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What do others think about lying to get a job

Recently, the owner of an online blog wrote an article on the rights and wrongs of lying on resumes. He was inundated with replies.
Here are some of them………..

“yeah...it's real important to make sure that you don't lie to a potential employer who will lie, cheat and steal to make sure that shareholder's profits are maximized. if you're in the game, you'd better learn that the rules don't apply in most of corporate America. and by the way, if you can't figure out a way to enhance your resume by lying and NOT get caught by corporate rockheads, you don't deserve the job you're applying for.”

“Can you blame people though? I won't say that lying is right because it isn't, but these days you have to do what you can do to survive. Heck, it's been that way really since the beginning of time. When there is so much competition out there, people feel like they have to lie to get a fair chance. Many do and many more get away with it, and I admit I have been one of them.

Hey, bills have to be paid. McDonalds doesn't cut it.”

“Look, I have a degree in MIS/CS but no experience. I tried to tell the truth and the result I got was ZERO!! Nobody even bothered to call me. And you know what, I KNOW that thousands of people got jobs by giving bogus resumes. I simply can't compete with them if I stick to truth. So, this time I am going to lie and make up business names and inflate my job descriptions and do whatever it is necessary to get jobs..ok??”

“Companies and bosses have lied to me my whole life, while i sat there and got screwed. should i just tell the truth, get nowhere and let the lucky people of the world who don't have go through all that suceed while i go in a hole and die? sorry, im sick of it and im a fighter, im going to do what it takes to make it, even if that means lying to liars.” I have been working hard for several years to get what I deserve. I have not been successful so far, maybe because of me or maybe not, but to tell the truth many bad things have happened to me at the work place for being honest.

Many of my career mates have gone real far and have been successful by lying and cheating. Employers ask us to be honest most of the time but "honestly" they have lied to me several times and they have cheated me and promised me a hole bunch of things that were completely not true and they have given me a kick in my butt with no reason. I have also looked for new jobs with supposedly better companies and I have sent thousands of resumes. Headhunters and other human resources professionals have seen my resume and have told me it is impressive but so far no luck. So therefore I am going to have to start making up jobs, dates, responsabilities because being so honest has led me nowhere. "nice, good companies do not care if you are honest, they care about if you have worked for known brands, or you have held positions that you probably haven't held, or if your resume looks impressive (even though it might be all lies).

So, long story short, lie and you might as well get away with it, if you tell the truth you might end up losing more time and money”.