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1981689 No.1981689 [Reply] [Original]

Is lying on your resume the only way to get a decent job these days?

I'm going to an interview next week for a $16/hr job I completely lied about everything for.

>> No.1981696

Lying on your resume is like cheating on your taxes. It is assumed that everyone does it. You're expected to not be a dumbass about it though

>> No.1981708

>>1981689
What in particular did you lie about? Work history? Experience? Skills? Schooling? Your name?

>> No.1981717

>>1981708
Experience and skills.

>> No.1981806

>>1981696

this. If you are not lying, you are kucking yourself.

>>1981717

Always have "backstory" about your experience and skills.

"I learned this and that in my time during/working for x...what I found most useful is y...the things I learned can be of great value here... and so on

>> No.1981846

>>1981806
How can I practice this to do this better?

How can I make it legit af?

>> No.1981889

>>1981846

You just have to have make a plan. Make a story out of it. Imagine you are an actor and I tell you that you are a stock-broker. You would probably learn som insider lingo, see whats hot and whats not on wallstreet right now, and so on.

So if you have said that you have "skill x". Go into it. Why would that skill be helpful for your work here, and tell them how you learned it and how you're going to apply it.

I for example said that I was in a huge project where we had to check a damaged house for gass leak. I just said that we used "this and that" and we did "this and after that this to make sure x and y were not damaged" blah blah blah

>> No.1981899

>>1981889
How about more specific stuff? I just get nervous when I have to elaborate on what I did at a company I never worked for.

>> No.1981927

>>1981889

Man, I'm not in your situation so I don't know how "big" your lie is.

How about you write your lie out for me, and I'll se if it is believeable.

>> No.1982292

>>1981689
what u gonna do when they call your references?

>> No.1982296

>>1982292
What is there to lose? They wont throw you in jail

>> No.1982305

>>1981689
you shouldnt have to lie to get a 16 hr job tbqhf.

>> No.1982308

>>1982292
Nothing.

In that case I wasn't getting the job anyway. According to game theory there is literally no reason not to lie in this case.

>> No.1982446

I found this thread while searching the catalog for "resume". I am a baby and havent made one since slapping "graduated highschool" on a piece of paper for my retail job. Could anyone post some good example resumes?

>> No.1982515

buy POSW and laugh at that job in 2 weeks

>> No.1982563

>>1981846
Just embellish, don't create story from thin air, too many details.

>> No.1982568

>>1982563
There isn't anything to embellish. I need to fabricate.

>> No.1982715

>>1982292
>not using friends and family
step it up

>> No.1982727

>>1982515
this