Lying on your resume is just NOT the solution to shortcomings or a light resume!
Especially in today's day where information is so easily at our fingertips with nothing but a computer and an Internet connection - you know, the two items that are in almost every household in America today?
Though times are changing with respect to connecting job candidates to hiring managers, the resume is still the most productive job search tool that you carry in your job search arsenal. It is in most cases a hiring manager's or recruiter's first (virtual) impression.
When a hiring manager or recruiter does their initial research on a prospective candidate and finds fiction or embellishments on the resume, they tend to discard the resume entirely. Believe me, this happens and the trend is occurring more frequently this past year than ever before. It is getting very competitive out there for other reasons that just a slowing up economy. You have to be up-to-date with new media ways to connect with a hiring manager. Of course, this is just another reason to use a job recruiter who already may have many hiring manager's ears on a daily basis.
But lying or even bending the truth slightly is just not a good way to get your resume to the top of the pile.
Resumes are being presented to hiring managers and recruiters via new technology mechanisms that allow for us to search through resumes very quickly using keyword relevance found within a resume. So if you want to stick out from the rest, just enhance your resume with keywords that may be specific to a job you are applying for. That may mean having multiple versions of your resume. However, as aforementioned, the idea is not to embellish or turn into a Pinocchio.
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I could not agree MORE. Let me expound. I am a Sr. Recruiting Consultant, and was once involved with 12 retained searches with one bleeding edge software company in Austin, TX. After the first round of two or three candidate interviews, the Director of SW Development repeatedly would mention in passing "..you know, he/she used to work with person x at company x in the same group.. I am going to give them a quick call..". This happened incessantly and REPETITIVELY to the extent that I eureka-ed "..she knows EVERYONE in some sort of connection...". From there, in my pre-interview coaching session with candidates I stressed to them "Do NOT embellish your role within a project or say that you are friends with someone that you are not. a) That is unethical, and b) she can find out and you will be finished..". Now, we NEVER want ANYONE to land the position for which they are not qualified. But, the 'Pinochios' advice is GOLD. Why? Because in our social network-driven business arena, everyone is now the 'Kevin Bacon' (you know, seven degrees...) of connected, regardless of previous affiliation. This advice remains to be true. -Adam Staton, Sr. Recruiting Consultant
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