The real kicker is that you could be fired
at any time. HR departments in large companies routinely check filed resumes for inaccuracies or errors. How shitty would it be to working at a place 10 years and get fired for falsifying your resume?
It's all over the news - stuff like "California's first poet laureate resigns for
falsifying resume"
Further still, lies are always parasitic. When someone lies about something, you begin to question other things about them - were they lying when they said they filed that proposal? What else is a lie on their resume? Even if you stay employed, you've eroded YOUR ethics and THEIR trust. No good.
Honestly, I don't think it would be easy to lie about an entire degree -- but I could be mistaken, I've never tried. I can only hope that a diligent HR worker would find and purge the parasitic liars.
Simply:
You jeopardize your future when you lie about your past.
EDIT: Oh -- want to see something entirely fucked?
"The ultimate guide to helping you get a great high paying job you want by helping you lie on your great resume. Everyone else is doing it, shouldn't you?"
http://www.fakeresume.com/What_if_You_Get_Caught.html
Quote:
In these times of tight budgets, most employers are cutting back on background investigations. Many employers have replaced systematic background checks with spot-checks that only check a fraction of the information on your resume/employment application. And then they act so amazed when someone slips something past them.
Always remember how to smoothly back out should things go awry. Chances are that if a prospective employer smells a rat, he’ll simply stop calling. But if he should call and confront you with questions you’d rather not discuss, immediately inform him that you’d like to provide him with an answer but unfortunately you’ve just accepted a position with another company. Just back out as gracefully as possible. There are too many less careful firms out there to have to deal with difficult questions.
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