How To Look Good On Paper; The Resume-Part 4
Never ever put something untrue on your resume. Don’t exaggerate your skills either. If you can barely speak French, don’t write that you speak it fluently. It may impress the employer at first, but it’s bound to get you into trouble sooner or later.
This reminds me of a story that one of my clients told me about a man who applied for a job as a machinist. On his resume he stated that he was proficient in using a specialized machine. Well, this did get him the interview and the job, but when it came time to use the machine he was incompetent. We all know how that story ended… and it wasn’t with a specialized training course!
The Rule???: Never Fabricate. The truth has a habit of revealing itself at the most inconvenient times. It took less than a minute for my friend Marvin to be found out! Excerpt from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To… My Career! Rule #3.
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