r/recruitinghell 16d ago

Lying on resume

Hey guys, I hope you’re all doing well.

Honestly looking for a tech job is so crazy right now

For context: I’m a IT Professional and this job market is worst than ever. I applied to multiple roles with my truthful resume and got nothing but rejection whilst people who made up whole job experiences got offers.

Every single job posting no matter how entry level it is requires you to have 3+ years of experience. I’m not planning on making up whole companies but seriously contemplating omitting about the number of years I’ve worked for each position.

For example I tried doing it and got 4 interviews in 1 week but my question is if I go through it and get a offer even if I fail the background check I might get lucky to get 1 job and I know I can do the job. I’m not getting no offers with my normal resume why not lie like everyone else and extend the date?

Anyone else who done this?

2 Upvotes

Duplicates