Lying On a CV - Peoples/Employers thoughts/experiences

[mph1977]

p1stonhead said:

Sounds like id be screwed in a lot of companies.

I think I have my (only 3 year old) degree certificate but I have moved house twice since then so who knows. I certainly dont have anything before that - no chance.

Never been asked, never been queried - only worked for smaller ones mind.

i must be an oddity in having a file with such niceities as birth / marriage certs , exam and professional registration ceritifcates as well as other relevant papers to hand ... ditto with recent financial doc,s car document etc in their own files ...

[p1stonhead]

mph1977 said:

p1stonhead said:

Sounds like id be screwed in a lot of companies.

I think I have my (only 3 year old) degree certificate but I have moved house twice since then so who knows. I certainly dont have anything before that - no chance.

Never been asked, never been queried - only worked for smaller ones mind.

i must be an oddity in having a file with such niceities as birth / marriage certs , exam and professional registration ceritifcates as well as other relevant papers to hand ... ditto with recent financial doc,s car document etc in their own files ...

I have most of what you say neatly organised. Have never really given thought to school stuff though and its been over ten years since I started working with no need for any of it. As said I have my degree cert - it sort of cancels out anything which came before anyway.

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mph1977 said:

i must be an oddity in having a file with such niceities as birth / marriage certs , exam and professional registration ceritifcates as well as other relevant papers to hand ... ditto with recent financial doc,s car document etc in their own files ...

Yes to everything after I grew up at 21. No to before that.

[PedroB]

I wouldn't ever consider lying on a CV, the risk of getting caught is just not worth the ramifications.

That said, I haven't put the grades of any of my public exams or the result of my degree on my CV for the last 3 jobs I have had. That isn't to hide anything, just that the industry I'm in, experience and track record holds way more sway than exam results from 10+ years ago. None have done any background checks or asked for references. Mind you, they are all smallish companies with under 100 employees who outsource their HR.

[Efbe]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

There's not a single lie on my CV, but when I read it I can hardly recognise myself, which I'm quite proud of.
Don't lie, but you can be creative.
Popping down to Rymans to by a new calculator for the accounts dept can easily become "exclusively sourced, purchased and successfully delivered new computer hardware for finance department, all within a limited time scale."

can I use that??

[mattf93]

PedroB said:

I wouldn't ever consider lying on a CV, the risk of getting caught is just not worth the ramifications.

That said, I haven't put the grades of any of my public exams or the result of my degree on my CV for the last 3 jobs I have had. That isn't to hide anything, just that the industry I'm in, experience and track record holds way more sway than exam results from 10+ years ago. None have done any background checks or asked for references. Mind you, they are all smallish companies with under 100 employees who outsource their HR.

I think it is apparent from this feed that after a few years in industry employers don't really give a st about your grades, after all its you, your personality and work ethic that works not your grades (although to some employers it proves something).
It would appear as soon as you become more specialist in an area the less grades count and its your level of experience that matters, or in Sales it will be your sales performances/evidence that counts.
As it stands now I just want to finish uni and get gone, I feel like if anything now that uni is holding me back, like I'm literally just here for a piece of paper. As long as I get a 2:2 or above I'm not fussed anymore. (sounds like a bad attitude but this years been quite tough on me)

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mattf93 said:

I think it is apparent from this feed that after a few years in industry employers don't really give a st about your grades, after all its you, your personality and work ethic that works not your grades (although to some employers it proves something).
It would appear as soon as you become more specialist in an area the less grades count and its your level of experience that matters, or in Sales it will be your sales performances/evidence that counts.
As it stands now I just want to finish uni and get gone, I feel like if anything now that uni is holding me back, like I'm literally just here for a piece of paper. As long as I get a 2:2 or above I'm not fussed anymore. (sounds like a bad attitude but this years been quite tough on me)

If you want a graduate job then I think you might struggle with a 2:2....