To ask -do you lie on your CV

[FirestarterJackie]

Well do you?

I do. Yeah I move a few jobs around, fill in some gaps nothing major

No, just as well, once got recruited through Odgers and part of the service was lots of checks.

They really don't.

Never lied on my CV but after I got offered less than the advertised salary for a job, because they 'couldn't offer me that much more than I previously earned', I've bumped up my supposed earnings on occasion.

They really don’t.

Aye, right

This thread is making me laugh! Suck typical answers

I am wantonly grey about my GCSEs and A-Levels.

I stated 11x A*-B GCSEs (I got 11 Bs) and 4x A-C A-Levels (I got a B and 3 Cs).

My degree and professional qualifications and experience are all accurate.

No they don't

No I don't

No they don't.

No I do not.
I regard it as absolutely pointless and self-defeating.

No. I don’t need to and in the industry I work in the stringent background checking would expose me anyway.

Only by occasionally not including all of my qualifications if they aren’t relevant.

No. But I have only started my CV from when I moved into the area I'm currently in, effectively lopping off 8 years of work history.

No but because I have no need to!
DP does but he moves around a lot and would have a cv longer than most people if he didn’t group a few things together

That's not 'grey', it's a lie. Rather a transparent one, liable to land your CV in the bin.

I read a lot of CVS and everyone exaggerates like mad and I am sure people fill in gaps. It’s normal.

I'm genuinely unsure about dates for jobs 20+ years ago.

And I really want to say I have GCSEs as opposed to O levels, saying that really age me. But that is lying right?

I think writing about things you have done in a good way ( not lying) is probably normal - outright lies can get you sacked as @Xenia said .

No I dont feel I need to, I've been in employment for 20 years since age 16 so I have no need to. I took a few months off after I had Dd but I dont feel the need to hide that. My job role can be quite generic so to stand out I go for an outcomes based CV rather than just listing responsibilities and i find that quite a productive approach

I embellish experience. If I’ve done a good-sounding task once, it goes straight down under responsibilities. I have lied about the reason for a gap, but not about dates etc (because employers don’t seem to like the idea of just taking a break for a few months to do nothing)

No. So stressful to lie. Consequences could be big.

Honestly both DH and I have had to dismiss people for outright lies on their CV. Would you employ a dishonest person.

Finessing your CV to put forward what you have done which suits the job - I think is fine

There may be those whose lies are not found out , but if it is the consequences as a PP said are severe. I wouldn't do it

I think empty gaps on a CV as long as not untrue can be put down to taking time out for whatever reason.

I genuinely don’t know what I could lie about that wouldn’t be instantly found out tbh.

I used to put 10 GCSE'S grades A-C when I actually have 9 in that range and a D in music, as I thought it looked more impressive.

Other than that, no I don't.