Should I come clean about a mistake on my Cv

warby68

Are there any missing years in your employment history?
If not and you purely have start and end dates wrong now you have the contracts rather than relying on your memory, I still don't think its a huge deal.
However you now have 2 unexplained years presumably? 2011-2013?

Ellis931

warby68 said:

Are there any missing years in your employment history?
If not and you purely have start and end dates wrong now you have the contracts rather than relying on your memory, I still don't think its a huge deal.
However you now have 2 unexplained years presumably? 2011-2013?

No I don't I've just explained I started my apprenticeship in 2013-2014 then in 2014 I started my other role does this make sense? 

Ellis931

Ellis931 said:

Good Afternoon, 

I am staring with you on the 19th October I would just like to clear something up firstly I made a silly mistake on my CV I believed to be 100% true I stated that I worked for Role 2 from 2013 when in actual fact I have worked there from 2014-2020 this was a complete and utter mistake I tried to remember the date off of memory and was mistaken it was not my intention to deceive to get this job and very much hope the job offer is still open to me. I truly apologise it was a honest unintentional mistake on my behalf. This also means I Made a mistake with the dates of my apprenticeship which was 2013-2014 again tried to remember off of memory which is a silly thing to do I now realise.

I can attach my old contract with role 2 construction for you to look at so you can see I am telling the truth. 

I can only apologise again and hope this doesn't affect my job offer as I am looking forward to working with the team. 

Kind Regards 

Does this sound ok to send to HR?? 

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it says I made a mistake with the apprenticeship dates which are 2013-2014 I'm going to change that because it's not clear to this

i also made a mistake by stating that I started my apprenticeship in 2011 I actually started it in 2013  and finnshed in 2014 

Manxman_in_exile

Ellis - I've read through all of this thread again and I cannot make any sense of 90% of what you have posted.  If I were a prospective employer you would leave a rather poor impression with me.

Just tell your new employer something along the lines of the following:

"I want to tell you that I have just looked back through my CV and I have realised that I have inadvertantly pushed back by two years the start dates with my two previous employers.  The dates of my apprenticeship with company A were from 2013 to 2015, and not 2011 to 2013 as I mistakenly stated on my CV.  Similarly, my employment dates with company B were from 2015 to 2020 and not 2013 to 2020 as stated on my CV.  I apologise for the confusion and can only say that I made a simple mistake in my recollection of the dates as these two jobs were my first proper employment.  As this does not detract from my good working record with company B for the last five years, I trust this error will not affect my starting work with you on Monday..."   If you want to put it into your own words do so - but don't change the meaning.

If that is true (and I don't know if it is or isn't because your story is almost completely incoherent to me) then I would go with it.  Do not say anything about "stupid" or "silly" mistakes.  That is not an idea that you want to help put in your employer's head about you...

Of course, you also need to be confident that employers A and B will confirm these dates.

You may want to omit the words "...as these two jobs were my first proper employment" as most normal people have a more accurate recollection of the dates of their first jobs.

warby68

Ellis931 said:

warby68 said:

Are there any missing years in your employment history?
If not and you purely have start and end dates wrong now you have the contracts rather than relying on your memory, I still don't think its a huge deal.
However you now have 2 unexplained years presumably? 2011-2013?

No I don't I've just explained I started my apprenticeship in 2013-2014 then in 2014 I started my other role does this make sense? 

So what were you doing 2011-2013. You have 'created' a gap which may prompt a question. Most people have a reasonable recollection of when they actually started work as it goes off their own age.

Manxman_in_exile

warby68 said:

Are there any missing years in your employment history?
If not and you purely have start and end dates wrong now you have the contracts rather than relying on your memory, I still don't think its a huge deal.
However you now have 2 unexplained years presumably? 2011-2013?

I am assuming (and that may be an enormous presumption on my part!) that the apprenticeship started in 2013 (not 2011) was the OP's first "proper" job after leaving school, or some other casual employment, and that they have made a simple error in putting down 2011 on their CV rather than 2013.  Not a mistake most people would make make but mistakes do happen.

Ellis931

Manxman_in_exile said:

Ellis - I've read through all of this thread again and I cannot make any sense of 90% of what you have posted.  If I were a prospective employer you would leave a rather poor impression with me.

Just tell your new employer something along the lines of the following:

"I want to tell you that I have just looked back through my CV and I have realised that I have inadvertantly pushed back by two years the start dates with my two previous employers.  The dates of my apprenticeship with company A were from 2013 to 2015, and not 2011 to 2013 as I mistakenly stated on my CV.  Similarly, my employment dates with company B were from 2015 to 2020 and not 2013 to 2020 as stated on my CV.  I apologise for the confusion and can only say that I made a simple mistake in my recollection of the dates as these two jobs were my first proper employment.  As this does not detract from my good working record with company B for the last five years, I trust this error will not affect my starting work with you on Monday..."   If you want to put it into your own words do so - but don't change the meaning.

If that is true (and I don't know if it is or isn't because your story is almost completely incoherent to me) then I would go with it.  Do not say anything about "stupid" or "silly" mistakes.  That is not an idea that you want to help put in your employer's head about you...

Of course, you also need to be confident that employers A and B will confirm these dates.

You may want to omit the words "...as these two jobs were my first proper employment" as most normal people have a more accurate recollection of the dates of their first jobs.

Manxman_in_exile said:

Ellis - I've read through all of this thread again and I cannot make any sense of 90% of what you have posted.  If I were a prospective employer you would leave a rather poor impression with me.

Just tell your new employer something along the lines of the following:

"I want to tell you that I have just looked back through my CV and I have realised that I have inadvertantly pushed back by two years the start dates with my two previous employers.  The dates of my apprenticeship with company A were from 2013 to 2015, and not 2011 to 2013 as I mistakenly stated on my CV.  Similarly, my employment dates with company B were from 2015 to 2020 and not 2013 to 2020 as stated on my CV.  I apologise for the confusion and can only say that I made a simple mistake in my recollection of the dates as these two jobs were my first proper employment.  As this does not detract from my good working record with company B for the last five years, I trust this error will not affect my starting work with you on Monday..."   If you want to put it into your own words do so - but don't change the meaning.

If that is true (and I don't know if it is or isn't because your story is almost completely incoherent to me) then I would go with it.  Do not say anything about "stupid" or "silly" mistakes.  That is not an idea that you want to help put in your employer's head about you...

Of course, you also need to be confident that employers A and B will confirm these dates.

You may want to omit the words "...as these two jobs were my first proper employment" as most normal people have a more accurate recollection of the dates of their first jobs.

Well I've tried to keep it as simple as possible and we all have slips of memory no one is perfect in this way 

AskAsk

Ellis931 said:

Good Afternoon, 

I am staring with you on the 19th October I would just like to clear something up firstly I made a silly mistake on my CV I believed to be 100% true I stated that I worked for Role 2 from 2013 when in actual fact I have worked there from 2014-2020 this was a complete and utter mistake I tried to remember the date off of memory and was mistaken it was not my intention to deceive to get this job and very much hope the job offer is still open to me. I truly apologise it was a honest unintentional mistake on my behalf. This also means I Made a mistake with the dates of my apprenticeship which was 2013-2014 again tried to remember off of memory which is a silly thing to do I now realise.

I can attach my old contract with role 2 construction for you to look at so you can see I am telling the truth. 

I can only apologise again and hope this doesn't affect my job offer as I am looking forward to working with the team. 

Kind Regards 

Does this sound ok to send to HR?? 

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i don't think you need to be so apologetic.  just write a matter of fact email.  no need to bring any emotion or any attempt of deceit (or not) into it.

just write something like this

"I am replying with regard to your request that I confirm everything is accurate on my CV.  I confirm that everything is accurate on my CV as far as I am aware, however, there seems to be a discrepancy with my employment history with the dates on my CV.  I have found my contracts with my recent employer and the start date is in 2004 and not 2003 as I had incorrectly stated on my CV."

What about the apprenticeship?  What dates does that span?

Manxman_in_exile

AskAsk said:

Ellis931 said:

Good Afternoon, 

I am staring with you on the 19th October I would just like to clear something up firstly I made a silly mistake on my CV I believed to be 100% true I stated that I worked for Role 2 from 2013 when in actual fact I have worked there from 2014-2020 this was a complete and utter mistake I tried to remember the date off of memory and was mistaken it was not my intention to deceive to get this job and very much hope the job offer is still open to me. I truly apologise it was a honest unintentional mistake on my behalf. This also means I Made a mistake with the dates of my apprenticeship which was 2013-2014 again tried to remember off of memory which is a silly thing to do I now realise.

I can attach my old contract with role 2 construction for you to look at so you can see I am telling the truth. 

I can only apologise again and hope this doesn't affect my job offer as I am looking forward to working with the team. 

Kind Regards 

Does this sound ok to send to HR?? 

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i don't think you need to be so apologetic.  just write a matter of fact email.  no need to bring any emotion or any attempt of deceit (or not) into it.

just write something like this

"I am replying with regard to your request that I confirm everything is accurate on my CV.  I confirm that everything is accurate on my CV as far as I am aware, however, there seems to be a discrepancy with my employment history with the dates on my CV.  I have found my contracts with my recent employers and the start date is in 2004 and not 2003 as I had incorrectly stated on my CV."

What about the apprenticeship?  What dates does that span?

Don't you start with the dates!!!        It's bad enough with the OP!

I've also just realised I'm confused as to whether the OP went straight from their apprenticeship to employer B or whether there is a gap!  Or whether it's not a gap but they were helping out/employed/volunteering/on a gap year/paid/unpaid/with a contract/without a contract/in the same building/not the same building.  (OK - I made up that last bit about the building).

AskAsk

Manxman_in_exile said:

Ellis - I've read through all of this thread again and I cannot make any sense of 90% of what you have posted.  If I were a prospective employer you would leave a rather poor impression with me.

Just tell your new employer something along the lines of the following:

"I want to tell you that I have just looked back through my CV and I have realised that I have inadvertantly pushed back by two years the start dates with my two previous employers.  The dates of my apprenticeship with company A were from 2013 to 2015, and not 2011 to 2013 as I mistakenly stated on my CV.  Similarly, my employment dates with company B were from 2015 to 2020 and not 2013 to 2020 as stated on my CV.  I apologise for the confusion and can only say that I made a simple mistake in my recollection of the dates as these two jobs were my first proper employment.  As this does not detract from my good working record with company B for the last five years, I trust this error will not affect my starting work with you on Monday..."   If you want to put it into your own words do so - but don't change the meaning.

If that is true (and I don't know if it is or isn't because your story is almost completely incoherent to me) then I would go with it.  Do not say anything about "stupid" or "silly" mistakes.  That is not an idea that you want to help put in your employer's head about you...

Of course, you also need to be confident that employers A and B will confirm these dates.

You may want to omit the words "...as these two jobs were my first proper employment" as most normal people have a more accurate recollection of the dates of their first jobs.

i just hope the OP's new job is not in accountancy as that profession requires exact details and no errors.  spot on attitude only.