Lying on your CV
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What did you put mate? And how did they find out?
MonkeyLove
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Elaborated is a better term
Gibraltar Mackem
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Come on then, how much did you specify you earn and how much do you actually earn?
JL1985
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Not me but I someone at work said they could do something and it's blatantly obvious they can't. It's not their main role however just something that would have made them stand out a bit more from the rest.
Fraudster who got £120,000 job as Mech-Tool boss made up THREE university degrees
Not just a little white lie, but fake degrees and author of books.
Not just a little white lie, but fake degrees and author of books.
Fake Taxi driver, can’t get away with anything with CCTV everywhere these days
MackneyHackem
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Fake it til you make it marra.
JL1985
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Care to expand?
Some Random Guy
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Amalgamated short term contracts from my teens into one employer. Out of laziness rather than anything else though.
the boot
Winger
I get ya!!!
Kent_Mackem
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I knew a lass at Pfizer who got a job by lying on her CV. When her boss found she just slept with him. Still works there.
FC United of Manchester
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Is there even such a thing as a CV without a few little untruths in it 
I thought it was pretty much compulsory these days!
I thought it was pretty much compulsory these days!
I once started a CV with my first degree was in maths after which I did a MSc in computer science got loads of interviews from investment banks .they thought I had a first
tunstall birdman
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Ricci's Special Kebabs
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Embellished, of course.
You’ve got to be able to back it up when questioned though.
You’ve got to be able to back it up when questioned though.
Joe Public
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I once said I could play golf. Never played golf.
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