Have you ever lied on, or otherwise embroidered your CV by a touch of exaggeration?

Excuse spelling and typos in title. i thought I had proof read it.

No, I would have been the same - too concerned that it would be found out and backfire on me.

No, never have and never would.
'Be sure, your sins will find you out' springs to mind and for some people in high places, exactly that!

No never, I would have enough to worry about at an interview apart from if I’d told a lie or not.
In any jobs that I’ve applied for, at interview level the CVs were throughly vetted, especially as they involved being eligible for an enhanced DBS certification.
I have however interviewed several people who elaborated their experiences.

If you were writing your own web page or your LinkedIn profile, rather than a CV attached to a job application, might that make a difference?

No I don’t lie about anything because I believe that lies always surface eventually. I am very direct and have often found it’s not popular to be so but it’s just the way I am.

No, never. It’s a small world and any ‘inaccuracies’ are easily discovered.

A tricky question. I have never claimed to have qualifications or experience I don't have.

I suppose I lied by omission about the job I had that I only stuck for one week. Does that count?

I don't think I have hobbies on mine. I could hardly put I like going to nice hotels and eating good food and drinking copious amounts of wine from time to time

I most probably do the opposite Monica. I have lots of lived experience (you all hate that phrase don't you? ) as a carer for someone with an illness and disability (severe) that I could most probably take forward into a career but I have no qualifications in it. I suppose there must be plenty of other examples too

I've never had a job apart from sahm. I assume people tell the truth on their cv - because why lie, why risk being found out, and as others have said "it's a small world" getting smaller daily.

Interesting question considering current news.

Indigo8

A tricky question. I have never claimed to have qualifications or experience I don't have.

I suppose I lied by omission about the job I had that I only stuck for one week. Does that count?

Me too!

No, doesn’t count

No, never. I’m not that dishonest. I know that things like that have a way of surfacing apart from anything else. Same way that if you say bad things about people behind their back it comes back to bite you! If you are in politics those rules clearly don’t apply,unfortunately.

JaneJudge

I don't think I have hobbies on mine. I could hardly put I like going to nice hotels and eating good food and drinking copious amounts of wine from time to time

I most probably do the opposite Monica. I have lots of lived experience (you all hate that phrase don't you? ) as a carer for someone with an illness and disability (severe) that I could most probably take forward into a career but I have no qualifications in it. I suppose there must be plenty of other examples too

I've many experiences that could be used on a CV. I must be a professional cook, cleaner, dog walker, skier, receipt keeper by now. Maybe not CV worthy!

No, never needed to as always more than capable for the job description.

I see Reynolds is blaming the error on his ‘team’, as did Reeves, but neither of them can blame anyone else for the words which came out of their mouths - in Reynolds’s case, in the HoC. Jenrick is, rightly, pointing out that it is a criminal offence to claim to be a solicitor if you’re not.

Short answer No but we were encouraged when we were fighting for our own NHS jobs in yet another reorganisation to 'blow your own trumpet'. So I suppose exaggeration is the name of that game.

No. I'm a bad liar who blushes too easily and would have been caught out.

A personnel manager once told me she'd seen an application form where, in the box marked "Sex", the applicant had written "Once", crossed it out and put "Twice". (I suspect the manager was fibbing!)

No, me neither.
But I became aware in my latter years in education of the “confidence” of youth, often misplaced it would turn out, oh how they knew how to “talk the talk” and I did not enjoy seeing people taken in by what seemed to me exaggerated claims, made presumably on the assumption that by the time anybody found out, it would be too late/difficult to sack them.
Because references had to be shared with those applying fir a job, they were invariably bland and non- contentious.
One of my D’s was a director in a large financial recruitment firm and she said they did not take a lot of notice of written CVs any more, preferring LinkedIn (oops!) but most of all personal recommendation, often a phone call or private email which shed light on what might lie between the lines of a reference.

No. Applying for a first teaching post, we were encouraged to put things about our teaching practice because that was all we had to offer in terms of work experience.
Since at least one reference came from the head of your final practice school, exaggeration wouldn’t help.

I think LinkedIn is the key to understanding this really. If you read a few profiles you get the gist of how it is done now. I don't think our experience in pre LinkedIn days is relevant.

Indigo8

A tricky question. I have never claimed to have qualifications or experience I don't have.

I suppose I lied by omission about the job I had that I only stuck for one week. Does that count?

If you apply for a position in the financial services you have to account for every week - to check you have not been in prison

JaneJudge

I don't think I have hobbies on mine. I could hardly put I like going to nice hotels and eating good food and drinking copious amounts of wine from time to time

I most probably do the opposite Monica. I have lots of lived experience (you all hate that phrase don't you? ) as a carer for someone with an illness and disability (severe) that I could most probably take forward into a career but I have no qualifications in it. I suppose there must be plenty of other examples too

It was a questionnaire for undergraduates doing a sandwich course with a year in industry, so often outside interests or experiences can give a wider picture of someone whose work experience will be zero, or close to.

It did not stop this young woman getting the job. She was the best candidate - and she learnt something from it.

LinkedIn isn't just a cv. It's an opener to much more.
For example, DS1 often gets given a posh hotel suite at £500+ a night thanks to his (truthful) LinkedIn entry, when staying on business.

I never lie. Only last month or so on GN, a sarcastic poster feigned doubt by asking me," Have you actually been a teacher?", when discussing sanctions in school. I thought that was somewhat ironic, and rude! Or have we got to a point where everyone talking about their jobs is under suspicion?

No,I'm a rubbish liar.
I was once interviewed by a panel, including an appointee from the local authority.
Over lunch ( never a relaxing meal on interview day), this person quizzed me about my time at university. Apparently, his sister was in my year and in my classes.
She, it seems, remembered me quite warmly, and was happy to confirm my attendance.
Thank goodness- I didn't recall her at all.