Lying on your CV



I can honestly say there is no dishonesty about my past work record on my CV and it is all verifiable. I don't see the point as at some point you can get called out on the remarks on your CV.

Whether I remember how to do some of the more historical stuff (i.e. statistical) is a different matter mind!!! :lol:

I got caught out a few years ago, as I needed to use regression analysis and although I had historically done it I struggled to remember how when needed. I'd also previously done it in Minitab and not Microsoft Excel. That said, the employers at the time didn't make it clear it was a required skill in Excel when I was employed when it in fact turned out to be a good 50% of the non-experimental part of the job.

I've just remembered that while I've never lied on my CV myself, I posted on here during the summer about an employment agent that rewrote my CV before he forwarded it to a company. He only told me after the fact what he had done (I'd have stopped the CV being sent if I'd seen it), leaving me having to turn down a resulting interview as there was no way I could technically defend the fabricated CV to the employer. He'd described me as a "polymer-focused materials specialist" (i.e. shit hot with polymer techniques and molding), when in fact I'm a materials person with some polymer knowledge.

If I'd got an interview on my unaltered CV, then I would have attended. I'd have sold myself on my skills set as it stood with many aspects (experimental design, statistical analysis, interdepartmental and customer liaison, etc.) actually relevant to the job. I'd have added the comment I'd have been glad to train to plug the gaps on commencing the job (i.e. learn how to use a polymer injection moulding machine).

There was more to it, but there was too big a gap to defend to justify attending the interview.
 
Few Years ago we needed a new ( Electrician) due to retirement and the company employed a lad to do the job. Long story short he almost blew himself up on his second day. Found out he didn't have the qualifications he said in his interview. He was sacked!
 
38 years ago my mate aged 22 who at the time worked for his family's estate agency made up a load of financial qualifications when applying for a job with a commercial finance company. He was fascinated by the world of high finance anyway so could talk the talk. He breezed into the job and was given a brand new Vauxhall Cavalier car. They subsequently found out a few months later that his application was a big lie. He was doing the business though and kept his job.Then he was head-hunted by a larger finance company who he joined on a much bigger salary and was given a Ford Capri 2 litre brand new.

Gift of the gob!!
 
38 years ago my mate aged 22 who at the time worked for his family's estate agency made up a load of financial qualifications when applying for a job with a commercial finance company. He was fascinated by the world of high finance anyway so could talk the talk. He breezed into the job and was given a brand new Vauxhall Cavalier car. They subsequently found out a few months later that his application was a big lie. He was doing the business though and kept his job.Then he was head-hunted by a larger finance company who he joined on a much bigger salary and was given a Ford Capri 2 litre brand new.

Gift of the gob!!

So sometimes lying pays off!!!

The problem is these days, backgrounds are far more easily checked. A Google search can sometimes be enough to show up a lie, so your mate might get caught out way before he has a chance to prove himself.
 
I have had it the other way where I was lied to at interview about my first job. The job was clearly different to what they said. After 3 weeks I took it up with the boss who very casually said “Oh everyone tells a few lies at interview, you seemed really good so we wanted to make sure we got you. As if you really worked on robot control during a year work placement from Uni”. I explained that I actually did, “Oh well, you are here now”. I found a better job and walked out 3 weeks later, sticking this one on my CV as a temporary job. The whole company was a joke and their product was shit. They were not best pleased that I left with less than a week of notice.

Strangely enough 10 years later and the other end of the country, one department where I work had been having problems with a system they had bought. They were due for showdown talks and asked for someone with technical and network knowledge to help advise them. I went to the meeting not knowing any background and senior people from this company I had worked for showed up. They clearly hadn’t updated their product much in the decade that had passed and were talking a load if crap to not have the contract cancelled. After my input it was cancelled and fully refunded.
 
Just checking whether anyone on here could help a uh, mate out with a bit of info?

If the craniotomy's gone fine, but you're then having trouble getting through the parietal lobe and into the occipital lobe, are there any tricks?

Could really do with a quick answer on this one, or its all going to get a bit nasty.
Of course. At that point you hand over to your resident / trainee and say “right then, you’ve come this far on book knowledge, now’s the time to show me what you’ve got in terms of practical skills” and pass him the probe and scalpel.
 
Few Years ago we needed a new ( Electrician) due to retirement and the company employed a lad to do the job. Long story short he almost blew himself up on his second day. Found out he didn't have the qualifications he said in his interview. He was sacked!

Ohm my goodness. I be that Hertz. Watt was up with him, ? maybe just a phase he was going through. Was his CV current ?
 
From recent experience it pays to lie. If you're honest and say you didn't get on with your boss, or were given ridiculous workloads, you may as well say you were caught pinching for how it makes you appear.
 

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