Dear freshers, the current situation is tough. Jobs are scarce.
Skills are lacking. Most of our population is young and looking for jobs, the competition is brutal and colleges are not able to meet expectations. People tend to buckle under the economic and social pressure and this leads the young job seekers (freshers) to take steps they don’t know they might regret in the future. They lie on their resume!
I know it may be your dream job or your family’s income may be at stake. I know it could be a do or die situation for you and you can do anything to get that one job, but trust me lying on your resume can do more harm than good.
One of the most common things which the freshers lie about on their resume about is the gap year they take. The reason for the gap could be that you flunked a subject, were too lazy to look for employment, absconded your past employer, couldn’t decide your career or simply couldn’t crack an interview. For years, students have been relying on simply covering up the gap by providing a fake experience certificate.
But, as it is gets easier to obtain a fake certificate by shelving out some money, it is also getting easier for employers to weed out fake ones. Imagine, you are almost 11 months into your job, enjoying the perks, being the employee of the month and suddenly you receive a call from HR that they found a discrepancy in your background check. No one likes a dishonest employee. As cliche as it might sound, honesty is still the best policy. Employers don’t give a second chance when it comes to cheating because it is directly connected with your character.
While employers are ready to teach you skills and even pay you for learning it, your character is something which they expect you to develop on your own and display it through your actions and behaviour.
Before you know it, you will be asked to leave the company, probably even without an experience letter, a bad rep and an additional gap year to justify to your next potential employer. Even if you get a job somewhere else and your employer checks with your past employer, all you can do is pray that they won’t spill the beans.
Fear it just like the way you feared getting a red signature on your leaving certificate in school which made sure you wouldn’t get admission anywhere. I have seen this happening to someone who is close to me and trust me, it’s bad. The worst. Do not lie on your resume.
So what you can do to avoid this situation? Start early. Look for jobs at least a year before graduation. Look for internships. Don’t just wait for the job to come to you. If you joined coaching classes, don’t just depend on that. Your coaching won’t justify the gap. How can you expect it to suffice, when even your degree was not sufficient?
Do a side hustle. A part-time job. Freelance. Learn a skill apart from your professional plans. Do some community service. Doing this can help you justify the gap. Do something that is accountable. Something that can add to your experience. Something that gives a result. Something relevant.
Reading 100 books but not using it anywhere won’t help. Attending coaching but not having hands-on experience won’t help. Work for free if you need to. Just don’t sit idle. Don’t unnecessarily brag either.
People sitting on the other side of the table have 100x more experience than you. They are trained to spot a lie and if they do, you will find yourself on the street back to square one searching for jobs.
This is exactly why lying on your resume is worse than not getting a job! Hope this helps. Peace, and more power to you.
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