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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 a

by 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 ago
Leaving 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 ago
  Or 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 ago
    Your 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 ago
      I 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 ago
Leaving 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 ago
It doesn't matter, because you'll get rejected due to "lying" on a background check if you leave it out.
- rifung 8y ago
  I don't think that's true at all as I have gotten jobs while doing this despite having had my background checked.

by rifung 8y ago

pessimizer 8y ago

Leaving 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 ago
Or 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 ago
  Your 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 ago
    I 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 ago

Leaving 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 ago

It doesn't matter, because you'll get rejected due to "lying" on a background check if you leave it out.

rifung 8y ago
I don't think that's true at all as I have gotten jobs while doing this despite having had my background checked.