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Dangerous games candidates play when applying for work

5 Aug 2009

Some candidates are sometimes ‘economical with the truth' when applying for a position. Apart from the fact that you will probably lose your job if you are found out, there could be more serious consequences.

Don't lie. Don't even think of lying and don't bend the truth in any way, even if you think it's something small. If you say you're bilingual, the interviewer starts speaking to you in Afrikaans and you can't reply in Afrikaans, they will know you have lied and it will count against you.
If you tell a company you are literate in a particular PC package, you get the job based on the literacy level and they then find out you can't do the job, it is likely you'll be fired. Note that companies have started taking criminal action against individuals who lie on their CVs.
Don't falsify any documentation and/or testimonials of any kind.
Don't lie about dates - rather tell them you were unemployed during certain periods.
Don't say you where retrenched from a company if you can't produce retrenchment documentation. The same applies for saying that a company was being liquidated.
Don't say you resigned from a company if you were fired.
In recent years corporate companies and agents worldwide have become more aware of fraudulent applications. They will do all the verification checks on a candidate they possibly can before making an appointment.
If you lie on your CV, it is fraud and you could get into serious trouble. Know that the truth has a unique way of coming out. In many cases it comes out much later in people's lives - at times when they least expected it and could least afford the embarrassment.
Article courtesy of Unidas

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