Workers Discuss The Benefits of Lying on Your Resume

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Jul 14, 2023 6:00 PM EDT

There's only so much you can do to get a job when your resume is not up to par. You can change the verbiage you use to describe your job-hopping as much as you'd like, but employers are just going to see the same thing: an unreliable person who can't be trusted to stay at their company for longer than a year. 

In this economy, it makes sense why someone would be a job hopper. Loyalty to a position or a company is rarely rewarded with more money, and sending out hundreds of applications and getting a new position is the easier way to get more money. Many job-hoppers resort to lying on their resume to make their experience look more appealing to recruiters and managers. While some find this practice risky and unethical, it's often one of the only ways people who don't stand for mistreatment can get a better job after a slew of bad ones. 

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    Font - r/antiwork u/DasSoupMachine • 1d ● Lying on my resume is the best decision I ever made Here on a bit of a secret account cause I don't want this associated with my actual socials.
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    Font - I am a person who jumps from job to job a lot. I rarely stay at a place longer than a year because why get a 25¢ raise from a job when you can go somewhere else and earn $2 more. Plus I don't like when places get too comfortable having me around.
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    Font - I also have the fortune of having worked at a place that is now closed down. Ever since an interviewer made a comment about the amount of places I've worked at I changed my resume around. Now instead of 8 jobs in the last 8 years I have worked at my first job for a year and the closed place for six and my current job for one. Any extra years in the future will be added to the closed place. Applied to a high end place with this resume and they were impressed with my commitment to working a
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    Font - thecasualnuisance . 1d 1 Award I've worked in the restaurant industry for 20 years. After a 5 year stint at a notoriously popular and abusive restaurant, my tolerance for bullshit went to zero. I hopped around for a while often leaving abruptly and getting a job the next week. So I wrote a resume without any dates, just chronological order and highlighting my most impressive jobs and listed achievements (top sales, etc.) and what I learned during my employment at each. It's a lie of omiss
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    Font - ShowMeYourMinerals • 1d ● Dude, my bullshit tolerance died at 5 years as well. I know a lot of people around 27-32 years old who have hit this point. ... 1.2k
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    Font - rickyg_79 22h I took a class in college on interviewing and resume writing. The teacher was a lawyer and he said, "you can write whatever you want on your resume as long as you are prepared to discuss it in the interview and understand that it may be investigated further". ... Reply 277
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    Font - TeacherYankeeDoodle. 1d Joe Hill is my patronus ME r/BeMyReference. Unfortunately, this is just kind of where we are at this point. Reply 1k
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    Font - colieolieravioli . 1d I was a restaurant manager years ago. I told everyone to always put me as a reference and I'll give a glowing review ... 437
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    Font - TeacherYankeeDoodle 23h Joe Hill is my patronus When I was a young boy, I was asked a question by men I, at the time, saw as my religious leaders: Is it moral to steal or lie if you are starving and lying or stealing is the only way to not starve? It is difficult for me to pretend the resume question is that much different given that full truthfulness leads to the eventuality of starving. Your insistence upon leaving references for your employees is more than a solid. It is an act of good
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    Font - colieolieravioli • 23h I was always honest! But I know most previous employers would be like "yes they were fine k bye" but I just turned it up to 11. "OH amber?? Oh my we still miss her around here. What did you want to know?" ←4 174 +
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    Font - Mammoth_Ad_3463. 23h Hahaha... Reminds me of the time I was hired on as a "favor" because my skillset is handling paperwork shitshows and someone was in serious trouble. Manager never looked at my resume... Cue a few years later when Ive worked some serious "magic" (being organized, which the office was not), now work there full time, and have moved my way up the payscale.
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    Font - They were hiring new people, manager comments to me about job hoppers and how they arent good employees. I pull my resume out of the file and hand it to him. He says "Whats this?" And I said "A good employee job hopper" as he reads that I rarely spent more than 3 months at a job until I started with him. I pointed out why I left jobs (assaulted by a drunk customer, wage theft, better opportunity, moved states, etc).
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    Font - Shut him up. A few years later, I jumped his ship when he decided to lowball my pay raise after dumping a fuckton more work on me and expecting longer hours, among a few other things. Going from his customers, (our paths have crossed) I have been requested back repeatedly because its a shit show. He is too proud to admit it and knows I wouldnt take my job (and stress) back. Reply 520
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    Font - popjunkie42 I am the most senior person my my office, and we've been growing so we're doing a lot of hiring. When the committee (my coworkers) we're talking about lots of job hopping as a red flag I laughed and pulled up my resume and told them that none of them would have hired me. I haven't stayed anywhere for more than three years. 19h ● I'm really good at my job, my skills are in demand and it's easy to move around within my company bc offices are desperate for internal experience. I
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    Font - Streifen9 1d ● They're lying about job descriptions, compensation, ideology, and "being a family" so you might as well omit and change the facts too. Reply 778
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    Font - FluxD1 • 23h Job interviews are where 2 people lie about why they're here 4324
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    Font - aimlessly-astray. 22h There was one year where I left a job, spent a few months unemployed, worked another job for a few months, and then spent the rest of the year unemployed. I wasn't getting interviews, and the first thing everyone asked about was the gaps. No one was willing to take a chance on me. So I decided to leave off the job between both gaps to make it look like a longer career break. Immediately started getting interviews and landed a job within a couple weeks.
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    Font - I know it's not a big lie, but it really helped. The sad reality is companies don't care about actual experience and skills. They just want someone who looks good on paper, and job hopping is seen as a bad thing for some reason. And if you ever feel uncomfortable lying on your resume, remember that companies lie to employees all the time. ... Reply 90+
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    Font - Hydrotanil • 1d Always lie on your resume man ... Reply 1.1k
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    Font - colieolieravioli . 1d Lie in person too!! How did I explain away job hopping? I became exasperated and frustrated with the scenario "I want to just work one place and not be job searching anymore! It's been so frustrating to have to leave those jobs due to poor management" They ate that shit up! and I am about to celebrate two years there and they ARE a good employer. They keep giving me bonuses and raises. Keep it coming!! (Or else I will be going) 分 134 凸 ...
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    Font - LO daBunnyKat 23h they also really like, "I want a long term position where I can grow and learn with my teammates to cultivate a great work environment." 57
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    Font - sf58521d It never hurts to have one friend somewhere in the world who's got a corporate phone number and isn't afraid to lie about your work experience. You could be a former VP of Pacific Northwest distribution, or the manager of 2200 employees in eight warehouses, if you have the right friend. Reply 273 ...
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    Font - bulletbassman. 23h Got my first executive chef job by stretching the truth. Been an executive chef ever since. I realized when hiring people resumes rarely lined up with actual performance at the job. I knew I could do the job so I just gave people the resume they wanted. ... Reply 78
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