go on tell me what CV lies you got away with

[Itchy]

Go on tell me what whoppers you got away with on your CV , I've been honest on my CV and have a slow small trickle of job interviews that I'm always left waiting ages for a response (while doing a McJob) , and I'm doing what Mrs Kickstart said and keep looking cept the job market looks seriously thin today (normally there are 300+ adverts today there are 12).With my CVs sent out vs interviews running at about 3.5%

So go on entertain me about what lies you got away with on your CV.

Or would you not lie for fear of being caught out , and be honourable but be stuck in McJob hell forever?.
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[killa]

300 jobs, now only 12, where are you looking?

I took sometime out near the end of my last job to assess how I can improve my probability of getting work, and now I’m with two agencies that are really keen to employ me at anytime, contract or permanent work.

I haven’t lied on my CV if I did, I’d look like a dick when it comes to answering some questions later, I have been in 3 jobs since school and the progression and development looks good as it is.

I have no idea what you would lie about, perhaps your hobbies, if you haven’t got the requirements for the vacancy, you should go and get some courses done or something.
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[Itchy]

I differenciate between old adverts and new adverts , today doing my bread and butter morning routine , I checked:

MEN (Man eve news site)
Lots of agency sites
Job centre site

Anyway its a question of experience (or rather the lack of rather than qualifications).
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Careful about telling tales on your CV. One company I worked for (and I suspect many others) kept all the CVs they were sent. When one turned up they checked to see if they had received one in the past and if so if any extra qualifications had mysteriously appeared. If so the application went no further.

All the best

Keith
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[yambabe]

Never lied on a CV, never had to as I'm brilliant anyway.......

However, my OH did have a spoof one once that him and a mate put together for a laugh. It mentioned him having been in bomb disposal at some point in his life, think he claimed to have been to the Falklands in the war and that his current job was fitting powerbands in trucks....... Accidentally sent it out once when applying for a temp job as a welder - he actually got the job cos the boss said it gave him such a laugh he decided to bring him in and have him do a test instead!
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[Annabella]

I always align my experience to appear more relevant to the job I am applying for.
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[Adam.I]

It's not worth it to lie on your CV in-case the collar you about something at a later date. Like me mate found out. Said he was really into football, rugby or something similar which he wasn't and the guy at the interview said he was REALLY into it and was asking him loads of questions but he didn't know the answers because he lied about it. He learnt his lesson.
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[damnas]

I'm really unprofessional with my CV. I try to get as much of my personality out on the CV as much as I can, ...which explains why I work for Pizza Hut now...!





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[tribal_tiger]

When we were going for placement jobs at uni we all decided to pick another person in the group a "hobby or interest" that had to be mentioned on the CV.

Mine was sodding Bee Keeping. The amount of people who asked me about it was amazing!!! I now have a qualification in blagging!
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[chrisw]

[Itchy]

seems a bad year for bees though its been pissing it down all month and then some,
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[tribal_tiger]

Bees freak me out in a MASSIVE way!!

Only wasps can out do them. EVIL EVIL THINGS!!!
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[Itchy]

you ain't seen the wasps in SE Asia , they are about the size of a mans thumb (not just the end bit but right from the root of the thumb).
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[chrisw]

You'd love it when the swarm then, up to 10000 bees looking for a new home, well, the old mans neighbours didn't when they decided a tree in their back garden would do! Must have been funny knockin on their door asking for your bees back!

[tribal_tiger]

How the hell do you get them back?

I suppose they would follow the queen, you just need to put her back in the hive, maybe keep her ni there with some duct tape or something.

As for SE Asian wasps they can bloody stay there! Wasps are just wrong, they are like little armour plated Glaswegians.
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[Itchy]

do what Homer simpson did put a big pile of sugar in his back yard
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[tribal_tiger]

And attrackt something like this????

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Guepe.jpg

Having a giraffe!!
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[tribal_tiger]

What do you do if the queen dies?

Do you get a day off work?

I've Tuesday off work as it's the Queens Birthday!
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[chrisw]

If you did, I'd be out with the fly spray and into all his hives!

[tribal_tiger]

EDIT/

1,000,000 POSTS!!!!!

Congrats to Korn and everyone who makes the site what it is. Without this place I'm sure a lot of us would be buggered and acctually have to work!

Keep it up peeps!

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[Itchy]

congrats Tiger you got BCF post 1000,000!
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[Jenks]

Congratulations, how do you see how many you have?

[tribal_tiger]

In your profile. This 1,000,000 for the whole site though, not just me!!!
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