What stops you from faking your CV?

olivier · Aug 17, 2024

Why fake it if I get to interview and I cant give any answers to specific answers?
Better to tell honestly that you dont know anything and just want the job. Works most of the time.

But not for 2024. Because there are 1000 people sending their resume to 1 job.
Its basically impossible to get the job without good contacts or education and experience.

Oreilly · Aug 17, 2024

noneisnone said:
honestly if I'm looking for a job in my field and choose not to work as a freelancer i will fake the living shit out of my CV!

IM Dude said:
If you are getting into contractual work which most jobs are now a days, you must fake your resume. The recruiters will actually ask you to do that. And be ready to lie with straight face. Remember end justifies the means and its not illegal to fake resume.

nakamura said:
I spent 5 years of my life working in orphanages and other organizations in Thailand and various countries in Africa. I am a really good guy, ask the people I bought the certificates from

I think it's more common than anyone would like to admit.

This forbes survey from 2023 had 70% of workers admit they lie on their CV of which 37% stated they do frequently:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2023/11/05/70-of-workers-lie-on-resumes-new-study-shows/

umbreno · Aug 17, 2024

Simple answer is it catches up with you.

I’d rather someone hire me for the skills I do have that i’ve earned through my own hard work than the skills that I don’t. If that means waiting longer to find a suitable role, then so be it.

ExperimentalSEO · Aug 17, 2024

There's been so many businesses that have closed down over the years. I found a list for just the city of Los Angeles and it contains roughly 570,000 listings of businesses that ceased going back over 20 years. If you were to cross reference small businesses with obits, someone could probably put together a resume with businesses that do not report to the "The Worker Number" and no one is around to verify that they were in fact employed there.

On average, there are 4.7 million businesses started every year. That average is from the past five years of business formation data in the United States.

https://www.commerceinstitute.com/new-businesses-started-every-year/

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), approximately 20% of new businesses fail during the first two years of being open, 45% during the first five years, and 65% during the first 10 years.

https://www.investopedia.com/financ... to the U.S. Bureau,during the first 10 years.

So of the 3.5 million business that were created in 2019, around 1,575,000 are probably closed by now.

Bonvi · Aug 17, 2024

umbreno said:
Simple answer is it catches up with you.

I’d rather someone hire me for the skills I do have that i’ve earned through my own hard work than the skills that I don’t. If that means waiting longer to find a suitable role, then so be it.

What if you skills are not good enough to land a job? That's why you lie. I mean seriously if you lie about having job critical skills that you don't even have at the end, yes THAT is going to catch up with you. If you say you're a roofer with 15 years of experience and you don't even know how shingles are held up, then you lied for the wrong job.

But if you lie that you were employed at a different company while you actually were between jobs for a very long time, then that's okay and beneficial. Or you know you can work with backend development completely confidently but you are self-taught and don't have any "good" certificates, just fake some and show your skills in the job. Even if you are good enough without them, you just wouldn't get the job because on paper you just don't look good enough for the job.

Just don't lie about things to make yourself better than you are, when it's relevant.

umbreno · Aug 17, 2024

Bonvi said:
What if you skills are not good enough to land a job? That's why you lie. I mean seriously if you lie about having job critical skills that you don't even have at the end, yes THAT is going to catch up with you. If you say you're a roofer with 15 years of experience and you don't even know how shingles are held up, then you lied for the wrong job.

But if you lie that you were employed at a different company while you actually were between jobs for a very long time, then that's okay and beneficial. Or you know you can work with backend development completely confidently but you are self-taught and don't have any "good" certificates, just fake some and show your skills in the job. Even if you are good enough without them, you just wouldn't get the job because on paper you just don't look good enough for the job.

Just don't lie about things to make yourself better than you are, when it's relevant.

Sure I guess that’s another way of looking at it. Depends how significant or impactful any lies are both for employer and yourself on a case by case basis.

linax · Aug 17, 2024

You could have a problem years down the line and get let go from a company because you lied on your CV especially about schooling or degrees/certifications.

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