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Lying on your CV

fryup · 2012-01-23 13:37:34

Have you done it?? Given yourself a higher grade in an exam, lied about previous jobs and positions you held, lied about certain skills you have, put down mates as referees etc etc so did you do it and more importantly have you ever been caught out ..if so what were the consequences??

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#52 28-01-2012 4:59pm

Mike 1972

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When I was in School we were fed a load of shyte from the teachers and guidance counsellers about the "importance" of putting all manner of trivia (Exams since the year dot....Extra curricular activities....Competitions won while in school -even primary etc etc) into our CV's in order to gain an edge over the hundreds of candidates applying for the same jobs.

On going out into the real world it quiclkly become (even more) apparent that these teachers had been talking through their vaginas (and that was just the male ones) and that the crap that they had been feeding us was mainly for the purpose of generating a ludicrously inflated impression of their own importance (as teachers are wont to do in all manner of ways) and that in point of fact that employers are generally busy people who dont have time to be reading through a dozen pages of absolute horseshyte (especially if/when theres hundreds of other applications sitting on their "in" tray) and certainely dont give a flying fiddlers about that bronze medal one got in the ballygobackwards creative writing competition back in 1982 (and probably didnt even when it was 1983).

Two pages max is the golden rule when it comes to CV (and dont bother with those fancy presentation folders or the CV will land in the bin rather than the filing cabinet) by all means have a "long version" saved (and backed up) on your computer which be edited/tailored to the requirements of individual jobs but in the highly unlikely event that an employer really needs to know what you got in group cert/11+ English theyll ask at the interview stage.

Batsy wrote: »

In March 2010, Rhiannon Mackay was jailed for six months for lying on her CV.

To get the job of capital projects administrator with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, she falsely claimed to have two A levels and also forged a letter of recommendation.

I would strongly suspect this news story is misleadingly worded and the actual offence for which she was convicted of was related more to the forgery of the letter than the CV itself.

As for lying about the A levels Surely the employer would have been expected to exercise due dilligance by actually asking to see her original certificates.Indeed given the nature of their undertaking (a hospital/NHS trust) it would be pretty negligent for them not to do so.

Abi wrote: »

Exactly. The only time you should mention interests or hobbies is when you've just left school, as a CV filler. Nobody actually gives a shyte whether you like knitting, long walks, or all that other bollix..

In general yes howwever if you have interests/hobbies which might be somewhat relevent to the job youre applying for it might be worth mentioning (If it doesnt take you over the two page rule or lead to something more important getting left out) just remember to be able to answer any questions about your hobby if asked at interview (your boss might have similar interests) without sounding like youre bluffing.

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