Faking your CV (resume).

[Ack-Ack]

I have been tempted to in the past but never did because of what happened to a friend of mine.  He had a tough time finding a job, so he fudged his resume just a tad and got hired by Microsoft as a project manager.  He was hired mainly for the stuff he fudged and within a few months was out of a job when it became apparent that he didn't know how to do the job he claimed he did.

ack-ack

[Estes]

Bruv, after I left the IT field I ended up getting into doing tattos. Along side that, I also own a bar with the wife and have an "on and off" job working for my dad at the helium plant.

I do the work for my dad more to help out, rather than for the money.

[oakranger]

Don't feel to down about it. I have a degree in wildlife management with emphasis in Rangeland Management.  On top of that, a lot of work experience here and there but i can land a pe job.  So what to do?  I have my own consulting business and going back to school to get a Teaching degree.  These days, a lot of people are going back to school for a career chance.  

[Reschke]

Don't feel to down about it. I have a degree in wildlife management with emphasis in Rangeland Management.  On top of that, a lot of work experience here and there but i can land a pe job.  So what to do?  I have my own consulting business and going back to school to get a Teaching degree.  These days, a lot of people are going back to school for a career chance. 

PE's are in huge demand around here in Alabama. Lots of engineering to work on with some civil jobs kicking in over the next several years. The problem is no one wants to hire a PE on more than a contract basis right now. So depending on the job you might make $20k in a year but again you might make $120k in a year and then you are going to be in on the job for a while and will have a new company to work for long term.

[Raptor]

I also own a bar with the wife

It makes perfect sense!

[oakranger]

PE's are in huge demand around here in Alabama. Lots of engineering to work on with some civil jobs kicking in over the next several years. The problem is no one wants to hire a PE on more than a contract basis right now. So depending on the job you might make $20k in a year but again you might make $120k in a year and then you are going to be in on the job for a while and will have a new company to work for long term.

What is PE?

[rogwar]

Professional Engineer

[CAP1]

maybe the automotive repair field isn't as competitave as the it field.....but in nearly 30 years, i've never had to fake a resume.....and i have submitted them.

 i've never been fired from a job, and never been layed off from a job. i have quit a few for various reasons.....one because if i hadn't, i'd have gotten arrested after i kicked one of the other mechanics ass.......a few because i just didn't like the atmosphere, or co-workrs, and one because they were using superbly cheap parts...to the point where i refused to have my name associated with them.
 during this time, one shop has hired me back 4 times. and if i ever lose my shop, i know for a fact that he'll hire me back again. 

[eagl]

Figures, a brit asks a group of colonials not how to write a better CV, but how to write a fake one 


 

[CAP1]

Figures, a brit asks a group of colonials not how to write a better CV, but how to write a fake one 


 

well....i do know a guy that used to be a service manager that did the "fudging" thing.......in the last 12 years i've known him, he's gone through 12 jobs.

[eagl]

In the USAF, we don't make up stuff on our performance reports but we do tend to take credit for everything that happens within our sphere of influence.  If a guy who works for me does something great but I am the guy who makes it look pretty so I can present it to MY boss for approval, then of course I take credit for my outstanding leadership, spearheading the project and all that.

It makes for some interesting exercises in creative writing if I have a slow year at work, but when I retire I'll have 20 years worth of performance reports showing off everything I've ever touched, as "proof" that I actually did whatever I claimed to have done in my CV.  Civvies can do the same thing...  Just take credit for leading or being in charge of everything you ever touched or participated in.

[FlyinJay]

well lets see I started off as a flight instructor moved to cargo Mountain Air Cargo(Fedex) then off to Raytheon aircraft (Travel Air) that fell apart. started a Networking computer repair service company with high school chum.. did well till 9-11 killed our cash flow.. now I am in Human Resources Southeastern Container (Coke a Cola) Its where you get and work your way up..sometimes settle for less and prove your worth and you will advance despite yourself...

[FTJR]

In the USAF, we don't make up stuff on our performance reports but we do tend to take credit for everything that happens within our sphere of influence.  If a guy who works for me does something great but I am the guy who makes it look pretty so I can present it to MY boss for approval, then of course I take credit for my outstanding leadership, spearheading the project and all that.

Lol Im just discovering this tact, I even have them write it up, then I sign it.