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For the same reasons that CVs dont say what people actually did in their previous jobs.
by codeulike 8y ago
For the same reasons that CVs dont say what people actually did in their previous jobs.
- kanox 8y agoThey don't?
- system2 8y agoNo, they don't of course. Maybe 99% (or more) resumes are full of fake info or included what entire department did. I help our clients to find the right people for positions and this is a daily challenge.
- Kagerjay 8y agoWhat metrics do you use to filter this out (e.g. someone claiming credit for things they did not do)
- perl4ever 8y agoI don't believe that, or at least I think 99% is a considerable exaggeration. My resume has never been based on anything but what I did, because every person I've worked with in a department has a different role. I couldn't take credit for their work because it's palpably not what I do. And if I did, I'd end up doing similar things, which is not what I want or I already would've been doing them.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoI think you might be surprised, I have had people standing right in front of me take credit for my own work. The reason we have such byzantine interviews in this industry is because you cannot trust what most people put in their CV.
- gt2 8y agoYou are needed over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18033606 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18033606 Perhaps you chime in to say how you overcome some of our concerns in that post.
- itronitron 8y agoI need a service that will take my accurate resume and inflate everything so that it aligns better with what is available in the market.
- codeulike 8y agoHaha yeah that would be great. "Resumflate" or something. Get an AI to read billions of resumes and then insert buzzwords.
- bestCauliflower 8y agoNor should they, they put you through too much bullshit to deserve honesty.