"Changing" your CV, and getting caught!?!?

oldscoil

Hi All.

Quick question.

I worked for a company for 1 year "X printers and Co" but got let go last April, due to a down turn in work. Before that i worked in sales, six months here, six months there....so my cv is a bit scattered

I am now in a new job, "Y printers and Co." but do any of us no what the future holds etc etc etc.....

Now the company "X printers" is about to go belly up!

So my question is this.....

......Can i lie on my CV to say i worked in "X Printers" for 2 , or 3 years till last April. My ex production manager / referee will vouch for me, he's about to lose his own job, and we were "mates" in work.

However will this info show up on P60's , P45'S etc etc etc, if i have to apply for a new job soon, or can i reinvent myself

Thanks in advance folks.

Have a happy Xmas too.

Eoin

So, you want to say that you started in your last job a year before you really did? I can't see them being able to check up on that. I think your P45 would only cover the current financal year anyway?

oldscoil

Thanks Eoin.

I'm not trying to pull a fast one, its just from 2002 to 2006 my cv is "college, part time college jobs and sales jobs of six months".....

I had hoped to put a few years in in my last place but ah well, and its something that comes up again and again with recruiters, so obviously potential employers are thinking the same when they see my cv.

Up to now i have taken the honest approach, and its got me nowhere!!!!!

Eoin

I'm not judging! Maybe some of the regulars on here might correct me, but I can't see how they would be able to check your employment history from over a year ago, when your old boss is willing to back you up.

kildara

You need to be very careful as if a future employer found out your CV was "innacurate", it could result in your immediate dismissal (at the end of the day you would be claiming to have more experience than you actually have).
What would happen if somebody in this new company worked in the old company in the years that you say you were there and they say they
never heard of you?
Not trying to be a killjoy, but if you get fired it will be hard to shake it off in the future.

boredatwork82

As regards your current emplorer been able to find out its highly unlikely.
But there is other ways of getting caught out.
A friend of mine worked in a bank for a year doing rubbish work before he decided to become an accountant in the same bank. But when he submitted his cv (altered to say he had been an accountant for his whole time with the bank)to a recruitment agency, they had an old cv on record for him and spotted the difference. After that they did not consider him for any roles, and it was a shame because they had lots of good jobs.

Off-topic I was instilled with confidence when i saw a recruitment agency with morals.


Moral of the story, make sure there is no previous cv's of yours where you submit doctored cv's as some companies actually do keep your cv on file!!!

oldscoil

This is all great folks.

To be honest, i'm thinking of moving away from the print industry full stop.

And this is more just to show that i'm not a hop skip and a jumper.

Plus the sales places were a waste of time, i wouldn't use them anyway as reference!!!!

But if anyone had tax office knowledge just to double check. :pac:

Thanks again everyone!!!!

InReality

Well sugar hired the last apprentice although he lied on his CV.
Also many stories about CEO's etc getting found out do not result in them getting fired , often just a slap on the wrist.

I'm not sure how much difference it would make to getting a job in your case if you change it.
Often the flaw people see in themselves
( for example chopping and changing jobs ), is not important in employeers eyes.
what happens/matters is that the candiate is fixed on that negative and often talks themselves out of a job.

On the positive side of changing jobs is that it shows your not afraid to try for a new job and won't hang around in a job if you think its not doing it for you.
I'd say some employeers would like that get up and go attitude.
Such an employeer might be a more dynamic place and suit you more.
if your moving out of the print industry anyhow showing that you were 4 years at it might even make a new industry hesitate !

Highsider

Sure i've never handed in an accurate C.V. to an employer in all my life. Did'nt think anyone would

kildara

Highsider wrote: »

Sure i've never handed in an accurate C.V. to an employer in all my life. Did'nt think anyone would

I think that is the whole point of a CV - give your prospective employer the story of your life, not give them a story of what you think they want to hear (keep that for your interview)...