How much do you lie on your resume?

[Obreh Winfrey]

That's the plan man. It's not that I can't do it I just don't know where to begin. I'm probably gonna run through some courses and go from there.

Find a language or something you want to learn and run some tutorials. Eventually you should get the itch to branch off from it and see what you can change. That's the easiest way to start.

 

[Mastamimd]

Find a language or something you want to learn and run some tutorials. Eventually you should get the itch to branch off from it and see what you can change. That's the easiest way to start.

I have a great understanding of C++. Unreal engine it is. I'll go from there.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

I have a great understanding of C++. Unreal engine it is. I'll go from there.

:slowdatowel:



Just kidding. Yeah if you can add some UE changes, additions, or projects to your portfolio you'll be good. I'm beginning to go through the process of making my own game engine and the more I learn the more I realize how large a task it is. Ideally I'd get a job with Unity one day but you've got to have some solid knowledge behind you to land a job with them.

 

[Mastamimd]

:slowdatowel:



Just kidding. Yeah if you can add some UE changes, additions, or projects to your portfolio you'll be good. I'm beginning to go through the process of making my own game engine and the more I learn the more I realize how large a task it is. Ideally I'd get a job with Unity one day but you've got to have some solid knowledge behind you to land a job with them.

I just applied for a job at Six Foot and they might be a little too rough for me when it comes to knowledge. I'm searching for entry level but I don't like to step in the arena without anything ahead of time.

 

[Yinny]

Not much, I just tailor them - it's problematic because my profiles have been used for manipulative purposes and to steal my ideas. At this point I'm going in-house with fam and NDAs. Don't wanna hear another q about what I think about this or that, intellectual theft and exploitation is real.

 

[Kenyan West]

This is truth. Every time I went for an interview they ASSUMED I was still working at my previous job. Even though I put down on my resume I left that month

Great post.

That's because they don't check/gaf or they half ass it by calling your manager (who is really a chick you smashing or the homie you play ps4 wit)

The problem is, doing biz with cac terrifies nigs, turning them into tenors. Nigs would rather be honest on their res about their unemployed status and starve/rack up bills instead of taking thirty fukkin mins to prepare fake responses/stories for these questions:

"Why are you leaving your current position?"
"What made you take interest in our company?"

Reality - unemployed for four months, Fired for tardiness, falling asleep on the job, job burnout, just didn't give a shyt,terrible in the role etc

What you tell cac - Here's what I love about my job (blah blah blah) and I've been fortunate enough to accomplish (blah blah blah) and receive high praise and recognition or whatever.

I strongly believe that the exp I've gathered from my previous companies would provide XYZ positive results (in detail) from day one. Sum it up with a random tidbit you read on the website "about us" section that you found "interesting."

Done. Your last job became irrelevant in 30 seconds.

Too many people live in the past - - Maybe back in the day, you could be honest about why you're currently unemployed, but today it's too much damn competition out here. Call yourself umemployed when there is literally hundreds of "employed" people fighting for the same job, brehs.

Calling yourself unemployed in this job market is a death blow. Especially when you're black.

Nigs need to look at these cac jobs as opportunities to finesse them out of paper while building your own shyt on the side.

A clever/smart/prepared/slick negro can rule the fukkin world simply because these cacs NEVER see you coming.

I wish we all understood this.

Most people never talk about this.

Lesson in there.

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

All the time. This one of those parts of life where "dark successful truths" are ignored and being "honest" gets you jack shyt. It's a mind fukk -- people tell you not to lie, while they lie and have less competition.

Dark Truths :The point of a resume is to get an interview. Period. It's not the time to be modest, cute or an angel. It's too much competition out here, and nikkas acting like they aint got bills piling up, smh. Nikkas are too timid when it comes to finessing these cacs out here. God forbid you have a "ghetto" name and average exp. You nigs need to step your gift of gab up and be lying your ass off.

Straight up, you're a dumbass if you don't lie on your resume. Everybody lies, the problem is everyone can't back it up, sell themselves or give "validity" to their lies with stories in interviews. Obviously, you don't lie about shyt like knowing complex software, operating special equipment, or things that you really need a college education or intense study to know. You also don't lie about having a degree.

Instead, you be vague about your "flaws." For example. if you attended college but didn't graduate, lead with your embellished experience, put your college and your major on your res, but you don't list dates (so they cant guess how old you are or how much work youve completed) Nah, you let them ASSUME shyt. Last two gigs I had, they assumed that I had my degree, but I never said I did. When I got the interview, it was a wrap for the other candidates cuz my ability to sell my skills made them forget all about college. I anticipated all of their questions. That's what you want, to put shyt on paper to get you in the door so you can spit that hot fire and disarm cac.

Also, assuming you're paying attention at work and not just on the coli all day, you interact with multiple "superiors" on a daily basis. All you do to take your res to another level is take their responsibilities and put that shyt on your resume with a slightly tweaked title. Don't know how to describe your responsibilities in a powerful way? Go on linkedin and jack some cac's resume from a different state. Paraphrase. Practice telling stories about how you did the shyt. Boom.

You lie about shyt that you can easily figure out once you're exposed to it or is just common sense. shyt like jobs that don't really require a degree to know how to do. You wouldn't lie your way into an accounting role for ex, but you would for typical office work. Look around corporate america offices. All of the managers, project managers, analysts, coordinators, etc. These are some dumb ass cacs, with degrees in shyt like art history. Anybody can do that shyt. Lie. If you've been unemployed for months, guess what? You're still working at your current job, "looking for a new experience." Play the game, dont play yourself.

The biggest thing I discovered about applying for gigs is that these descriptions be BS and full of lies. You got cacs in roles "requiring 7 years manager of exp" and "expert microsoft excel skills" who worked at subway the month before, no lie. Your ever look at someone's resume on linked in and saw that they had some bs retail role and the next job was a manager at a respectable company? They faked it till they made it.

If you're unemployed and/or your unemployment payments are coming to an end, turn the shyt of to 11. what do you have to lose? Get your friends to act as managers if they ask for references/#s for employment verificiation.

this post was truth and had me laughing.

I wish more people would work on the art of selling themselves. I literally fear no interview. shyt is a performance. I'm about to start shooting for jobs that I've been telling myself I'm not "ready" for. I know I can do them so I might as well push for it.

The funny thing is cacs will promote a 30 year old cac to a director role but then tell everyone else you gotta put in work for 10 years to get it.

 

[KingTut]

Would've never got my first help desk job if I didn't lie about having my own business. Had my boy as one of my references and they called him to confirm that we were business partners and lucky for me he wrote down everything I told him to say.

That was the only time I ever put a false job on my resume but I embellish achievements, responsibilities, and skills all the time. Especially with job postings that ask for ridiculous qualifications. The job I'm at now had a qualification of 6 years minimum experience with a program but it was only released in 2016. Got the job and I don't even use that stupid ass program, haven't seen it on any computer since I've been here.

The way I see it is if employers want to have ridiculous qualifications (especially for entry level positions) I'll fake it till I make it because you can learn almost anything pretty quickly nowadays and 50% of the stuff they list you will never even touch.

 

[desjardins]

I lie in the sense that I include every major fancy sounding project I ever was a part of
and in the interview I talk as if i was the main person on the project or something
There is virtually no way for a job to verify that though

 

[MMA]

only lie I made when I was working for someone else on my resume. Whatever I learned during my off-time at work, I put down I did/used at work

 

[jeff8]

If the job that I am applying for has a strict 3.0 gpa requirement and my actual gpa is 2.95, should I just round up my gpa to a 3.0 on my resume? Could I actually get away with this?

 

[Rawtid]

If the job that I am applying for has a strict 3.0 gpa requirement and my actual gpa is 2.95, should I just round up my gpa to a 3.0 on my resume? Could I actually get away with this?

I'd round it up on the application. Verification wise, some jobs may ask just for a copy of your degree, others want transcripts. If they want transcripts is the only time you may have to explain yourself.

 

[Yapdatfool]

Lie by omission is my biggest lie. Landed me quite a few gigs including the one I'm at now...

 

[Slic Ric]

I've not gotten as much as a 2nd interview in a year in my field, I'm assuming my resume is shyt

 

[Controversy]

I've not gotten as much as a 2nd interview in a year in my field, I'm assuming my resume is shyt

I'm a Director, send it to me & I will revamp it for a small fee