Lied on C.V. now they want evidence!

morganedge

Torry_Quine wrote: »

Glad it's worked out in the end. Let this be a lesson to all of those who think lying is acceptable.

But didn't the lie work in this instance? They've been offered a job.
(or have I missed something?)

morganedge

chris1973 wrote: »

Its not a new thing, my Uncle lied on his C.V 35 years ago, got the job, bluffed / faffed / acted his way around the Job and eventually worked his way up the ladder. 16 Years after he was taken on, his boss retired and my Uncle took over the running of the place, these days he's coming up to retirement, still in the same Job and has enjoyed his career and made a good success out of it. Does he regret it?, don't be silly would you?. He maintains that if he hadn't have "massaged the truth" slightly he would have never have been given the opportunity. This was also back in the days of the proverbial "you could leave your job on a friday and walk into a new one on Monday". The temptation to lie a little to get your foot in the door and get a piece of the action these days must be even greater.

Sounds a bit like my dad.
COMPLETELY lied on his CV to get a job as a computer operator in the 70's. He barely knew what a computer was! However, he's very clever, and managed to 'wing it' in the work place very well, and pick bits up from co-workers etc.
His lie was found out a few months later at which point he used his experience from the job to get a new job doing the same thing.
10 years later he was earning about £100 per HOUR computer programming/consulting for the biggest companies in the oil industry and never looked back.
Guess it was a bit easier to pull the lie off back then, though.

Acc72

saintjammyswine wrote: »

The first person to be jailed was a Stoke-on-Trent man in 2009, who falsely claimed to have a doctorate and masters degree when applying for an NHS job.

Although I don't necessarily condone what happened, the OP just ommitted a short term job from his application because he did not get on with the manager and was presumabely concerned that they would be given a poor reference.

Regarding the case you mention, was this a person who was pretending to be a doctor even though they were not medically qualified ?

Hardly in the same league as this case.

Torry_Quine

Torry_Quine wrote: »

Glad it's worked out in the end. Let this be a lesson to all of those who think lying is acceptable.

I worded that badly. I meant that he had to go through all that worry and angst due to a lie when if he'd been honest it would have been straightforward.

an9i77

NoNoDrama wrote: »

Spoke to the HR lady she says they have everything they need re: references - I start on Monday.

Looks like they are taking my word for it based on my previous references all coming back good and legit. :beer::j:T

Those who mentioned payroll - this won't be an issue. Like many companies these days their payroll is done off-site by a third-party company.

Thanks for coming back and updating us - now go and make a success of this job and you'll have no more need to lie in future! Good luck