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Cvlying · 2023-03-04T06:34:17+00:00

Following on from a recent thread about cvs. Nc for this. I have a fabricated cv- not completely but in my 20s what is on my cv isn't what I actually did. After having children I changed career and couldn't find a job so I invented a job history that was fake. It worked and for the past 12 years I've been doing this career. I no longer put the fake history on cvs as I now have the experience to back it up. Never got into trouble and always kept track of my lie. So AMA

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 06/03/2023 06:54

namechangeforthisbleep · 06/03/2023 06:51

The outrage is hilarious

I know. It's hilarious that some people have a sense of right and wrong, isn't it?! They actually think that integrity is important... how funny!

namechangeforthisbleep · 06/03/2023 06:55

@MrsBennetsPoorNerves and you're the funniest. Have a brew love and calm down

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 06/03/2023 07:03

namechangeforthisbleep · 06/03/2023 06:55

@MrsBennetsPoorNerves and you're the funniest. Have a brew love and calm down

I'm perfectly calm, thanks. You can patronise me all you like if it makes you feel better about yourself. It isn't going to change my view that a basic level of integrity is important.

namechangeforthisbleep · 06/03/2023 07:03

@MrsBennetsPoorNerves ok

justusandmoo · 06/03/2023 07:04

Fruitcakesanddogs · 05/03/2023 14:35

I can’t believe how annoyed some people are over this 😂

This! Lol. Happens ALL the time. I think good on you OP.

WarningToTheCurious · 06/03/2023 07:33

An accountant at DH’s company was fired for lying on their CV (claimed to have graduated when they hadn’t). They had truthful previous work experience and there was no issue with their work, but the company wasn’t prepared to employ them in a role that required honesty and integrity.

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 06/03/2023 07:46

Oblomov23 · 06/03/2023 05:54

I don't agree with all those postered referring to it as fraud. What's the difference between a lie and fraud.
It's a very grey area. How bad does it need to be for a small lie to become bigger and thus an issue.

Many mn employment threads encourage women to go for a position they don't have all the criteria for, saying a man wouldn't think twice about it. Probably Men lie more at interviews, telling interviewer they've got experience when they haven't.

You might not agree with posters referring to it as fraud, but according to the law, it is fraud.

Regardless of all the people coming on here to say that it happens all the time, good on her etc, the fact remains that the OP has committed a criminal offence. Of course, lots of people might not think it's a very serious offence. Lots of people might not think it's fine to break the law as long as you don't get caught. They are entitled to their opinions. But that doesn't change the fact that it is an offence.

WarningToTheCurious · 06/03/2023 07:58

It’s fraud by misrepresentation.

Employees can be dismissed and their employers can sue to reclaim the wages paid to them.

Bubblesoffun · 06/03/2023 08:14

It must be lovely up there on the moral high ground. Meanwhile back in the real world OP is not the first and definitely won’t be the last. I’m actually a little surprised and disappointed at the naïveté show on here. MN must be a very special place.

Londontoderby · 06/03/2023 08:18

Fortune favours the brave….as they say.

OMGitsnotgood · 06/03/2023 08:21

I had to fire someone who we found out had lied on a CV. Didn't impact his ability to do the job at all but once discovered we had to act on it. Just a warning for anyone who thinks this is a good idea

Itsallok · 06/03/2023 08:22

Bubblesoffun · 06/03/2023 08:14

It must be lovely up there on the moral high ground. Meanwhile back in the real world OP is not the first and definitely won’t be the last. I’m actually a little surprised and disappointed at the naïveté show on here. MN must be a very special place.

Its not naive at all. Where I work, candidates sign statutory declarations that their CVs are true. The OP is claiming she is a senior manager. It matters then. In my working life I deal with very senior people and global international companies, you bet your arse it matters.

bloodyplanes · 06/03/2023 08:33

I don't know why people get so hysterical about this! Literally everyone i know has lied on their CV and its not been picked up!

Bubblesoffun · 06/03/2023 08:34

Itsallok · 06/03/2023 08:22

Its not naive at all. Where I work, candidates sign statutory declarations that their CVs are true. The OP is claiming she is a senior manager. It matters then. In my working life I deal with very senior people and global international companies, you bet your arse it matters.

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And all those people got where they are by being completely honest and totally upright. Come on. Pull the other one. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Itsallok · 06/03/2023 08:34

bloodyplanes · 06/03/2023 08:33

I don't know why people get so hysterical about this! Literally everyone i know has lied on their CV and its not been picked up!

Says a lot of about you - and the people you hang out it.

OMGitsnotgood · 06/03/2023 08:39

bloodyplanes · 06/03/2023 08:33

I don't know why people get so hysterical about this! Literally everyone i know has lied on their CV and its not been picked up!

No one's hysterical. If you don't have integrity,don't think it's wrong to lie on your CV and are happy to take the risk then that's up to you. Doesn't make it right.

As I said i PP, I have fired someone who got caught out and that was not a pleasant experience.

OnGoldenPond · 06/03/2023 08:40

NaturalBae · 05/03/2023 15:22

Surely, you knew the consequences of removing yourself from the workforce for to solely focus on raising your children for ten years?

Why couldn’t you continue working at least part-time to keep your foot in the door like so many of us working women do?
This would have enabled you to have some financial independence and agency of your own, give you the work experience you lied about, would not have left a gap in your NI/State pension contributions, given you a life outside of the kids/home, etc.

If you could go back, would you make the same decision to not work for ten years due to childbirth and raising children up until the age 10/11?

Minor point, but having 10 years as a SAHM raising DC would not result in a gap in your NI contributions/ state pension records. If you are claiming child benefit for a child under 12 you get NI contributions and pension year credits so get an unbroken contribution record.

Just wanted to clarify for any SAHMs who might have been worried by this point.

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 06/03/2023 09:04

Bubblesoffun · 06/03/2023 08:14

It must be lovely up there on the moral high ground. Meanwhile back in the real world OP is not the first and definitely won’t be the last. I’m actually a little surprised and disappointed at the naïveté show on here. MN must be a very special place.

You are surprised and disappointed to find that people disapprove of a criminal offence? OK.

It isn't naïveté. It isn't that we don't know that it happens. We just think it's wrong.

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 06/03/2023 09:07

bloodyplanes · 06/03/2023 08:33

I don't know why people get so hysterical about this! Literally everyone i know has lied on their CV and its not been picked up!

Stating a view that something is morally wrong is not "hysterical" and it's quite misogynistic to suggest that.

The fact that you and lots of your friends have committed the same criminal offence as the OP doesn't make it any less wrong. It just makes you and your friends equally lacking in integrity.

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 06/03/2023 09:09

Bubblesoffun · 06/03/2023 08:34

And all those people got where they are by being completely honest and totally upright. Come on. Pull the other one. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

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It's rather a sad world view where you think people can only get ahead by acting fraudulently.

Correlation · 06/03/2023 11:12

@whitepicketfencers That’s not what I was suggesting. The OP lied about her experience but is actually good at her job

Nixer · 06/03/2023 15:29

Yebbut how do we know she's "actually good at her job"? She might be lying about that.

TortolaParadise · 07/03/2023 13:26

Many people lie during interviews, both ways! What I mean by this is employers often lie too. Often lies (including the deliberate omission of information) are told to candidates during the interview process and the job advertising process. Two wrongs don't make a right but it happens daily.

Gwenhwyfar · 12/03/2023 12:16

"What I mean by this is employers often lie too."

Yes, they lie, sometimes omit information to give the wrong impression and sometimes the interviewers just don't really know what tasks are in the job.