Lying on your CV to get a better job
Discussion
I’ve just found out that a guy I interviewed and hired based upon his great experience has lied to me. Being that I am just a manager and do not own the company, and he’s actually turned out rather good and competent, I’m not going to say anything, but it really did get me thinking.
This guy turned up and claimed to have 3 years experience as a production manager in his previous post, I happened to find out through a mutual friend outside of work that he was in fact just a ‘cell leader’ for around 3 months before leaving. HR presumably sought appropriate references.
He’s now production manager where I work, doing a reasonably good job so far 3 months in, and no one suspects a thing. This guy has gone from a 25k p/a worker to a 45k p/a manager with private healthcare, company car allowance etc.
Is this a common thing? Have you ever known anyone successfully ‘blag’ or actually I guess fraud their way in to a good job?
This guy turned up and claimed to have 3 years experience as a production manager in his previous post, I happened to find out through a mutual friend outside of work that he was in fact just a ‘cell leader’ for around 3 months before leaving. HR presumably sought appropriate references.
He’s now production manager where I work, doing a reasonably good job so far 3 months in, and no one suspects a thing. This guy has gone from a 25k p/a worker to a 45k p/a manager with private healthcare, company car allowance etc.
Is this a common thing? Have you ever known anyone successfully ‘blag’ or actually I guess fraud their way in to a good job?
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