Reply #245: Depends upon the lie. [View All]

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At one time in my life, I had been through a series of jobs in only a few years. That makes a person look unstable and employers are hesitant to hire such a person for a good job. They don't want to hear the reason why you did some job hopping for a few years. So back then I filled in "self-employed" for those years.

Doing that now would likely get a person caught, as many employers will do a credit check which will list the jobs you had.

I hate "Have you ever... type questions. Ever is a long time. They don't need to know that I had a dispute with a boss 25 years ago and got fired.

On the other hand, if I claimed that I oould operate a fork lift and had a safety certification to do so, then that would be a signifigant lie. However, most employers have their own tesst that they administer to verify important stuff that is job related. In the fork lift example, the employer could ask to see the certification card and then ask the applicant to demonstrate his/her skill with a fork lift.