tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post114044862764244862..comments2024-02-19T08:12:53.815-05:00Comments on The Right Thing: SECRET IDENTITITESJeffrey L. Seglinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15648051034425906705noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-39163385860973269432007-05-02T23:34:00.000-04:002007-05-02T23:34:00.000-04:00I have to agree that if the job seeker is interest...I have to agree that if the job seeker is interested in the lower level job then leaving the advanced degree off the resume will increase the amount of interviews. I have had a similar experience with my law degree. Despite what I have been told about the law degree being a versatile degree for use in business and other areas, it made my non-legal job search virtually impossible. When it was on the application, I would rarely get any interviews. Even when I did get one, the interviewer always seemed concerned that I would leave them to practice law even though I have been licensed for 12 years and have never practiced. I am not sure why I went to law school and am thankful that I did not take out any student loans to do it either. The bottom line is that some things are impossible to explain away, and if the degree is not relevant, I would definitely leave it off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-1141015131100159262006-02-26T23:38:00.000-05:002006-02-26T23:38:00.000-05:00This case study is about lying about one's credent...This case study is about lying about one's credentials. However, regardless of the circumstances, lying is lying and difficult to rationalize in all but unusual circumstances.<BR/><BR/>The OED defines a "lie" as:<BR/>1. Make an intentionally false statement.<BR/>2. Present a false statement; convey a false impression; be deceptive.<BR/>3. Utter a falsehood; say or allege something falsely.<BR/><BR/>Clearly, lying is more than saying or writing something false (def'n 1). One would assume something as important as a PhD would be on a resume'. Therefore, omitting this important fact was clearly conveying a false impression, being deceptive, and alleging something falsely (by omission).<BR/><BR/>Are there cases where lying may be ethical? Perhaps when the truth may do more harm than good. For example, telling a person in hospital how bad he may really be when in fact telling a lie may improve his condition. That's a tough judgement call and treads on thin ice. <BR/><BR/>In the case of job searching involving resume's, interviews, references, etc. one is unethical when withholding any pertainent information that that the employer is legally entitled to know that may be reasonably expected to substantially impact the employer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-1140467220691771982006-02-20T15:27:00.000-05:002006-02-20T15:27:00.000-05:00When I was trying to leave one job in computer sup...When I was trying to leave one job in computer support and get a better one, I had the world's shortest career move. I left an architecture office and took a job at a law firm. I had that job for a whopping 11 days. (I stepped is a huge pile of office politics and got out - fast) I went back to my head hunter and he got me an interview and I took the job. The head hunter didn't tell the new employer about the law firm gig/mistake and I was stuck with his lie of ommission. I was never happy or comfortable about it, but coming clean at the interview probably would have cost me the job. Atfer working there and making a good friend of my boss, I told him the whole story. He agreed that would have made him cautious but willing to give me a chance, but it would have made his boss and HR's to veto me.yawningdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13483932231487327038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-1140455526389992082006-02-20T12:12:00.000-05:002006-02-20T12:12:00.000-05:00The real issue here is NOT that the analyst left h...The real issue here is NOT that the analyst left his PhD off his resume, it is that he accepted a job that he really wasn't interested in AND more importantly, he used company time to explore his new-business idea. When the Technology Bubble burst a few years ago and hundreds of firms closed, many Harvard MBA's found themselves out of work. Now they find that illustrious degree is actually working against them, intimidating prospective managers who would otherwise consider them for a lower-level position than they'd held in the past. So now some of them are leaving the degree off their resumes and getting more returned phone calls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com