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I have put 10 months of fake experience on my resume to increase my total experience to over 5 years. I have successfully cleared all the interviews and received the offer letter. However, I have now realized my mistake and feel remorseful about it. How can I request HR not to consider this false experience? Please advise me on how to address this situation as I do not want to lose this job offer and I also want to maintain honesty.
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From India, Bangalore
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I have put 10 months of fake experience on my resume to increase my total experience to over 5 years. I have successfully cleared all the interviews and received the offer letter. However, I have now realized my mistake and feel remorseful about it. How can I request HR not to consider this false experience? Please advise me on how to address this situation as I do not want to lose this job offer and I also want to maintain honesty.
Thanks and regards,
From India, Bangalore
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Hi,
It is too late in the day to turn honest in this particular case. But if you really want to break out of the cycle of fake experience, then go to the HR and admit the fact and hope that they do not react badly. But be prepared to lose this opportunity.
From India, Pune
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3180It is too late in the day to turn honest in this particular case. But if you really want to break out of the cycle of fake experience, then go to the HR and admit the fact and hope that they do not react badly. But be prepared to lose this opportunity.
From India, Pune
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Hi,
It's late, and I don't think it's necessary now to be true because once you join, no one cares about your resume and experience (except background verification not processed). Make sure that when you apply to a new place after this, at that time, you will be very honest.
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It's late, and I don't think it's necessary now to be true because once you join, no one cares about your resume and experience (except background verification not processed). Make sure that when you apply to a new place after this, at that time, you will be very honest.
From India, Mumbai
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Please follow Nathrao's advice if you want to sleep well and not worry about what could or would happen, as you do not want to feel that you lied. People who have no guilty feelings can sleep well even after committing a murder.
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Hi All, I have not yet joined that company. I just got the offer letter. I want to convince the HR without losing job. I have not resigned from current company. Thanks in advance...
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One has to face the consequences of falsehood today or tomorrow. Then reconsider whether you should join this new company. It will be very difficult to convince HR about accepting the fact that you showed fake experience. Even if they accept, this shadow will haunt your career in the new place. Any subsequent problem, even if totally unintended, will rattle the original skeleton in your cupboard. Think carefully and in totality before going ahead.
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We all make mistakes - none of us is perfect. However, the fact that you are now uncomfortable manifests your inherent goodness and the fact that you now seek atonement for your transgression. Do not fear! Say a prayer and go right across to the HR head and confess, without concern for the consequences. Only then would you be comfortable with yourself and become a better person. Best of luck!
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Inherent goodness..... :-) Sorry, but the questioner only asks atonement as he now has the offer letter in hand. If not, he surely would have continued with the same resume.
It is understood that sometimes you have to do such things due to desperation or limited choice, but then why this discomfort? You did what you did willingly. If you cannot take the 'responsibility of your decision', whether it be good or bad, then how do you expect to make decisions for the organization in your job going ahead?
As Nathrao mentioned in his very first response, it is too late to turn honest in this particular case... You can restore your self-respect, but be prepared to lose this opportunity.
Best Regards, Amod Bobade.
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It is understood that sometimes you have to do such things due to desperation or limited choice, but then why this discomfort? You did what you did willingly. If you cannot take the 'responsibility of your decision', whether it be good or bad, then how do you expect to make decisions for the organization in your job going ahead?
As Nathrao mentioned in his very first response, it is too late to turn honest in this particular case... You can restore your self-respect, but be prepared to lose this opportunity.
Best Regards, Amod Bobade.
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Thanks, all.
The reason I had to share this experience is that I had a 10-month gap between jobs. I was working with a firm but didn't take experience from there as I was receiving very little salary and was not able to support my family. Another company offered me a job and asked me to join soon. I was helpless and desperate for money, so I had to make this decision. To fill this gap, I took an experience letter from another company.
I have never lied in my life, but unwillingly, I got into this situation as every company was asking about this gap.
From India, Bangalore
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The reason I had to share this experience is that I had a 10-month gap between jobs. I was working with a firm but didn't take experience from there as I was receiving very little salary and was not able to support my family. Another company offered me a job and asked me to join soon. I was helpless and desperate for money, so I had to make this decision. To fill this gap, I took an experience letter from another company.
I have never lied in my life, but unwillingly, I got into this situation as every company was asking about this gap.
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Anyway, this matter has been discussed from many angles. Taking a lower salary at times is a necessity and need not be hidden. Just because you once accepted a lower salary does not mean that you have devalued yourself and have to be stuck at that CTC. These are all learning experiences in life, and one should move ahead.
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