Blatant lying on cv

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DD 23 has just been offered a job which looks great working on meaningful projects internationally with big name companies.

Problem is someone she knows well (and had come to the conclusion is a gigantic prick) has just got a job there too , They were at university and first job together and shared a flat (as peers not lovers).This person sent her a copy of his cv to 'help' when he heard she was applying there .She hadn't bothered t look at it until now.The whole thing is a tissue of lies! He lies about his class of degree, being student course rep,his A levels, his work experience .

She is very worried that hen the shit hits the fan and they realise he has no clue about things he claims to know about, she is going to be associated with him

Happens often. Majority of cases are men.

This type of things helps keep the gender pay gap growing. Same goes for jobs not declaring what the salary is on the advert.
Men (majority of cases) when asked what their current salary is tend to inflate it (lie) and when asked what salary they are willing to accept, will also aim higher. Women on the other hand seem to be more honest so long story short end up getting paid less for the role in comparison to a male.

That's a quick explanation however there is lots of research out there about the subjects.

The psychology of it all is fascinating.

This also ties into the studies that show that women will only apply for a job if they have 90% of the desired skills and men will apply if they have less than 10% of the desired skills.
Men in my experience will blatantly lie at interview I have asked do you have a clean driving licence -yes. On taking up of reference to find the man had written off two company cars and had 6 points on his licence.

I think your daughter is probably overthinking this one.

Your daughter didn't write the CV. She's not the liar and presumably her employer has no idea she's seen the CV, which is the only way she knows her colleague lied. The employer (sadly) may never find out (unless she tells them).

As long as your daughter hasn't lied on her CV and has the capability to her job, I'd say she has nothing to worry about.

If the employer is one of those that routinely conducts background checks on potential new recruits, they will discover that your daughter’s acquaintance has lied and his job offer will be withdrawn.

It's a criminal offence to lie on a cv. It's obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception under the Theft Act. If he's found out, he could be prosecuted. Your dd doesn't need to worry on her own account though. She had nothing to do with it, and I'm sure she'll be honest on her own cv!

If your daughter's friend is that daft he'd let her see his CV (probably forgetting or not thinking she might remember the 'little' details about himself he'd shared) he's bound to drop himself in it at some point.

As long as your daughter's CV is a true representation of her qualifications, experience, etc., she has nothing to worry about.

If she is worrying about the company coming to her at some point in the future asking if she was aware of friend's CV/lying and they knew she'd seen it...(very unlikely IMO) ...she has several options.

1. Yes he'd sent her his CV but she had decided not to read it as she prefers to make an application unencumbered by (and to avoid replicating inadvertently) other people's words/phrases or avoid affecting her confidence in her own application. Naturally she thanked him for thinking of her and given impression she'd read it.

(All fine if there is nothing to suggest otherwise elsewhere in text or email).

1. Your daughter had noticed a discrepancy but had either:

1. assumed the company's HR process would have picked these up, and other qualities in that friend were such his over-egging was outweighed. I mean he might have been tackled about them but made such a good case for not being removed, that he was retained. And she was confident in the rigorous selection process to not need to stir the waters and v possibly paint herself in a negative light;

2; Your daughter felt he had used the job app as an excuse to send her a 'souped up' CV to impress her for some reason she can only guess at! She had no reason to think he might have exaggerated on his actual application. Again she would be reluctant to stir things up where there might be nothing to stir, as it were, but risk her own credibility in doing so.

IMO Ultimately I feel it is not her duty to express concern where she cannot be sure of the facts. And the HR team is there for a reason!!

Just the options that I would be keeping in mind having practised them for authenticity a few times so I would not be caught totally on the hop in the future in the unlikely event. Your daughter wouldn't want to be sitting like a rabbit in the headlights scrabbling for an answer.

Just my thoughts on how I'd view this situation if I were your daughter.

He lies about his class of degree, being student course rep,his A levels, his work experience.

^What is he going to do when they ask for proof of his degree then?

I once had a manager: Head of English. She was a very good teacher and an OK manager. However, she had difficulty spelling certain words. For example, she would spell Reading (as in the university), O X F O R D. She did this on the application for the post that she held.

After two year's experience, she went on to bigger and better things based on her experience as a leader; the source of her degree was less relevant by this point in her career.

I'd say pragmatically she should confidentially speak out of there is a safeguarding element to his role. Other than that keep schtum!