Is it ever OK to lie on your resume?
On Monday, Sun-Times reporter Dave Newbart exposed several lies on the resume of Chicago State University’s baseball coach. Coach Husain Mahmoud lied about being drafted by the Cincinnati Reds and about playing professional football.
Seems to us there is never a good reason to make up stuff on your resume. Even if you don’t get caught, you’ve created a lie that will likely forever haunt you.
Any dissenters? Can anyone come up with a justification for fudging the facts on your resume?
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No, it's not OK to lie. But if one does they'd best have a great memory to keep all the lies straight. OTOH
when my wife asks me if her pants make her look fat, well, there might be times to stretch the truth. But only as far as she's stretching those pants
I told Jesse to be quiet. If he would listen he wouldn't lie. He wouldn't NEED to lie.
Dear Jesse,
I've come up with an idea. You could just say you were talking about playing golf when the mike was on, and you knew the mike was on. You meant, "I'd like to see you tee off, --- he's nuts!!".
You would be telling a white lie (OK, BLACK lie, if it makes you feel better). Listen, if you could get away with it, it might be worth it. Try to be honest, it's not that hard. Tell them you'd like to emulate Tiger Woods. You could say, "Tiger has more balls", but otherwise you don't see much difference between you and him. Think about how much they pay him to walk around and hit that little white ball. There couldn't be that much to it. You could hold a press conference and tell them golf balls would fly higher and farther if they were black. Then you could start manufacturing black golf balls. Instead of just being famous, you could be rich and famous, overnight.
Look, I'm doing the best I can, OK?
honestly,
S. Daniels
I cannot understand why the people of Chicago would allow the police force too obtain SUV when gas prices are at a all time high. Why would the department purchase such machines and raise the people's taxes to feed these auto's. The purchase of these machines is not a good idea.