I hate CV's

I hate CV's, I hate filling them in because if you tell the truth then doing the CV is pointless as I will never get a job being truthful, my work history is a shambles....people often tell you to exaggerrate or even lie to fill in gaps or make yourself sound better, not only that but many times you have to send it to someone you have never met, which is so impersonal because you are giving half your life story and contact details to a stranger. Also you are supposed to remember what you were doing 10 years ago... I am being pushed by the job people to write a CV and told them I don't do CV's but have been told I have to do one.

The worse part is the About Me bit where you are supposed to make out you are an all singing all dancing full of fun and life hardworking intelligent person with loads of hobbies.....the exact opposite of myself apart form the intelligence.

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  • I have never lied on a CV and I wouldn't.

    If you are intelligent, you can easily fill in the "about you" section with things like "studying/researching [insert interest]".  It might even be something very different to the average, boring CV entry and make you stand out.

    You just have to hone the craft of making what you really did achieve sound as impressive as possible.  Use clever language.  You don't need to lie.

    If you got a job based on lies, you may find yourself unable to fulfill the role because you never really had the skills or experience you made out you had and then where would you be?

    It would always be on your head that you were there because of lies too.

    If you are really stuck and have the cash, there are places that write your CV out for you for a fee.

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  • I have never lied on a CV and I wouldn't.

    If you are intelligent, you can easily fill in the "about you" section with things like "studying/researching [insert interest]".  It might even be something very different to the average, boring CV entry and make you stand out.

    You just have to hone the craft of making what you really did achieve sound as impressive as possible.  Use clever language.  You don't need to lie.

    If you got a job based on lies, you may find yourself unable to fulfill the role because you never really had the skills or experience you made out you had and then where would you be?

    It would always be on your head that you were there because of lies too.

    If you are really stuck and have the cash, there are places that write your CV out for you for a fee.

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