Sending in fake resumes?
Was chatting with a friend about this today and wanted to get your thoughts.
Lets say you want to land a certain role 1 or 2 years down the line. You're getting mixed signals from your research and not sure what route to take today to best position yourself for that role in the future.
You want to invest in the option that will make you most competitive. So to test which of these options will really give you the most bang for your buck, you send in a couple of fake resumes to the positions available today and see which ones get the most invitations to interviews.
For example, you are deciding between three completely different job offers (and conveniently have months to decide). You want to know which one will give you the best exit opp. So on the first resume you list the first job in your experiences. In the second resume you list the second job etc. You send them all in to the same opening and repeat this at all the openings you can find.
You then decide which offer to accept based on which resume was most successful.
What are you thoughts on this?
Needless to say, the ethics of this are... questionable - and that's a charitable description.
It's also kind of amusing, observing the lengths to which some people are willing to go to boost their careers.
Stop wasting people's time you dumbfuck.
Someone MS'd this so I gave you a SB. Very valid point.
Thanks. Returned one since the same douchebag likes to play with monkey shit.
This is stupid on so many levels.
-> Wasting time (yours and the resume readers) -> You'd have to make up other sections (education, other experience, xc's, etc) to a.) not be tracked if/when they figure you out, and b.) to have an actual placebo -> Fucking other people out of the legitimate interview process -> You are taking one job for the sole purpose of getting an interview at the second job? What is wrong with you?
You'd have to make up other sections- Again, I could make 3 fake resumes and submit in under 30 minutes.
Fucking other people out of the legitimate interview process- How? It's not like he is actually accepting the interview or offers, does not affect other candidates.
You are taking one job for the sole purpose of getting an interview at the second job? What is wrong with you?- Yes, I guess OP is the crazy one. But the countless posts on here about exit ops that comprise 90% of the content of this site where college kids give advice and fantasize to each other about a BX M&A internship is completely fine.
This is an interesting way to waste time, most people opt for watching porn.
Very creative and equally ridiculous.
This is a very stupid approach. I could suggest a much better way but I do not want to help you because something does not seem right with your head
Just do it and post the results here.
I agree that you shouldn't do this, but I don't necessarily agree with some of the rationale.
That being said, I wouldn't do ti because the lying on a resume part is too unethical for me. I don't even round up my GPA on my resume. I felt kind of pissed to think other people take advantage of this trick but I'm glad to see most people haven't been doing this.
Despite reading the posts here, I'm failing to see the ethical problem with this. Is utilizing a "secret shopper" an unethical method of collecting data on performance? Guess Marriott and Hilton are unethical companies.
For each job posting, there are usually dozens to hundreds of resumes. Resumes are screened in literally seconds. If you're contacted for an interview then don't accept/reply and simply make note of the response. Time "wasted" of the resume reviewer is about 2 minutes if you're actually contacted.
As far as lying on a resume? LOL. Probably the dumbest comment I've read in a while, Mat-Reis. You're not "lying"--you're testing responses. You'd be lying on your resume if you accepted the job interview and/or the job position under false pretenses.
I actually did this when I was in college a year before on-campus recruiting started. It worked and it let me understand where I stood and where I would stand when the time came.
I'd welcome a rational explanation as to why this would be unethical.
It's not. OP is wasting people's time and crying for attention.
I just have my own clear ethical boundaries, it doesn't make me stupid man. If I get less opportunities because of these boundaries than so be it, I accept that. I totally see the big upside and limited risk to this, and call me crazy but its just not my cup of tea lol
I actually wonder if a lot of people do this, obviously few would want to admit it. Out of the people who don't reply to interview invitation emails, a good number of them could be due to fakes
You have a REALLY bad case of oneitis. Stop.
What "ethical standards" of yours are being violated? You're not lying or cheating to get a job. You're conducting research. You're lying on a resume if you fudge information to OBTAIN interviews and job offers, not to see what areas of study make the most sense for future employment opportunities.
I wish i could shove my dick so far up your dick that it creates a gaping vagina, because that's who you are.
This has to be one of the best one liners I have ever seen on this site. Will def recycle.
OP has a tiny dick. And he needs to get laid.
Don't hate on ethics. We both know they'l love your lucky charms in prison.
Ewww omg stop. Please. You're a HUGE creep. You sound really stupid with your new found set of ethics and that "hard-working holier-than-thou" outlook on life too. I'm not flattered. I'm really fucking annoyed and tired of it.
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