""Brian Whalen"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > If I put in the effort to pass the written, I'd have no problem telling > people that in an interview. From the employer's perspective, if a > candidate says I'm a CCIE, its up to the employer to ask him/her to prove > it.
Well, to me, it's all a matter of misrepresentation and fraud. Saying that you passed the written is one thing. There's nothing wrong with that. But listing such an accomplishment as a cert is something else. The fact is, the written is not a cert, and people who try to claim that it is are entering into a hazy ethical area. And, I'm sorry, but I must say that I do not agree with your last sentence. I don't want to start a flame war, and yes, I concur that employers should most definitely check out their candidates. But if I read you correctly, you are implying that if a candidate claims to be a CCIE (but is actually not), then it is completely the employer's responsibilities to check that claim out, and the candidate has no culpability in the matter. Now, I'm not sure that's what you meant, but if it is, then why stop there? To continue that logic, then it should be perfectly acceptable for candidates to lie about their college degrees and their work experience too. Why not? In fact, why doesn't every job candidate just hand in a resume of complete fiction? Now you might respond that any employer that just accepts the claims of a candidate without checking them out is basically asking to be screwed over. Yes, of course that is true. But on the other hand, to only blame the employer is really a case of blaming the victim. Yes, that employer is stupid. But that's not to say that the lying candidate bears no responsibility in the matter. So the way I see it is, it all becomes a slippery slope - a question of 'where do you draw the line?'. If you choose to misrepresent yourself in one part of your resume to get a job, then why not misrepresent yourself in every area? To me, it's pretty black-and-white. Either your resume is the truth, or it isn't. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=23736&t=23680 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
