Comments on: The fine line between boasting on a resume and lying

By: Po

Po — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:55:39 +0000

"the truth is that everyone over does it when writing a resume. People keep it simple and you will get the job – Posted by Michael"

WRONG ! "Sales Weasel" types over do it, pushy people over do it, arrogant and insecure people do it — honorable, legitimate, people do not over do it, in fact they more often UNDERSTATE.

By: Cubicle Rebel

Cubicle Rebel — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:33:28 +0000

Hmm. There is creative rearranging that takes place on my resume. I've learned to effectively use words ending in "…ed": managed, coordinated, assisted. I'm no longer mousey on my resume. I need a job, dang-it. No time for being timid. I just may bust in a door with scuffed up boots soon. Demand to be hired. Kindly, of course.

By: Lusaka Ville

Lusaka Ville — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:18:00 +0000

Love this:-)

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:21:49 +0000

What do you say on your resume about how you left a job when the reason is that you turned the company in for misappropriating money on a department of defense contract? And then what do you do about the 4-year employment gap that followed, thanks to active efforts on the part of the former employer to keep you from working?

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:00:12 +0000

@ William Mitchell, and that is a sales-pitch camouflaged as a discussion input. I consider that a sort of lying too.

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:00:29 +0000

Sounds like your dad is the only one I'd ever want to work with amongst your family.

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Employment Gaps are Bullshit | Gears and Shifts — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:35:59 +0000

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