lying on your cv

lu. · 12th December 2007, 2:46pm

ive had a stressful yr and cause i got a shitty immune system thats affected by stress ive had a few occasions off, and managers now looking for medical consent or disaplinary action. (seems 3 members of your family being hospitalised and 2 diagnosed with cancer doesnt get a lot of sypmathy or understanding from an empolyment like mine)

question is because i have a pretty bad attendance record in my current job, when you fill in a job application has anyone else lied about how many sick days youve had? if so do you think you can get away with it? i just imagine if u put that on an application they wouldnt take it any further regardless of anything else on cv

wee scary burd · 12th December 2007, 2:47pm

I lie about sick days all the time. Pretty much every job i've had never checks.

Jaemi · 12th December 2007, 2:48pm

If they call up to check, and they find out you've lied..You're fucked.
If you're honest, then at an interview you'd get the chance to explain your absences.

cookie · 12th December 2007, 2:49pm

Be honest.

My boss sits next to me and he got a cv from a graduate with barely 3 months experience - something he'd usually run a mile from - but there was a covering letter explaining that the candidate had graduated and taken a job with a contractor but subsequently found he hated it more than anything and wanted to get into consulting. His cv didn't get thrown in the bin, he might even have got an interview.

MarkMono · 12th December 2007, 2:50pm

I only clicked on this thread to laugh at Jamie advocating honesty.

mr sexual · 12th December 2007, 2:50pm

I had 26 sick days and 8 awols in my last job and still got a good reference

mind you i didnt used to work for RHL so they didnt care!

but aye i lie about sick days all the time and iv never been pulled up or asked why im off sick ALL the time...my answer would be i cant be bothered

the.definitive · 12th December 2007, 2:52pm

I always lie, my sick days are appalling and I don't have an excuse, I'm just a total slacker.

No-one's ever checked.

mr sexual · 12th December 2007, 2:53pm

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Originally Posted by the.definitive

I always lie, my sick days are appalling and I don't have an excuse, I'm just a total slacker.

No-one's ever checked.

aye ditto!

Fallenblackrose · 12th December 2007, 2:54pm

Ive never had a sick day from work.

edit:
oh thats a lie i worked in a bucthers factory packing place type thing a few years back and fell down the stars at my boyfriends...sprained my ankle and couldnt walk. Never mentioned it on an cv's or applications at all. So no one checked.

Jaemi · 12th December 2007, 2:55pm

Who gives a fuck?

Bobzilla · 12th December 2007, 2:57pm

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Originally Posted by the.definitive

I always lie, my sick days are appalling and I don't have an excuse, I'm just a total slacker.

No-one's ever checked.

When we get asked for a reference we do not complete any forms we're given that ask that sort of thing. Our letter that we send out just confirms they worked for us and for how long and that we don't know of any legal reasons why they shouldnt be able to take up thier new job.

We almost never check things like that on CV's sent to us. We spend more of our time verifying that the company/person actually exists. In saying that though if you lie about almost anything else on the forms we usually do find out and depending on the job you can actually end up in jail for doing so

¡Punk! · 12th December 2007, 2:59pm

I've never had a sick day although I often lie about what I actually done at previous jobs

Largest of Gregs · 12th December 2007, 2:59pm

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Originally Posted by lu.

i got a shitty immune system thats affected by stress

At least you have one! I don't have any immune system at all for the next 5 days!

JennyPiccolo · 12th December 2007, 3:03pm

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Originally Posted by Bobzilla

When we get asked for a reference we do not complete any forms we're given that ask that sort of thing. Our letter that we send out just confirms they worked for us and for how long and that we don't know of any legal reasons why they shouldnt be able to take up thier new job.

We almost never check things like that on CV's sent to us. We spend more of our time verifying that the company/person actually exists. In saying that though if you lie about almost anything else on the forms we usually do find out and depending on the job you can actually end up in jail for doing so

like what? criminal records, i guess.

Bobzilla · 12th December 2007, 3:09pm

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Originally Posted by JennyPiccolo

like what? criminal records, i guess.

Alot of the forms are official government documents and lying on them amounts to fraud. Depending on the form and the severity jail sentences aren't unheard of but they are usually only on the security clearance forms. The rest normally just see you being told to stick your job but there are a few exception. Lying about not having any sick days though means feck all in the grand scheme of things.

The criminal record thing really only comes into play if its a sensitive job. If its a job working with kids in sub saharan africa and your on the sex offenders list we will find out even if you try and hide it but if you happened to kill your wife 20 years ago, declare it, and the job isnt a highly stressful job then you might still get that interview. I've seen it happen.