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From: techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Keith Mahoney
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 3:11 PM
To: techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Subject: Re: What would you do?
Interesting topic.
Aside from the moral dilemma - any good interviewer is going to ask you Qs related to what you put. Unless you can back it up, I'd skip. Add to this that the recruiting agency makes bank from you landing the gig - even if you do not work out they still get $$.
PS - I had the same experience with desperate recruiting agencies. Things like wanting me to work for $20-25 an hour while they charged the client $75-100. PFFF, no thanks!
KAM
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Julie Stickler <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> You're not just doing the company a disservice by lying on a resume,
> you're getting yourself in over your head. I've had a couple of
> experiences with co-workers who I'm pretty sure exaggerated their
> qualifications slightly, and it was difficult watching them struggle
> with things they should have known how to do.
>
> +1 for all the suggestions to drop the recruiter like a hot potato.
> +If
> they're pushing their clients to lie to get positions, you have to
> wonder what other ethics violations you might encounter if you
> continue working with them.
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Keith Hood <bus -dot- write -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > I have been corresponding with a recruiting firm about a possible
> > job as
> a
> > SharePoint administrator, and they asked me to change my resume. The
> > job description includes some things that I have never worked with,
> > such as Infopath. The recruiter asked me to edit my resume to show
> > experience
> with
> > about half a dozen things I've never done, to match things in the
> > description, and email him that new version.
> >
> > I won't say what I've done or not done - I'm interested in your
> > thoughts about it.
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