Timeline for Blacklisting resumé liars
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| May 29, 2019 at 18:32 | history | edited | Carl Younger | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 24, 2015 at 15:50 | comment | added | Carl Younger | True, but I was never trying to defend the applicant's actions. I'm glad he got found out, but his actions are common and forgiveable. A formal job interview is an exchange between someone who is trying to look out for the firm and someone who is trying to look out for their family. Hopefully, they decide they can do both together, and everything is pleasant and fruitful. Often, not. Sometimes the applicant overstates their skills, and sometimes the company misrepresents the role. Both parties should just move on. Starting a blacklist for people or companies who exaggerate a bit is crazy. | |
| Aug 24, 2015 at 14:45 | comment | added | Andrew Leach | Re the last paragraph: The applicant is not showing much integrity now; what assurance is there that he will show greater integrity when you hire him? And if he truly cared about his career, he wouldn't shoot himself in the foot when attempting to further it. | |
| Aug 24, 2015 at 14:32 | history | edited | Carl Younger | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 20, 2015 at 18:28 | comment | added | Carl Younger | I don't think it's ok to lie, or do dodgy business, but you can't get upset and start a vendetta against some random guy because he laid it on a bit thick when his back was against the wall. I doubt the company doing the interview has always been totally frank about what they're selling. Do you reckon the job description was especially candid? | |
| Aug 20, 2015 at 18:19 | history | edited | Carl Younger | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 23, 2015 at 1:18 | history | edited | Carl Younger | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 25, 2013 at 11:52 | comment | added | Rob Church | With your tree surgeon example, while you knew the difference and could call him on it (and perhaps if you didn't you could still afford the £100). Five doors down there might not be someone so well off and informed, do they deserve to be defrauded? His lie could well put someone in the position of paying for the heating or paying to stop the electricity being cut off... | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 15:56 | comment | added | Carl Younger | Welcome to the real world. What about the self-taught hacker who didn't get an interview because she didn't have a CS degree? That's life; it's so unfair. | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 5:19 | comment | added | Cristian Ciupitu | What about the other guys with families to feed, who didn't get hired because they didn't lie as much? | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 3:01 | comment | added | jmort253 | In addition to this, people make mistakes and they learn from them. Having some self-righteous bleep ruin their chances of ever being successful just contributes to keeping people forever confined to poor economic circumstances. We should remember that we all make mistakes. | |
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| Oct 23, 2013 at 2:02 | history | answered | Carl Younger | CC BY-SA 3.0 |