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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not hire someone who is 20 years old. I also would not hire someone with broken English. Our nanny speaks French and English, but both are flawless. If a prospective nanny told me she was 20 years old and had 10 years of experience I would mentally dismiss eight of those, and then not hire her because I would worry about what other truths would be spun.[/quote]

Oh give me a break. Everyone makes things look better on a resume, it's about selling yourself so you get noticed. It doesn't make OP a liar!
She has already been advised not to use her high school years as work experience, move on. [/quote]

No, that's lying. Saying you have more experience in a field than you do is flat out LYING on a resume. Which is grounds for firing in any corporation, btw. [/quote]

NP here - I'm all for spinning the truth in the most positive way, but actually saying you have more years of experience than you do or saying you have specific experience that you really don't IS lying and will come back to bite you big time.  I have both hired caregivers and been on multiple hiring/interview panels at my job.  The experience that is important to the job you will be asked about.  No one may actually say "You are lying if time!" But when you don't get hired, remember that most employers are not idiots.

Tell the truth, and rely on your willingness to get paid a bit less and maybe do ever all part-time gigs at once to get started, then build up your résumé.  But lying and even "bending" the truth is ALWAYS a BAD idea.[/quote]

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