#resume #jobsearch #careeradvice #honesty #interviewtips
Hey there job seekers! 🌟 Are you tired of sending out countless resumes only to never hear back from potential employers? 😭 Well, I hate to break it to you, but if you’ve ever been tempted to embellish or outright lie on your resume, you’re not only hurting yourself but also wasting the time of recruiters and hiring managers. So, please don’t lie on your resume! 🚫
## The Problem: Lack of Honesty
Today I did the technical interview for someone whose resume looked great. Multiple tech roles, varied experience, loads of certs, enormous list of proficiencies/skills, etc. My questions were not hard- basic troubleshooting, what is DNS, what is a switch, and similar. Every answer seemed like a random guess or a game of word association. It was really sad and a waste of time for both of us.
## Practical Solutions:
### 1. Be Honest About Your Experience
– It’s tempting to exaggerate your skills and experiences to stand out, but remember that honesty is key in building trust with potential employers.
– Highlight your actual accomplishments and skills, even if they may seem less impressive than fabricated ones.
### 2. Tailor Your Resume to Each Job
– Instead of using a generic resume for every application, customize your resume for each job by emphasizing relevant experiences and skills.
– This shows recruiters that you’ve put effort into understanding their needs and qualifications.
### 3. Showcase Your Potential
– If you lack certain qualifications or experiences, focus on showcasing your potential and willingness to learn.
– Highlight your transferable skills and any relevant training or certifications you’ve completed.
### 4. Prepare for Interviews Honestly
– Don’t get caught off guard like the candidate mentioned earlier. Prepare for interviews by being honest about your skills and experiences to confidently answer questions.
– Practice talking about your achievements and experiences in a clear and concise manner.
Remember, the goal is not just to land a job but to find a role that aligns with your skills and interests. By staying true to yourself and presenting your authentic self, you’ll find a job that’s the perfect fit for you. So, please don’t lie on your resume! 🙏
Now, go forth and conquer those job applications with honesty and integrity. Good luck! 🍀
Lie, but know your stuff. Got it.
I also had a couple of opportunities to filter CVs and be the tech interviewer. I must say that it’s so obvious from the CV itself to understand who lies for what. My technical questions afterwards were in respect of what they had written on CV. The result is like yours most of the time.
candidates like that earn a permanent ban on the recruiter lists or at the very least, an extended cooldown.
I’ve seen a lot of people on this sub looking for jobs. I bet at least one of them knows what DNS is. You should hire them, two birds with one stone.
Please don’t post unicorn job descriptions and requirements.
Am I doing it right? Take your own medicine.
Also, I know DNS is simple. I’m just being snarky because of how crazy the job requirements are nowadays.
Yes, absolutely, don’t lie on resume.
Whole lot ‘o cases (most) for IT, hiring person into a position of trust (e.g. sysadmin, network admin, even help desk, etc., often have various privileged access to, e.g. user’s files, etc.).
Want someone trustworthy and honest there … lies on resume generally ain’t gonna cut it. That generally not only doesn’t get the position, but often also gets the dubious distinction of being well tracked, and if same applicant ever comes up again – not gonna bother, already wasted enough time.
So, yeah, don’t. That doesn’t mean don’t write resume in reasonably to quite positive light, etc., but should be factually correct pretty dang honest representation. If it’s not, that generally won’t go well.
I know a guy who put he knew mpls on a resume, then interviewed at a place that used mpls heavily that takes him over the coals. Then complained about it like that was unfair.
I interviewed at the same place later, didn’t put I knew mpls and got the job.
When asked about it I told them what I knew about it, explained how it worked and what situations it was useful.
I had limited exposer to it, and how we used it seemed like a really complex bandaid to bigger issues.
Lol my favorite was a guy who had dmvpn and he said something to the effect of “I haven’t actually used it but a friend told me to put it on there” like uhhh thanks for your honesty??
But what really is dns?
It’s mother of all fuckups… yet I can’t say that
I feel you, we hired someone with a similar college program as me for a tech support job. But they also did a 2-year program for application development. So on paper they should have been more knowledgeable than me.
In reality even after 6 years in the helpdesk role plus 4 years of college ($40,000 to attend) and they cannot tell me basic fundamentals, or what DNS and DHCP do.
Sometimes hiring is like buying a bag of lays chips. You buy a big bag thinking there’s lots of chips in here, only to find out its 80% air.