Lies I told on my CVI've not had to lie on my CV (resumé for all you 'merkins) for a while, but way back when I was a teenager and C was a cool programming language, I listed it as one of my skills.
My new boss was remarkably nice about me spending my first week's employment reading a "how to program in C" book.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Jul 2006, 15:55)
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lies on my CVNot so much lies, more just complete exageration.
As a construction manager and applying for a better position with a new company, i decided that my mundane achievements with my current employer simply didnt cut it.
So having suitably bulled up both the number of projects and the profitability etc. i then decided that it was time to really shine. So i explained how i redrafted several company policies and procedures and single handedly turned the companies fortunes around in several key areas.
Then came the the most important aspect - existing salary, no point in actually telling them what i was really on, needed to exagerate my salary and bonus to make any offer of employment really worth it, about an extra £5k salary and an extra £5k bonus should do the job i think.
Well it all seemed to work, as the offer arrived, with a more than suitable remuneration package.
The fact i was so out of my depth didnt bother me as six months in there, out and back to what i could actually manage was more than enough extra bunce for a cracking holiday and 6 months of complete alcoholism and piss taking generally!!!
(, Tue 11 Jul 2006, 15:56, Reply)
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