About Lying on a Resume

So I'm going out today and tomorrow to look for a job in retail. The thing is, I have no real experience in retail. So I'm thinking about lying on my resume, and hoping they don't ask me to provide my references.

What do you guys think? Do they actually check these things? What will I need to know to lie convincingly? I'm assuming I need to learn how to use a cash register (maybe I'll ask my sister, who works at No Frills). Is there anything else?

I know lots of people who've lied on their resumes, because it's almost impossible to get a start in a retail job without prior experience of retail.

What's your experience? Have you ever done this? How?

Thanks.

Lol They won't look twice at your supposed retail experience unless you DO provide specific references.

And even if you do get away with it, they're gonna toss in the midst and expected you to know more than you will if you have no retail experience. You won't have any "excuses".

What exactly do you mean by retail? Do you mean a person that assists customers with suggestions and sells products, warranties, etc in the process? Or do you mean anything involving retail stores like running a register, customer service, etc?

I'm 19 and this year I got my first job although I've been looking. If you can try to find a job that is almost desperate to hire. Then you won't need to lie and they'll provide you training. That's how I got my job :p I do just about everything now, run the cafe, run a register, provide customer assistance, etc, etc.

I mean like working on the floor in HMV, Barnes and Noble, Best Buy etc.

Is it that hard to get a job in wal-mart being a bag boy?

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Originally Posted by Resurrection

Is it that hard to get a job in wal-mart being a bag boy?

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I don't want a shitty position that won't help me when I go to get another job, though.

I don't know what a bag boy is, but I'm assuming it's something like that. Oh, and Wal Mart are known for treating their employees especially badly, aren't they?

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Originally Posted by shadowsworn

I mean like working in HMV, Barnes and Noble, Best Buy etc.

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Oh, well, depends then. If you can write a resume that articulates your willing to learn and your exceptional adaptability. Then you don't need to lie about previous retail experience. Just try to prove that you'd make just as good of an asset as someone with previous experience in retail in any way you can. I'm not a good liar so I really try anything else not to lie.

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Originally Posted by shadowsworn

So I'm going out today and tomorrow to look for a job in retail. The thing is, I have no real experience in retail. So I'm thinking about lying on my resume, and hoping they don't ask me to provide my references.

What do you guys think? Do they actually check these things? What will I need to know to lie convincingly? I'm assuming I need to learn how to use a cash register (maybe I'll ask my sister, who works at No Frills). Is there anything else?

I know lots of people who've lied on their resumes, because it's almost impossible to get a start in a retail job without prior experience of retail.

What's your experience? Have you ever done this? How?

Thanks.

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Lying on a resume only brings more trouble than its worth. Have fun :)

mm, ok. Thanks Abysmal.

*stares glumly at resume*

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Originally Posted by shadowsworn

mm, ok. Thanks Abysmal.

*stares glumly at resume*

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Np. Do you have any job experience?

No job experience is required for retail such as HMV. It is practically the easiest job in the world to do (aside from the obvious dealings with asshats in your store of course).

15 minutes of training in any store like that should have you set up pretty good. If they actually require retail experience they are idiots.

You main point is to be personable in your job interview. If you can speak with the interviewer fine, you can speak to the customers as well. That's all you need for a job like that.

http://www.punchanpie.net/comics/pnp20070905a.jpg

I had no idea Shadow was a girl!

just dont lie on your resume about being able to negotiate hostage situations.

i dont never wanna go through that again, i can tell you it aint worth it.

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Originally Posted by Marineking

I had no idea Shadow was a girl!

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er, I'm not. I just posted that because I thought it was relevant. It's from a comic called Punch an' Pie.

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Originally Posted by shadowsworn

er, I'm not. I just posted that because I thought it was relevant. It's from a comic called Punch an' Pie.

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I realize that. :p I was trying to be witty. Really was spam, though, I apologize.

I'd say, if your gonna lie, just make sure it's on things easily corrected or picked up. That way, if you are called on it, you can organize your situation and hopefully not get fired.

Idiot. (sorry)

There is a big difference between lying on a resume and manipulating the truth. First, it's all in the cover letter, if you have one, to list the skills that you have aquired and how you aquired them. If you were on a sports team, and never a job before, this is how it would be:

I have great leadership skills that have been aknowledged by mentors, instructors, and workmates that I have cooperated in the past.

Now, you see? That's what manipulating the truth is.

Gotta manipulate it, man.


Use it like Magibon...except....I don't know how to use her, except to fap to her before her ugliness was spread.

Yeah, I wouldn't lie on a resume. That gives them a HORRIBLE first impression...XO

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Originally Posted by Oisterboy

Yeah, I wouldn't lie on a resume. That gives them a HORRIBLE first impression...XO

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You could always say that one of your skills is:

Lying On Resumes




...wonder if they would get a chuckle.
:P

k, no lying then. I get the idea.

I'll update when I get back, I guess.

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Originally Posted by Marineking

I realize that. :p I was trying to be witty. Really was spam, though, I apologize.

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No, no. This is spam.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...isbtehspam.png


Anyway, about your problem, shadowsworn. It really depends on:

1. how flexible your morals are OR how morally acceptable is it to lie to you.

2. how badly you need this job.

3. how much risk you are willing to accept to get this job. If you lie, there's always a chance that it will be found out and you're going to get fired.

4. how few job opportunities you have where you're forced to go into retail.

Although most of these I don't know, I think that lying is a bad habit, (as is manipulating the truth; LOOKING AT YOU YOUKNOWHOYOUARE) and it's not a good thing to have in the work place. I strongly recommend you don't lie on a resume. It's bad juju, man.

Say your a former porn star.
They'll love you.

They reserve the right to fire you without notice if they find that the material on the resume is not correct.

That is, however, if they check your information.

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Originally Posted by Cereal&Milk

They reserve the right to fire you without notice if they find that the material on the resume is not correct.

That is, however, if they check your information.

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They rarely check it. As a reference you could put down

Name: Sarah Conner
Employment: TV actress
Relationship to you: Long time mentor

They probably wouldn't recognize the relationship.