How to Fake a Resume
You have your eye on that dream job, but you don't quite have the skills or qualifications for the position. No matter how many times you submit a resume, you get nothing but a form letter rejection. Maybe your resume needs a few tweaks to make you a viable candidate. Or maybe it needs a creative overhaul.
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Instructions
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Understand that some hiring managers think that all resumes are faked to some degree. This may be a rationalization for faking a resume but it is a reality. Therefore, if a person is truthful on their resume they're already behind because the person looking at the resume may assume that it is at least slightly embellished.
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Stay within your skill set. For instance, if have one year of experience in a certain field, change that to two or three years of experience. However, never claim skills you don't have.
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Change the facts that are personally verifiable. For example, do not change your college grade point average because someone other than you verifies that. Only change information that cannot be verified by an outside party.
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Embellish little things. If you managed two other workers, list yourself as the head of the department. If you bought the pens, pencils and supplies for your section, you managed the inventory. Use creative wording.
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Persuade a friend or relative to provide a reference. This person must be trusted because they will have to answer the phone as the listed corporation. They will also need the necessary phone skills to convince the human resources person they are a legitimate job reference. If your friend or relative works for an impressive company and has a secretary, so much the better.
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Mold each resume to the specific job opening. Look at each of the required qualifications and incorporate each into the resume within reason. Remember that any good falsehood must have truth at its core. If you don't have the skills needed, don't fake it.
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Tips & Warnings
Faked resumes have a way of haunting job applicants. You should be as truthful as possible on your resume at all times. If you don't have the expertise for a particular job, but you have the skills, highlight those or seek an entry position.
Comments
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if u have to lie to get a job, u wont suceced. If u think about it, the exuses posted here for it mean by nature you wont. If your reasoning is, say "I don't like the HR department there" or "This manager is questionable" or whatever else it points to the fact that it is not a good company to work for to begin with. If they do not want to train young or newly graduated employees, it should point out to you one of two things: 1. The company is deeply in debt and the position you want may be cut. 2. That it is a "good old boy" system of company polotics that unless you know someone well within it, you would spin your wheels for years being nothing but a slave. Your integrity is not worth being traded for being treated like a slave. Life is hard enough the way it is.
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Mar 01, 2011
I am, by my standards a very honest person, but I have found that as the article states, employers assume embellishments or total fabrication on a resume and judge is accordingly. I have been passed up on more than one occasion for someone less qualified but more creative on their resumes. The truth is the best but not always the most successful. -
newswireservice
Sep 17, 2010
Most H.R. people are somewhat lazy. Otherwise they would be out there producing something instead of what they are doing. Very few dig deeply into a resume' unless it is warranted by the specific nature of the job. Am I being too harsh, probably, so if you are in H.R. then forgive me, and also forgive those who take some creative effort to make their lives better. You might find their creativity to be of great value to your firm.
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larrywitman
Sep 16, 2010
There is another aspect of this in the ultimate resume deception is a 'fake degree'. There seem to be many available. I did a search under 'life experience degrees suck' and 'how to get a fake degree'. If you in HR or contemplating bending the rules, while I don't encourage that, you might enjoy the results of those search terms. Gotta be real, competition is fierce out there.
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P. Pellervo
Feb 03, 2010
All in all a good article. The reality of job hunting isn't pretty, and this article is refreshingly candid about what you're up against. Since more than half of job applicants embellish, you're really at a disadvantiage if you don't embellish too.
