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CV Check

  • 05-11-2018 10:04AM
    #1
    Widye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    I work in a department that I'm desperate to get out of. It's very difficult to get out of this type of work so I'm looking for a role in a better department in the same industry.

    Recruiters and employers pigeon hole you very easily so I was thinking of putting on my CV that I've worked in a different department in my work history.

    When potential new employers perform checks on your CV do they check the department that you worked in or is it just your title and duration?

    Thanks all


Comments

  • #2
    Wildly Boaring
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,788 ✭✭✭Wildly Boaring


    It's well known that people stretch the truth on CV but I wouldn't outright lie

    Could you put down no specific department?
    Company, title, description?


  • #3
    Widye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭Widye


    Wildly Boaring wrote: »
    It's well known that people stretch the truth on CV but I wouldn't outright lie

    Could you put down no specific department?
    Company, title, description?

    Was thinking about that but in my industry it's standard to list the department(s) you worked in


  • #4
    Widye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭Widye


    Wildly Boaring wrote: »
    It's well known that people stretch the truth on CV but I wouldn't outright lie

    Could you put down no specific department?
    Company, title, description?

    Was thinking about that but in my industry it's standard to list the department(s) you worked in


  • #5
    OMM 0000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,733 ✭✭✭OMM 0000


    Widye wrote: »
    I was thinking of putting on my CV that I've worked in a different department in my work history.

    It'll probably work.

    But it's dishonest and shady.


  • #6
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,371 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    OMM 0000 wrote:
    It'll probably work.


    It'll be checked and a lie caught out.
    I wouldn't bother changing tbh. Getting a job is down to interview ability. Practice that.


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  • #7
    OMM 0000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,733 ✭✭✭OMM 0000


    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    It'll be checked and a lie caught out.

    Will it really though?

    In my experience HR are ridiculously lazy.

    I agree with your other point. It's pretty much down to interview ability. It's surprising how little people practice interviews.


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