lying on a CV/Interview

lipidicman

While you are 'adjusting' your CV, maybe get somebody with better english to have a little look over it. I would normally be a little more tactful, but you are advocating writing a fraudulent CV here!

lush_walrus

lipidicman wrote:

While you are 'adjusting' your CV, maybe get somebody with better english to have a little look over it. I would normally be a little more tactful, but you are advocating writing a fraudulent CV here!

I didn't like to say it, but I was thinking the same thing!!!!

lipidicman

I was just thinking that the lack of experience might not have been the only reason for the rejection........

....that's it, I'll stop now

bokkie7975

justpaper wrote:

as for me liking it if some one went for the same job as me and told a lie on a REF not on a Course etc and got the job then fair play too them

Actually, no, it isn't fair play. It is dishonest, cheating your way into a job.

Savvy_Sue

justpaper wrote:

as for dismissal i dont think that would happen in such a small case like mine,

Don't bank on it. And if it does happen, expect it to cause problems for a long while afterwards.

By all means use experience gained outside the workplace to establish your ability to do the job you've applied for. I spent 12 years doing a mix of part-time and voluntary work while the kids were young, then moved back into full-time work managing a team of secretaries. And I got the experience I needed for that job by running the school PTA and setting up an out of school club, rather than by doing data entry (which I was being paid for throughout that time). If I didn't hate figure work, I feel I could have applied for book-keeping work on the strength of keeping the books for the PTA and out of school club!

But don't lie or make it up. Your confidence may be misplaced.

Genghis

A decent interviewer will be trained in spotting flaws in your CV/Application and can ask questions that will cause you to trip up and contradict yourself.

BenefitMaster

There are ways to hide lack of experience in CV's and similar. I used to train people in CV and Interview technique, and some of the CV's we produced were totally factual, did not lie, but certainly exercised 'spin' substantially.

If you LIE, you risk prosecution, dismissal and loss of benefits for up to 6 months, as well as no references and no prospects for re-employment.

If you spin the truth, you get no chance of being found out, no risk of dismissal in disgrace etc...

which would you do?

lipidicman

BenefitMaster wrote:

There are ways to hide lack of experience in CV's and similar. I used to train people in CV and Interview technique, and some of the CV's we produced were totally factual, did not lie, but certainly exercised 'spin' substantially.

I couldn't agree more. My CV has been 'spun' so much that I think I might have discovered the secret of perpetual motion.

BenefitMaster wrote:

If you LIE, you risk prosecution, dismissal and loss of benefits for up to 6 months, as well as no references and no prospects for re-employment.

If you spin the truth, you get no chance of being found out, no risk of dismissal in disgrace etc...

which would you do?

Lieing takes little skill, and only a little skill is required to uncover the lie.

Spinning takes a master. If you can spin enough to get the job then you probably deserve the job!

BenefitMaster

lipidicman wrote:

I couldn't agree more. My CV has been 'spun' so much that I think I might have discovered the secret of perpetual motion.!

one chap who I interviewed for JSa once had a CV - showing he had trained in Motor Maintenance at Feltham YO institute. The YO was in 5 point times, whjere the CV was in 12 point Arial.

He hadn't lied... He'd just done 6 months for TWOC!

Ironically he got a job at a local indie garage, and now (4 years later) he is the only mechanic who I let touch my car! We always have a laugh about his CV over a pint after servicing.

justpaper

lipidicman wrote:

While you are 'adjusting' your CV, maybe get somebody with better english to have a little look over it. I would normally be a little more tactful, but you are advocating writing a fraudulent CV here!

lush_walrus wrote:

I didn't like to say it, but I was thinking the same thing!!!!

u too need to go back to sleep, fraudulent CV ??!?! oh my days