Lie Or Not To Lie, That is the Question
I found a story about a person whose employment was terminated. Take a moment and read her story:
I worked at a good job for 6 years but quit to work for a competitor. 1 year later, I was fired for unsatisfactory work performance. I emailed my employer that if he was unable to give a good reference, would he at least not give me a bad one. He replied that he would tell anyone that called the reasons why I was terminated. I checked this out and unfortunately it is legal for him to do this, as long as he refrains from personal character references or opinions, etc. I can’t help but think that several job interviews and job offers were lost because of my past termination and his references. It seems like my only options are to:
(A) take a job, maybe temporarily, that I don’t like and stick with it to build a good reference.
(B) Lie (which I’m against) about my experience and erase that job off my resume and replace it with self employment.
(C) Keep plugging away at the job search and hope that someday I’ll finally get an employer that doesn’t check past references or doesn’t care.
Since I have a family to feed and need a job soon, I’m leaning towards lying. My rationale is that I’m not lying about more experience than I have, but to erase a year of bad experience. I may or may not have deserved to be fired but I don’t deserve to have my former employer keep me from getting another job.
What advice would you give this person? Here is your opportunity to give advice. What would you recommend for this person to do? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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You are cordially invited to join me on Saturday, July 21, 2007 @ 9:00 AM EST. I will be hosting my first Blog Talk Radio Show. If you need assistance with your next interview, if you have general questions about the hiring process, come join me. For my first Radio Show, I have invited one of my readers to join me this week. We will discuss this issue of lying vs. intergrity. Feel free to stop by and share your story live on Blog Talk Radio.
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