From: Dossy (dossy@panoptic.com)
Date: Sat May 11 2002 - 19:55:32 MDT
On 2002.05.11, Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com> wrote:
> THis is why I can't find work, because I already have tons of skills,
> but no pieces of paper that 'prove' that I know what I say I know.
Fact: Most people, if not all, lie on their resumes.
I have yet to interview a candidate that actually knew more
than 60% of the stuff they claim to know on their resume.
I'm not exagerating. It's probably more like 40% but that's
more of a wild guess.
And,
Fact: Most people, if not all, lie on their resumes.
Mike, I'm giving you an honorary diploma in Life Science from
the Panoptic University of Hard Knocks. Does that help? Put
it on your resume. If people want to call for your transcript,
I'll send them something respectable.
If you need to lie to get your foot in the door, then by
all means, lie. Tell people you got your degree from a
school in a war-torn country that got destroyed since you
graduated. I don't know.
How confident are you that once you're given an opportunity
to present yourself to a real person (not an HR droid) that
you'd get the job? Confident enough to lie, just like many
others do, on your resume? The resume is just to identify
you to a potential employer, to help them identify suitable
candidates -- once they have you in their hands and want to
hire you, what's on the resume is irrelevant. Your job
performance is all that'll count from that point onward ...
If you are confident that you can "ship what you show" in
terms of your abilities, then by all means, do what's
necessary (are "creativity" and "ingenuity" things you
claim to possess as valuable attributes to an employer?
Here's a chance to prove it ...) to get the job. Of course,
if you lie and you suck, that'll also be discovered and
that'll be a good indicator to you about your career
direction ...
-- Dossy
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Dossy Shiobara mail: dossy@panoptic.com
Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/
"He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)
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