Honestly, have you lied on your CV's

df1985

CV is truthful,but the absolute SHIIIIIIITTTTEEEE i came out with in interviews is laughable!

Mr.Biscuits

Embarrassed to say I have, yes.

Memory Of 98

So,

after allowing the poll to run it's course for a few days, it seems that the seedy underbelly that constitutes the After Hours section of Boards.ie is mostly made up of honest people, or as we say in Carlow, "Dacent shkins."

crosstownk

I don't lie on my CV.

I embellish.

Lots.

Wompa1

I got contacted by a recruiter who asked things about my CV, then edited it and sent it back. Mine was 100% honest his version was also honest but he used vague terms like familiar. Familiar with ****

Fussy Eater

Some employers are obsessed by gaps in your work history. So why not airbrush out say a fairly long period of unemployment if it was a little while ago - it'll do you no good to be truthful. Also omitting particular positions you've actually done can be beneficial. You might have jacked a rubbish job in after only a few weeks. That looks bad to prospective employers so once again - why put it in?

shopaholic01

Fussy Eater wrote: »

Some employers are obsessed by gaps in your work history. So why not airbrush out say a fairly long period of unemployment if it was a little while ago - it'll do you no good to be truthful. Also omitting particular positions you've actually done can be beneficial. You might have jacked a rubbish job in after only a few weeks. That looks bad to prospective employers so once again - why put it in?

I change dates to make it look like I was continuously employed - even though I deliberately took a couple of weeks break between jobs. It just looks better and are too long ago to be checked up on. Everything else is honest though.

imelle

Nope haven't lied, but most of my friends do, probably the reason why i can't get a summer job