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70% Of Workers Lie On Resumes, New Study Shows (www.forbes.com)
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[โ€“] Rentlar@beehaw.org 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Hahahaha. Incoming rant.

Lying is one thing, but if the whole "prettying up resumes, cover letters and conduct at interviews" is lying, then it's the employers who are choosing the liars and make this process this way.

Not to mention the posted job description and duties often either are very different, or the description doesn't tell the full story, or is so generic and lacks substance.

These things I did to get hired... are they lying?

  • Describe something I contributed as part of a team as my own success.
  • Change a job title of something to the effect of "Co-op Student" to something that more accurately described what I was doing.
  • Playing the "Tell me about a time when" scenario game, trying to recall something I did 4 years ago on the spot. Not every detail is perfect in my memory, and the interviewer expects a comprehensive demonstration of your skills in a tough situation, so I make sure the story fits in an easily digestible arc, and miss or fill in details to achieve that. Not like "everyone clapped and my boss hugged me" but stuff that my former boss would say "seems legit" if the company were to go as far as fact-check me on it.

Candidates "lie" because truth filters you out of these stupid human resources systems. Rant over.

[โ€“] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I lied on mine until the day I no longer had to. Because I hadn't lied I wouldn't have gotten the jobs that I was qualified for.

Now if I want a different job I call up one of the head hunters that's been trying to get me to come work for their client. And that's the ONLY reason I don't lie on it anymore. I'll lie to a damn company in a heartbeat.

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