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Fibbing on a CV
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I've applied for some new jobs and before I listed all these jobs I've done and out of 60 CV's over 6 months I've not had one reply! So today I decided to tidy up my CV will cutting out the crap 2-3 month temp jobs and extending the length of time I had been at other jobs. These jobs were dating back a few years so just extended them by about 6 months or a year.
I actually feel quite guilty but the CV looks so much better, I've not lied about the jobs I have done or the skills I have just the dates. Is this a very bad move or do a lot of people do it? I Googled "lying on a cv" and come to an article where a woman was jailed for lying :shocking: :crazyeyes
I actually feel quite guilty but the CV looks so much better, I've not lied about the jobs I have done or the skills I have just the dates. Is this a very bad move or do a lot of people do it? I Googled "lying on a cv" and come to an article where a woman was jailed for lying :shocking: :crazyeyes
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Its a tough job market and I bet there are lots of people who like you want to spice up their CVs with bits omitted and other bits enhanced. Only do it if you are confident you won't give it away under interview conditions
Lying about the dates seems like an easy way to get caught out if I'm honest.
Agreed, after qualifications it's the easiest thing for them to check.
End up called for interview and references taken up- then rejected for dishonesty. Worst feeling then getting CVs ignored
"These alleged discrepancies in my employment dates, Sir, are when I actually took control of the company and left my previous position as head of the man-train, and took up position as the caboose."
You might find these articles on our Lifetracks website helpful: How to write your CV and Making your CV stand out from the crowd. As lots of others have said its not advisable to lie on your CV. It might be better to look at your CV and see where other improvements can be made to make it stand out.
Hope these articles help, good luck and let us know how you get along.
I think it's also against the law, you could end up in legal problems. Not 100% sure on that one though.
It's fraud.
Trick is to use years instead of months as your timeline
i.e. Instead of Jan-Jun 2010, you'd put 2010
Aug 09-Jan 10 you put 2009-10
You aren't lying then.
It is lying at the end of the day but I can provide legit references and qualifications/jobs and their titles are true, just the dates are a little exaggerated.
But it's not worth it if you're caught out and it may affect job prospects in the future. If you're looking at one particular industry, big boss men do speak to each other. Word of mouth can go quite far in the job hunting business. And if I heard that you lied to someone else I wouldn't want to interview you at all.
Do what MoK said - use years instead of months - it isn't lying but could improve the way it looks, although I also agree with the comment about flexibility. And in this current jobs climate, temp jobs are better than no jobs.
The problem with lying on your CV, is that it can come back to bite you and could jeapodise a job some time in the future.