>22 >No job experience >Father owns his own business

>>17811406
If you only had one prior job on your CV, they'll check with that one job, i.e. call your father.

>>17811406
Why would you do that? What would you think about someone you caught lying about previous work experience if you were a HR guy?

>>17811406
Why don't you work on your father's business?

i was 23 before i got my first job. full time. the only "job experience" i had before that was a few months of part time work for my mum's business.

you have no reason to mention who you worked for unless they ask. i just put it down as having worked for that company for those few months. i never mentioned my mum owned the company - nobody asked. i just said i worked for a travel agency.

but if you haven't even worked for your dad a little bit, you can lie if your dad is willing to cover for you. if you say you worked there, and the owner of the company says you worked there, as far as an interviewer is concerned, you worked there.

it has to be convincing though, in that you need to work out the details. what you did there, from what date to what date, full time or part time, etc.

>>17811417
oh, and nobody checked to verify if i actually worked there. there were no contact details on my resume for the company (afaik, that isn't a requirement unless you're putting down someone in the company as a reference).

but that might have been because that was in a different country to where i was looking for a job.

my mum would have covered for me anyway, and pretended not to be my mum. she is divorced and uses her maiden name.

>>17811417
Thanks. Any legal ramifications of having him lie for me?

>>17811406
If you can make sure you won't be founded out, I advise anyone to lie about their cv about missing years etc. Be careful though

>>17811438
Not for him. Only you can lose the job if founded out

>>17811438
i highly doubt it. but i am no expert.