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If someone writes a skill on a CV I expect it to be true. Before talking to prospective employees I ask them to submit code that they have worked on in private
by tyfon 7y ago
If someone writes a skill on a CV I expect it to be true. Before talking to prospective employees I ask them to submit code that they have worked on in private or professionally and once a guy sent me code from a tutorial that was easily googleable. He didn't get the job!
Lying on the CV is not proper and it's much better to write that you are a quick learner. I've hired people with little relevant experience but with a good brain.
It's like writing that you are fluent in a (human) language when you can barely scrape by with a greeting and goodbye.
- _bxg1 7y agoIn my case (and in my recommendation), it's more like writing that you "know" a (human) language when you can get by with it conversationally in a foreign country, even if you couldn't go off and immediately write a novel in it, unimpeded, without a dictionary. There are different definitions of "knowing" a language. I'm just arguing that the one that should be used on resumes is one of basic competency, not necessarily high expertise, unless you're specifically applying to be a specialist. That's not lying.
- tyfon 7y agoThe positions I usually hire for are very specialised indeed, but I guess it's also comes down to cultural differences. In Norway you would usually specify at which level you know human and computer languages and it would be considered quite rude to put something on the CV that you only have a basic knowledge of. It gives off a feeling of "padding the CV" to appear better than it really is. If someone writes that they know a (human) language without further specification I'd expect them to be able to speak and write it in a professional setting.