If thatโs not an A for effort, I donโt know what is
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive ๐ฐ
Somebody lost a bet.
Fenderbaum
Politicker
6
Retired Choirboy๐ช
Cajones, right there.
oldcloser
Arsonist
1
๐
Wait, Daddy?
FinanceEngineer
Politicker
2
Sr Director, sales and partnerships
I think thatโs the guy who came in last in quota attainment.
Kosta_Konfucius
Politicker
6
ERP Sales
Nice
CuriousFox
WR Officer
5
๐ฆ
CADENCE I CANNOT WITH YOU OMFG PLEASE NEVER CHANGE โผ๐โผ
Gasty
Notable Contributor
4
War Room Community Manager
Lying on your resume VS Glorifying even the smallest skill you have.
Iโd go with the second one.
FinanceEngineer
Politicker
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Sr Director, sales and partnerships
I have seen resumes where โcreating copies and PDFs of documentsโ was listed as experience.
Gasty
Notable Contributor
2
War Room Community Manager
Iโve said this before and Iโll say it again - the average job description has 2X lies of an average resume. Itโs a known fact.
Tell me honestly though. If you had to choose a side of the table to park your coffee mug on, which would it be? (sitting this one out isnโt an option before anyone asks)
FinanceEngineer
Politicker
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Sr Director, sales and partnerships
There is a difference between experience (I worked on X project and was responsible for Y income), and skills (I know Microsoft Access). Yes, you can learn skills, but having so many people lie about the skills makes it harder for everyone. I am on the side of putting anything and everything under experience, and being honest on the skills side.
Regarding job descriptions - itโs a wishlist. What most corps do, and this comes from recruiters all the way up to management principles that are taught in school, is to target people who can do and are proficient in at least 80% of whatโs there. Thatโs the inflation that you see.
On the sales side - if you have ever carried a bag and know an industry, you pass a majority of the screeners. From there itโs sales style based on the product or service and sales cycle experience.
medhardwaredr
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Director of Sales NA
Donโt do it. We had a candidate that we easily wouldโve worked around had they been honest however, when that third party verification company spits back a red flag then thatโs an immediate nope
CadenceCombat
Tycoon
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Account Executive
Donโt lie about getting lots of pussy, guys.
2
Founding BDR
Probably the worst type of guys.
Diablo
Politicker
2
Sr. AE
lol good one
NoSuperhero
Politicker
2
BDR LEAD
Funny, I think most of us have lied about a thing or two to land a job, or am I alone here?
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