It is generally best not to "stretch the truth" on an application, but 
if you feel you must in order to get the job that's your decision.

But understand that it is *extraordinarily* rare these days that a 
company will fire you because they found out later that you lied on your 
application. If they want to fire you they have the right to do so 
without cause (in AZ anyway). They'll be able to come up with a dozen 
legitimate reasons to dismiss an employee without having to go through 
the hassle of checking all the info on an application months or years 
after the fact.

Lying on a application was much more of a risk when you could lose years 
of pension benefits as a result. But that's not so much of an issue 
these days.

Just my 2 cents

Interesting about the farm animal guy. Must have been a gov't job. :)

Peter

Tim Bogart wrote:
> This is the advice I seem to be most comfortable with, even though it 
> may not be the most productive.  I'm treating it like an application 
> for a security clearance.  I have experience with a gentleman who on 
> an application for a security clearance described some unsavory 
> activities that involved some farm animals (no, I'm not going to go 
> into specifics, but you can probably use your imagination and come up 
> with a scenerio that will encompass the activitity, even though it may 
> make you whince) and wound up GETTING THE CLEARANCE!  In such 
> situations, HONESTY is the most important factor.
>
> Whodathunkit?
>
> Tim
>
> "True is stranger than fact."
> Grandpa Jones
> Hee-Haw
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Eric Shubert <ejs@shubes.net>
> *To:* plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> *Sent:* Thu, September 16, 2010 1:55:08 PM
> *Subject:* Re: OT - Explaining periods of unemployment on an application
>
> Good luck with this, Tim.
>
> I would advise not "stretching the truth" on the application. If 
> anything on your application is found to be false later on, it could 
> be grounds for dismissal regardless of the significance of the falsehood.
>
> -- -Eric 'shubes'
>
> Tim Bogart wrote:
> > Just as an aside to everybody,
> > I was interviewed on Wednesday of last week.  The interview was not 
> in Phoenix.  They flew me to the interview site, put me up in a hotel 
> overnight, and I interviewed the next day.  Then, this past Monday, I 
> got an email from them that began like this...
> > "Tim, Good day to you:
> >
> > You should have received an email requesting you fill out an 
> official employee application. Once you get this,  We would like to 
> move forward with an offer for you but can not until this step is 
> complete:"
> >
> > Certain portions were edited out to conserve the name of the employer.
> >
> > I guess I can still be eliminated depending what's on the 
> application.  But I am very excited about this, nonetheless.
> >
> > Wish me luck.
> >
> > Respectfully,
> >
> > Tim B.
> > /
> > /
> > /"It's all good!"/
> >
> >
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