Have you ever lied on your resume?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. But my ex-husband did this regularly when we were married. He'd get the position and then find himself in over his head because he lacked requisite skills. Needless to say, he was soon job hunting again. I suspect that he still does this because he landed a position last year that I knew he wasn't qualified to hold (we're in the same field), but was demoted after a month.

My sister is the same. I don't think she's ever held a job more than two years because she inevitably gets in over her head and winds up fired. Her luck has run dry lately, though. Each time the gap between jobs gets longer, but she fills it in by getting her friends to act as fake references for nonexistent jobs in the interim. At this point she's "worked" at her latest fake job longer than she has at her last two real ones combined.

[Anonymous]

I lied on a resume, but it was only after the babysitter had died, mom was out of town, and we had no food.

I got a job I was totally unqualified for in the fashion industry but somehow pulled it off!

[Anonymous]

Yep. I lied about the number of years of experience I had doing something and was brought in at a higher salary for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lied on a resume, but it was only after the babysitter had died, mom was out of town, and we had no food.

I got a job I was totally unqualified for in the fashion industry but somehow pulled it off!

A+

[Anonymous]

Oh I've lied on my resume or stretch the truth just a tad bit. The trick is don't add something on your resume you can't back it up. I am able to explain everything on my resume even the lies. I continue to get job offers.