Liars
Lets talk today about something that is not cool: faking stuff on your resume.
Now I’m not talking about little things such as listing a friend as one of your references, or saying that you worked for 8 months at Starbucks when you actually worked for 5 (I wouldn't personally do it but I wouldn't judge those who do). What I’m ranting about are those people who pretend they have skills which they obviously don't - especially when those skills are fundamental to their job.
Example A:
A person is hired for a job who has listed on their resume that they have graduated from the Toronto School of Economics. However, the job that they are hired for involves a position in Finance which includes projecting company costs based on market trends… something that they would not have the knowledge to do unless they had actually gone to school or apprenticed extensively. This lack of knowledge becomes clear during the probation period and the person is subsequently fired after screwing up a number of things and costing the company a ton of money in reparation damages.
Example B:
A person (personA) is hired into a position where one of the co-workers (personB) has absolutely no knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, etc.) or indeed much about computers in general, even though the job they are doing deals almost exclusively with computers. PersonB has survived thus far because the person who personA is replacing has been doing her work and babysitting her for the past year… while personB sits on cooking sites all day and collects a paycheque. PersonA finds out pretty fast that personB has no idea what they are doing and falsified their resume, and after spending a few frustrating weeks trying to teach personB how to use a computer gives up and refuses to do anything beyond their own extensive workload. This creates a feud between personA and personB (who thinks that person A should be carrying them). PersonB's job begins a slow path into becoming destructive to the organization, but since their 'work' has been adequate up to this point management continue to turn a blind eye to this person beyond the point of repeated warnings. Meanwhile, because personA continues to quietly do only their own work, personB starts a vicious rumour through the office email system about personA in retaliation
Both of these examples are about real people.
Both examples have wasted extensive time and resources within their company of origin.
Seriously people, if you aren't qualified and can't do a job don't lie about it. Spare us all the crap and just go back to Starbucks or something.
Now I’m not talking about little things such as listing a friend as one of your references, or saying that you worked for 8 months at Starbucks when you actually worked for 5 (I wouldn't personally do it but I wouldn't judge those who do). What I’m ranting about are those people who pretend they have skills which they obviously don't - especially when those skills are fundamental to their job.
Example A:
A person is hired for a job who has listed on their resume that they have graduated from the Toronto School of Economics. However, the job that they are hired for involves a position in Finance which includes projecting company costs based on market trends… something that they would not have the knowledge to do unless they had actually gone to school or apprenticed extensively. This lack of knowledge becomes clear during the probation period and the person is subsequently fired after screwing up a number of things and costing the company a ton of money in reparation damages.
Example B:
A person (personA) is hired into a position where one of the co-workers (personB) has absolutely no knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, etc.) or indeed much about computers in general, even though the job they are doing deals almost exclusively with computers. PersonB has survived thus far because the person who personA is replacing has been doing her work and babysitting her for the past year… while personB sits on cooking sites all day and collects a paycheque. PersonA finds out pretty fast that personB has no idea what they are doing and falsified their resume, and after spending a few frustrating weeks trying to teach personB how to use a computer gives up and refuses to do anything beyond their own extensive workload. This creates a feud between personA and personB (who thinks that person A should be carrying them). PersonB's job begins a slow path into becoming destructive to the organization, but since their 'work' has been adequate up to this point management continue to turn a blind eye to this person beyond the point of repeated warnings. Meanwhile, because personA continues to quietly do only their own work, personB starts a vicious rumour through the office email system about personA in retaliation
Both of these examples are about real people.
Both examples have wasted extensive time and resources within their company of origin.
Seriously people, if you aren't qualified and can't do a job don't lie about it. Spare us all the crap and just go back to Starbucks or something.