If you think as an employer weeding out employment candidates according to their resumes, then take note of the different services out there that will make up a job history for their clients. Yes, that’s right, that former greeter at the Big Box store could be morphed into an IT specialist or a marketing specialist. Just a little tweak here and there, and presto that formerly miserable resume transits into one worthy of any viable job applicant.
Is it legal. Well, probably. The one issue that may not be so legal is the degree provided form one of the many diploma mills. According to a fascinating article about all this on Monster’s Admin Secret, job histories are as easy to come by as a new pair of designer jeans. All you have to do is buy one. The service that prepares the candidate’s new resume for employment screening purposes may also help you clear any background checks that would say otherwise to that sparkling new image. Hey in a lousy economy that hasn’t yet turned around, a totally revamped, lemon scented resume may be just the ticket to a whole new career.
Bear in mind, Employers won’t exactly smile on this process. Once the applicant is discovered to be cheating as the background checks do not match the candidate’s claims, it may be the end of the road for that job track. But, hey, for the candidate, if he goes down he goes down in flames and not like some squiggy ne’er do well forever constrained by one of many lowly service positions. If the candidate’s is turned down for the job, at least it was a job with some class, a nice salary, good bonuses. Oh, so maybe it is a job the candidate has no qualifications for, whatsoever; people stretch the truth everyday. In modern life it seems that people can make any bold and unsupported statement, remotely factual or not, and it busts out into the universe as the relative gospel. So why not make outrageous claims to job history, skill sets, and experience. If you can dream, then it could be reality in some parallel universe.
Okay, there may be a couple of speed bumps for job applicants who wish to fine a more gainful place in the job market without actually having to go back to school or undergo any retraining, whatsoever. And once the future employer conducts the necessary background checks for their pre-employment screening program, the ruse you pose may end up broken apart and in thousands of little pieces.
Seriously, to all candidates. If you are caught lying on your resume, most employers will not move forward and you will be out of contention for the position. So all that money spent to make up a job history, may well end up money wasted.
