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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Recently I have noticed that a few of my peeps from old times have

ENTIRELY FICTIONAL

linkedin.com histories

holy shit ENTIRELY just MADE THE FUCK UP history, but looking all respectable and really important and shit

And I think, is this is the next thing? well of course this is the fucking next big thing: entirely fictional, yet *perfect* social media backgrounds to present to potential employers.

OF COURSE.

Most depressing post I've read in a looonnng time.

Originally Posted by sexobon

Playing this game isn't necessary in all career fields; however, in some it's become de rigueur. Some employers are looking for candidates who if they aren't cheating, they aren't trying. The culture, it is a-changing.

Until I read this part. Even more depressing.

Originally Posted by sexobon

... and vice versa. Job seekers can research prospective employers including social media comments, reviews, and watching their job offerings history for high employee turnover rates indicative of internal problems. But, when was the last time an employer said to a candidate about a job description: "We'll be saddling you with undependable subordinates who were hired for cheap, ghosting peers for whom you'll have to take up the slack, and jackass superiors who got their promotions brownnosing the owners/CEO. Additional duties include being scapegoat for resulting customer dissatisfaction." Job seekers are just doing the same propaganda job on employers that employers have been doing during job interviews forever. Turnabout is fair play.

This part I've learned on my own. True, quite true.

Originally Posted by sexobon

The savvy job seeker gets an interview that way; but, hands the employer an "updated" resume with no fabrications. That way the candidate doesn't provide the employer with grounds for later being fired for misrepresentation on their application. Any misrepresentations the employer makes will be verbal during the job interview. The employer can create plausible deniability by denying having made any representation; or, claiming there was a misunderstanding and the applicant had the opportunity to ask for clarification.

This though seems a promising strategy. I don't know how I'd begin to fabricate a tasty looking fake worm for my interview hook though. Just copy their job requirements (which very often seem impossibly comprehensive) and restate them in the past tense on my presume?