don't want to work and are not looking hard enough.

DH has applied for over 100 jobs, sent out countless CV's, han one interview and still nada.

I said what about changing the date of redundancy to say July 09? Apart from this date all of his CV is legit and checkable. It's not his fault he is in this sitution and is desparate to get back to work.

Any thoughts on this?

TIA

Susie

The TV is there to fill up silence with random noises. Ignore what it said. It's utter !!!!!!!!.

In a recession there is no disgrace in being unemployed for an extended period. There is, however, a lot of disgrace in deliberately falsifying a CV.

Don't do it. It's not only daft; it's unnecessary.

sockpuppet

I agree - thats just nonsense. Maybe thirty years ago it was unusual to be out of work for a long period but at the moment its normal for a lot of people. My OH lost his job last December (3 wks before xmas) and started a new job a few weeks ago at the beginning of October.
He must have applied for over 200 jobs in that time and got about 6 interviews!! But nobody seemed to take that view at all

patanne

It sounds like BBC Breakfast could do with a reality check. Whilst avoiding the truth on a CV seems normal these days, lying could get him sacked if your OH does get the job! I've always considered Friday 13th lucky - so I really hope today was your OHs lucky day!

Anihilator

over 100 applications. 1 interview.

Says it all. Crap CV or Crap Candidate

patanne

No Anihilator - maybe the CV isn't marvellous, but not all of us have your obvious literary skills. In case you are in any doubt I WAS being sarcastic about your post

borders_dude

Anihilator wrote: »

over 100 applications. 1 interview.

Says it all. Crap CV or Crap Candidate

I may have to concur.

borders_dude

SusieWinwood wrote: »

I said what about changing the date of redundancy to say July 09? Apart from this date all of his CV is legit and checkable. It's not his fault he is in this sitution and is desparate to get back to work.

Any thoughts on this?

Yeah, if he is offered a position, and then the employer finds out that he hasdeliberatly set out to decieve them, they may well dismiss him for gross misconduct as it would be false representation.

And to be fair, what boss would want a liar working under him?

Harsh I know it may sound, but, sometimes life is harsh.

anotherginger

there's no point lying on your cv, especially over something like a date. they are easily checked and even when not checked thoroughly, i reckon it'll be easily noticed.

my boss recently did a reference for an ex-employee. it was a great reference, but unfortunately for the ex-employee the first line opened with 'X was previously emplyed by ___ for an 18 month period between DATE and DATE'. Unfortunately these dates did not match up with what they put on their application form, so the company pursued it further and got a written statement from personel.

Unsurprisingly, although they got a great reference and they had not been sacked or made redundant, they didn't get the job. (they had also stated the dates when interviewed, claiming to have had a 2 year contract rather than 18 months)

RuralGuy

Anihilator wrote: »

over 100 applications. 1 interview.

Says it all. Crap CV or Crap Candidate

Charming. The original poster was asking for help and advice. Is there any need for this kind of response? If you're fortunate enough not to be in this position, be a little more considerate - it is REALLY TOUGH out there. The advantage of the internet and job seeking is that it is so easy to apply for loads of jobs - the disadvantage of this is that employers are totally swamped and so have the pick of candidates, eliminating CVs for whatever reason they can. I would agree that from my experience the 100:1 ratio is about right.

I would agree that it is best not to lie on your CV, but how about being a little more creative? I have been doing self employed mystery shopping type work for a while now, whilst still looking for a permanent job. This has allowed me to fill a gap in my CV, and also seems to be a conversation starter and something employers/ recruiters find interesting.

Best of luck.