In a message dated 12/10/2006 11:49:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Lie. Steven, With all due respect. I know you are trying to be helpful, but your advice is terribly wrong. If you think they are goig to check, they peobably won't. They hardly ever check college degrees, The reason companies ask for references is because they check them. Not only to verify dates of employment (and educational background) but also to see if the candidate is technically qualified, if he was productive, got along well with others, etc. besides list a friend who is a bussiness owner, a corp. name does not indicate the type of bussiness it is involved in. They check the line of business as well to determine if it is pertinent to their business. Give them what they want on paper and have your friend back you up should they call him. I'm sure a friend will back you up on it. One of my Corp.s' name is Blue key........what does it do?...............Dairy Queen Franchise! It could be a Business that does the type of production that they are looking for. If they were to call me I would back up what you gave me on paper, done deal. They sure as hell aren't going to check and see what kind of Bussiness the corp. is in engaged in. Remember, give them what they want. The worst that could ever happen is they fire you years down the road if they ever found out. And you would carry the stigma of having lied to an employer, and risk your most important attribute, your good name! After you have a job that you would never have anyway. Take the key from the politicians they lie about their qualifications all the time. That's a good example of how NOT to be. Your job history will follow you wherever you go. Even politicians are found out when they lie about college education or war here status. They are finished with politics and with their friends and family as well. Create what ever it is they want, they will not go far to verify it, besides there's no one they could tell so it would never affect you in the future, it's not like a credit check history! Tell them the truth. If they hire you on that basis and it doesn't work out you've lost nothing. If you lie, you may forget what you've told them and end up living that lie. One more piece of advice, if you lie to someone you care about, you've lost that relationship. If you lie to someone you don't care about, you're a dummy! If you don't care about them, why bother? BTW, I've been in the employment business twenty five years. Bruce 72 Cutlass Conv. 56 Mercedes 190SL Conv.
