新概念雙語：職場英語：為什么說簡歷造假是餿主意？

What should you do when you find a job announcement that looks almost perfect for you? Almost. You have all the required skills except one. Should you move on or should you apply anyway? If you do decide to go for it, should you ignore the fact that you are missing that skill? Should you lie and say you have it? Choose one of the first two options because lying on your resume is never a good idea. Here are four reasons you should never lie, exaggerate or say anything that isn't true on your resume.

當(dāng)你發(fā)現(xiàn)自己幾乎完全符合一份招聘公告的要求時，你會怎么做?是的，幾乎符合。你具備上面所有的技能要求，就只差一個而已。你該繼續(xù)找別的工作還是執(zhí)意申請?如果你決定申請這份工作，你該忽視自己欠缺一個技能這個事實嗎?你該說謊，假裝自己具備這一技能嗎?在前兩個里做選擇吧，因為簡歷造假從來都不是一個好主意。以下有四大理由，表明你在簡歷上不應(yīng)該說謊欺騙、夸大其詞或虛構(gòu)假象。

1. One Lie Will Lead to More

1.一個謊言會引發(fā)更多的謊言

Let's say you ignore this advice and go ahead and include on your resume this skill you don't have. You've reasoned that it's just one thing, and it may not even be that important to the employer. Then your resume gets through the initial screening, and you get called in for a job interview, and—surprise—the interviewer asks you about that one skill. The one that you didn't think would be that important. So, you find yourself in a quandary.

假設(shè)你不聽勸告，執(zhí)意申請這份工作，還在簡歷上填寫了并不具備的技能。你想當(dāng)然地認為，只是一項技能而已，對招聘者來說也許無關(guān)緊要。之后簡歷通過了初選，你收到通知去面試，而出乎意料的是，面試官正好就你欠缺的這項技能提問。你沒有想到它那么重要。所以那時，你進退兩難。

You can't very well say, "Oops. My bad. About that skill you said you require? I lied on my resume and I don't really have it." So you don't say anything, which in effect is another lie, but on the interview this time. How far will this go? What happens if you get the job and you have to continue to pretend to have this skill even though you don't? Not only did you lie to a potential boss, but you have also now lied to your current one.

你不能理直氣壯地說：“哦，我不擅長這個。你們需要這項技能嗎?我在簡歷上說謊了，其實我并不具備”。所以索性你什么也不說，而這本身又是一種欺騙，而且也只能應(yīng)付這次面試而已。謊言能夠持續(xù)多久呢?當(dāng)你得到這份工作，你不得不繼續(xù)假裝具備這項你根本沒有的技能，那時又會出現(xiàn)什么情況呢?之前面試時你對招聘者說了謊，現(xiàn)在你也欺騙了上司。

2.You Will Always Worry About Getting Caught

2.你會一直因擔(dān)心謊言揭穿而惴惴不安

Once you tell a lie, there is always a risk that someone will discover the truth. Ask yourself if you are willing to live continually in fear of that happening. Will it be during the job interview? You may not be able to answer questions about the skill in question. Will your references rat you out when the prospective employer contacts them? You cannot and should not ask them to lie for you. If you make it through the application process, will you be unable to perform your job because you don't have all the skills necessary? Is that when everyone will know you lied. Regardless of how or when you get caught, it will be embarrassing. Imagine your boss calling you into his office, looking you in the eye and saying, in a grave voice, "I know." Wouldn't you want to be swallowed up by a big hole in the floor?

一旦說謊，就會有被人揭穿的風(fēng)險。捫心自問，你是否愿意一直生活在那種擔(dān)心謊言被揭穿的恐懼中。面試時會被揭穿嗎?你可能回答不出有關(guān)那個技能的問題。若招聘者聯(lián)系你的介紹人，他們會揭穿你嗎?你不能、也不應(yīng)該要求介紹人幫你圓謊。如果你順利通過面試，而你并不具備所有必需的技能，你還能勝任工作嗎?那時所有人都會知道你說了謊。不管謊言是怎么被揭穿、何時被揭穿的，你都會很尷尬。想象一下，老板叫你去他辦公室，他看著你的眼睛，嚴肅地說道：“我都知道了”。在那種情況下，你難道不想在地上找個大洞鉆進去嗎?

3.You Will Probably Lose Your Job

3.你可能會丟掉工作

After your boss finds out you lied on your resume and then continued to lie through the weeks, months or even years of your tenure there, chances are quite good he will fire you. It may not matter if you otherwise did an excellent job. He will have lost trust in you. Even if you had a wonderful working relationship before, this probably destroyed it. Now you will not only have to begin your job search all over again, but you will also have to explain to prospective employers why your boss fired you. You can always omit the job from your resume, but if you were there for a while, you will have to explain the gap in your employment. There's a financial impact to consider too. You may not be able to collect unemployment insurance since you were fired for violating your employers' rules.

老板發(fā)現(xiàn)你簡歷造假，并且你任職以來的幾周、幾個月甚至幾年中，你都在說謊，那么他很可能會解雇你。即使你上工作上表現(xiàn)突出，也無濟于事，因為老板已經(jīng)對你失去了信任。就算你與老板一直保持很好的工作關(guān)系，說謊也會讓你前功盡棄。到時候，你不僅要重新開始找工作，還要向未來的老板解釋你前任老板為什么會解雇你。你簡歷上可以不提及這份工作，但只要你在那工作過，你就必須解釋這段工作間隙期。還有一個金融上的因素需要考慮。如果你因違背老板的規(guī)定而被解雇，你可能拿不到失業(yè)保險。

4. It Will Damage Your Reputation

4.說謊會損害你的聲譽

You will not only have to deal with the financial ramifications of being unemployed and the process of looking for a new job, you will have to worry about how much your deception harmed your professional reputation. Could it affect your ability to get hired? It will depend on whether you plan to stay in the same industry? If you work in one where everyone knows everyone (and that is the case in many industries), you could face some rough times ahead. Your bad reputation may follow you around for a while.

你不僅要處理失業(yè)帶來的金融后果，重新去找一份新工作，還要擔(dān)心說謊對你職業(yè)聲譽所造成的損害。它會影響你找工作嗎?這取決于你是否打算留在同一行業(yè)。如果你在一個彼此都熟悉的圈子里工作(許多行業(yè)都是這種情況)，那么今后你可能會舉步維艱。在一段時間內(nèi)，你的壞名聲可能會形影不離地跟著你。