CareerExcuse

BBB is interviewed for a story on CareerExcuse.com a Web site offering to help job-seekers by providing fake job references by KENS-5 San Antonio.

While the Better Business Bureau did not give us a ringing endorsement, they did not question the legality of our service.

According to BBB in their interview about CareerExcuse.com, their main argument is that misleading information on a employment application is grounds for dismissal.   Well, maybe the BBB would be surprised to learn that in a recent study by resume checker HireRight shows that:

“Eighty percent of all resumes are misleading, 20 percent state fraudulent”

Reported problems with resumes:

Misleading information 80 percent, fraudulent degrees 20 percent, Altered employment dates 30 percent, Inflated salary claims 40 percent, Inaccurate job descriptions 30 percent, Companies no longer exist 25 percent, Falsified references 27 percent.

Bottom Line:

It appears most new hires today are just as likely to be fired for “lying on their resume” as anybody else who uses a professional job reference service. The key is to exceed your new employer’s expectations with your job performance and become a valuable asset to the organization.  Failure to do such, or to perform poorly for your new employer will only invite them to look for excuses to fire you.

Be sure to check the laws in your state and local area.

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The Bad…
Feel Like Your The Only One With Bad References? If you have bad references from quitting your job or getting yourself fired, don’t worry, you are not alone.  20 million employees have either been fired, or quit a job under bad terms in the last 10 years according to a 2008 report from the U.S dept. of Labor.

Two years ago, being fired or quitting your job was no problem with the nation enjoying almost full employment.  But today, some states have a unemployment rate of 15% with very few new jobs being offered.  This results in extreme competition between many job applicants fighting for few and far between jobs.

For many with bad references, you have two choices.  First, you can list your bad references and when nobody responds to the 100s of resumes you sent out, or spend half a interview explaining a bad reference and then get the obligatory “we’ll call you”  at the end of the interview.

Blogger “I Love My Job” wrote a scathing blog about the job reference service careerexcuse.com provides to its customers.

She starts off by saying…

“I went to their website and was absolutely horrified at what I saw. They are serious. I don’t know when I have seen something as irresponsible and wrong.”

My God, you would think CareerExcuse.com was a online abortion clinic. Are we to somehow believe that modifying your resume to get a job is as “horrifying, irresponsible and wrong” as an abortion? Which the last time I checked, both was legal.

The blogger then goes on to say..

“In every company I know lying on your resume is IMMEDIATE grounds for dismissal.”

So is getting sick and missing work during your probationary period, not following company instructions, and a hundred different reasons.  Every new employee has at least a 90 day probation period where you can be fired for just about anything.

Finally, the blogger rages on how…

“Let’s look at this predatory business model: encourage people to lie on their resumes, which will get them dismissed without references… help them fake references to get the next job, which they are likely to get fired from for lying…”

Fact is.  We open doors for job seekers who sometimes just need a second chance.  Many people make mistakes in their life, especially when going through a difficult divorce, illness, or other unforeseen events in their life.

Today’s job market is cut throat, and if you are in your final weeks of collecting unemployment benefits and are not even close to landing a job, drastic measures must be taken or you and your family can be out on the streets.  And if that ever happens to a job seeker with poor job references, I’m sure the blogger who took the time to slam CareerExcuse.com will be first to open her wallet for you…NOT!

That is the most common question we receive when people inquire about outsourcing their job references with us.  When you subscribe to our service,  you are given a real company, with a real HR department that answer all inquiries and provide a positive reference.

For example, lets say you are applying for route driver position for a snack company.  You worked with a beverage company before, but you left without giving notice and don’t want to include them on your resume.

We will provide you with a real food/snack distributor company, with a real HR dept. that answer all inquiries with a positive reference and verify your employment dates and salary.  Our real companies will not only act as your HR dept, but your supervisor as well!   Your supervisor will have his own phone extension and email address.

As we all know, many companies are downsizing because of the recession.  On many occasions, we use this for your advantage by explaining the reason you left our company was because of the lack of work and corporate downsizing.

One final note.  Lying on a resume is not a crime.  A resume is not a legal document.  As you can see, using our companies as your references is foolproof.   The greatest risk is when you use a former employer as a reference and then cross your fingers they wont call.