WHY EVERYONE IS LYING ON THEIR RESUME!

So apparently Jinzy is lying on job

applications. There's actually a

headline floating around right now from

a website called Work Life. Jenz is

lying on their resumes and job

applications and it's not why you think.

Except it is why you think. I mean, have

you seen the job market right now? I

don't blame them. Do you? This entire

article from work life here is just a

bunch of corporate propaganda and it

focuses exclusively on how Jenz is lying

on their resume. But the truth is

everyone is and they have been. I mean

thousands of résumés out there only to

get Casper the friendly ghost in return.

underpaid positions looking for people

with a PhD and 10 years experience in a

skill that was only invented one year

ago. It's ridiculous. So, people are

doing whatever they can to get to the

interview because that's what matters.

They say they did a 1,000 person survey

and 47% of them were Gen Z and they

admitted to lying. People lie on the

resume and job application because the

people posting the job ad might not even

be the ones hiring you. They might not

even know what the job actually entails.

Half the requirements were probably

copied and pasted from some other

posting. And with all the ATS systems

and AI filters out there now, if your

resume doesn't match their list word for

word, an algorithm will put your resume

in the trash before you ever have a

chance to explain. So, like any smart

person applying to jobs, you do what you

can to get to the conversation because

you can generally explain a lot over the

phone or in an interview that you'll

never get the same time of day to

clarify when you just click apply. So,

you're going to tell them exactly what

they want to hear. And if that's a lie,

then go ahead. Because another thing

they don't mention at all, I never see

this, is that companies lie too on job

applications all the time. It goes both

ways. They won't talk about how the job

description often has nothing to do with

what you'll actually be doing once you

get there. They don't tell you that

their culture is a paint by numbers copy

of every other corporate mission

statement. They might say opportunities

for growth and that usually just means

you can do more work for the same pay.

They might say we're like a family.

We've all seen that in the job

description. The dysfunctional kind

though that you can't escape where your

dad's the CEO and HR is your evil

stepmom and your annoying cousin Chad is

now your manager because he's been there

longer. They might say competitive

salary and what that really means is

they just compete to see how little they

can offer you. Or maybe they list

unlimited PTO, which really means only

if you never take it. Sure, it's

unlimited, but the second you request a

Friday, Karen from accounting will start

questioning if you're fully committed to

the team. It might even say this is a

permanent position until they

restructure the entire company in 6

months. and they knew they were going to

do that the entire time they were

looking for someone to fill this role.

And my favorite one that I see a lot in

job postings are we're financially

stable on our own blah blah blah. And

that's usually said right before

announcing layoffs. But instead of

addressing any of that, they're coming

up with this new thing called

skills-based hiring where essentially

it's just a way for companies to skimp

on training you because that costs

money. And this should help more people

get hired because it's based on what you

can do when you get to the job. Sounds

good, right? They want people to hit the

ground running. Basically, companies are

just looking for young, cheap, fully

trained, and desperate enough people to

accept a salary that wouldn't even cover

rent in 1998. And the entire time, they

act like they're doing you a favor.

There's actually a statistic in the

article here that's hilariously dumb.

Right here, it says, "Flex Jobs found

that 19% of respondents fake enthusiasm

for company missions." So, you're

telling me that the other 81% are

genuinely passionate about leveraging

synergies to enhance shareholder value?

If 19% was the real number, LinkedIn

wouldn't exist. Every all hands-on

meeting proves the truth. It's not 19%.

It's 99%. The real headline for this

article should have been companies lie

on job postings every day. But let's

yell at Jenz so no one notices. In my

opinion, if employers can just bait and

switch roles all the time for urgent

openings that have been reposted for

years, then Jenz lying on a resume is a

non-issue. It's just playing the same

game companies invented. And they even

try to scare you into not lying on your

resume with some horrible logic here.

Workers sometimes feel they need to

stretch the truth to meet job market

pressures and expectations from

prospective employers. No, they're not

stretching the truth. They're just doing

whatever it takes to get to an interview

with a human. You got to love all these

career experts that probably haven't had

to apply for jobs in forever. And my

favorite is that it's from Flex Jobs

here. You know, that remote website that

just takes a whole bunch of other remote

jobs posted everywhere else on the

internet for free and then charges you

to view them. You can go find the same

job on Indeed that Flex Jobs has listed

for you. But Flex Jobs is going to make

you pay. Now, it says the risks of

dishonesty are severe. Research from

reference checking firm Checkex found

that seven and 10 recruiters would not

hire candidates who lied on resumes,

even with a good reason. While more than

three and five would reject applicants

providing false references. I have a

feeling that that's total nonsense

because recruiters usually do whatever

it takes to get their money. They don't

care if you're lying on the resume.

They're just trying to get their bag. I

mean, have you seen what these

recruiters do? They'll say something

like, "Well, I need your commitment

today. If I can get you in today, I need

you to have it right now ready to go and

join." They'll just They're so pushy. I

don't think they actually care if you

lie on the resume or not. They just want

to make a living. So, this is just

fear-mongering. The people that write

these articles don't have to deal with

the market that they write about. It's

more fear-mongering here. People may

feel compelled to stretch the truth, but

doing so can have negative consequences

as employers will eventually figure out

that you are not completely honest in

how you represented yourself. The

company really doesn't care unless

you're taking money away from their

bottom line. Honestly, they're not going

to be like, "Wait, hold on. You said you

had 3 years experience and you only had

2 years 11 months. get out of here. No,

they're going to care about if you can

do the work and hit the bottom line or

not. Uh, in other words, he adds, job

seekers should remember that while the

pressure to find work may be real,

providing employers with authentic

versions of their career story is the

most honest bet. So, even though you

have bills and stuff and it wasn't your

fault you got fired from the last job

you had because they did a massive round

of layoffs, now you have a job gap, you

should still be honest and just leave it

on there. Keep applying. Keep getting

put in the trash, too. Just like where

this article belongs. Shouldn't

companies also do the same, though?

provide authentic descriptions of what

their job and culture is actually like.

But they won't do that because that's

how the game is played. They focus on

the employees, not what companies are

doing. Anyways, uh while 10% stretched

employment dates to cover in

unemployment gaps. I mean, let's think

again. Why do people do that? Cuz you're

going to go straight to the garbage. In

an effort to avoid being overlooked or

rank higher with ATS scanners or be the

perfect fit for a role, many are

resorting to embellishments for the sake

of staying competitive. Many HR leaders

are rethinking their approach entirely,

advocating for skills-based hiring that

focuses on capabilities rather than

traditional credentials. So now, instead

of having to train you or give you

anything at all, they just want you to

come in and be able to do the job.

Skills-based hiring saves us money on

training. Add in the rise of influencers

openly encouraging others to lie on

their resume. It's no surprise that many

Gen Z job seekers feel tempted to

exaggerate their own career stories. I

mean, do you not have bills? Have you

ever done everything you could just to

work and get by and still told no? Well,

I'd guess not because that's the real

world. You're not doing anything wrong.

You're just doing what you can to talk

to someone so that you can explain

yourself. Or maybe not. Maybe they don't

ask any questions and you just roll with

it. That's what I do. And as long as

you're increasing their bottom line,

they're not really going to do anything

about it. Unlike what this article says,

they'll find you out eventually. They

won't care as long as you didn't break

any laws. Let me know what you think

down in the comments below. Would you

lie on your resume? Sorry. Exaggerate

the truth. Embellish. Oh, and by the

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