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As the other poster said, it is hard when your last jobs meant you were overqualified. These aren't things you can simply leave off your application without abs
by Broken_Hippo 8y ago
As the other poster said, it is hard when your last jobs meant you were overqualified. These aren't things you can simply leave off your application without absolutely lying.
What else are you going to put down for job history other than your job history? If you are doing a job that either requires a degree or expertise, it doesn't matter if you put down your salary or why you want the job. I knew a dude that wanted a simple job. His wife and him had downsized their house, had no car/house payment, and a basic, stress-free job was enough.
He was told by a few companies just didn't think he'd be happy at the wages they were paying and refused to hire him. This was despite explaining that he just wanted to do a job without the stress and go home. This was despite explaining he didn't need as much money now as his needs were less. It did not matter.
Now, eventually he got a job or two. One he couldn't stay at, since the gas station had no system in place for actual breaks, he wasn't allowed to eat at the register around customers, and he was diabetic and needed regular snacks. Another eventually worked out for a while.
- rifung 8y ago> As the other poster said, it is hard when your last jobs meant you were overqualified. These aren't things you can simply leave off your application without absolutely lying. Is this really lying? And I guess more importantly is that even ethically wrong? I think it's one thing to say you did things that you didn't do but it's another to not list everything that you have done. I'll fully admit that I do this. I had a job I was fired from after 3 months after failing their "trial period" and another that I quit after a couple months. I leave both off my resume because it doesn't add anything.
- pessimizer 8y agoLeaving insignificant jobs like those off your resume is substantially different than leaving a job you spent five years working, at a major company, in a senior position, off your resume.
- Aeolun 8y agoOr having a blank resume at 50. But really, if you are at a balance of zero, why wouldn’t you fake a resume. What do you have to lose?
- rabidrat 8y agoYour dignity? Americans may think that anything goes if you're broke, but in other countries (Japan for example) suicide is an acceptable way to save yourself and your family and your legacy from complete ruination.
- Aeolun 8y agoI wouldn’t say it’s an acceptable way. It’s just the only way people see/know to deal with unbearable shame. Unfortunately, in most cases killing yourself doesn’t actually help anyone, and now they have your death to deal with as well (funerals are a fun expense if you’re already struggling to pay the bills).
- jpindar 8y agoLeaving something off your resume isn't lying. Filling out a form that asks for the names of your last three employers with information that is not that of your last three employers is lying. Whether you will get caught is another matter.
- izacus 8y agoIt doesn't matter, because you'll get rejected due to "lying" on a background check if you leave it out.
- rifung 8y agoI don't think that's true at all as I have gotten jobs while doing this despite having had my background checked.
- scrumper 8y ago> He was told by a few companies just didn't think he'd be happy at the wages they were paying and refused to hire him. This was despite explaining that he just wanted to do a job without the stress and go home. This was despite explaining he didn't need as much money now as his needs were less. It makes sense from the company's perspective. Better for them to have a worker who will be a little stressed by the job, who isn't doing it as a low-stress "coast", and, most importantly, who really needs the money.