Question by swallow: Is it really all that bad to list a company you’ve never worked for on your résumé?
Let’s say you know someone in the Human Resources dept. that would verify that you’ve ‘worked’ there.
Best answer:
Answer by not 2 B fooled
Honesty is always the best policy and will save you from looking foolish and cost the possibility of getting the job
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NO BRAINER… do not do it…. if they check,,you are out if you get the job and they find out,, you lied and you are out… NO WIN
naaa,nothing wrong with that.
if they find out they fire you though
Yes, lying is bad. Call your parents and admonish them for not teaching you better.
HR departments have seen that one before — they now fax over a copy of your signed permission and then ask the past employers for the dates you were employed there, your duties, and your ending wage/salary, plus the name of your supervisor.
and, if they detect lying and collusion by someone inside HR, the one VP of HR gets on the phone to the other and your ‘friend’ inside the company is called on the carpet and/or fired.
don’t go there
If I was the hiring manager and found it out, I would not hire you; or would fire you immediately if I had hired you already.
there’s no point in lying. and your friend can get into trouble for lying as well as you can get into trouble. Why risk their job so you can get a job?
I have a real job I worked for that will not verify that I worked there because the human resource woman has lots of sand in her hooha.
I also have never worked for an airbrush shop, but my resume clearly states I have. Strangely enough, those were the exact dates that I worked in the bar.
No, of course not. You wouldn’t believe the crap I’ve lied about on my resume.
I say go for it. It’s a dog eat cat world and everyone’s afraid of living in a cardboard box under an over pass. Make sure it doesn’t happen to you!
It is one thing to put a positive spin in a resume; it is an entirely different thing to lie. If you get caught, you will not only lose the job, but you will destroy your professional reputation. You can’t guarantee who will be called at the company, or someone may know someone there to ask what kind of an employee you were. This is not only wrong, it is potentially dangerous to your career.
Seriously? I doubt anyone’s resume’s are honest….except mine. And that’s the exact reason I cannot get an interview elsewhere.
Very recently my son had his supervisor for working at little league fields 8 years ago contacted.
They are taking a very hard look at references and mostly for misinformation.
Be careful.
There’s always the odds that this could not show up on a background check. Of the type where they just run your employment and do not contact the company directly, per se. Be careful–better yet, honest.
Do you really want to list the CIA on your resume that bad?
What if you are captured by a rogue country? …and you don’t really have a Spy Skill Set?
Come on Toni, the manager at McDonalds is probably not going to call Hooters to verify that you “worked” there.
I think it’s okay to fudge the truth a little.
For instance, my resume says Porn Star instead of Butt Pirate.
*cries*
Ofcourse it’s bad. They may not know it during your application or even on your first months but eventually, they will still find out about it. Just be honest, you don’t need to tell stupid lies coz truth will always come out.
One white lie won’t hurt you, but two can be dangerous. For instance, don’t tell potential employers that you are Gladys Knight’s back-up singer AND the starting goalie for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
yes its really that bad. just suppose the company you are applying to decides that he or she wants to talk to your immediate supervisor. then what will you do? its a stupid idea.