Fake job reference service

Re:Fake job reference service by Corvus on Sunday March 27, 2011 @09:37PM (#2376718)

Very believable as a tactic to get around the practice of only hiring already-employed candidates, mentioned here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020387240457425...

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Re:Fake job reference service by tzs on Sunday March 27, 2011 @09:59PM (#2376779)

I think I'd rather go with claiming I just got off a contract for a defense contractor, and an NDA prevents me disclosing who it was or what I worked on, other than to say that it involved the same skills that are listed on my resume for my last non-secret employer.

That seems safer.

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Re:Fake job reference service by storborg on Monday March 28, 2011 @04:23AM (#2377625)

And totally believable... not.

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Re:Fake job reference service by elai on Monday March 28, 2011 @04:43AM (#2377662)

Doesn't have to be a defense contractor. I've signed a contract that basically did not allow me to disclose what or who I was working for to create a software product for a small tv production company. (It fell through)

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Re:Fake job reference service by jonah on Monday March 28, 2011 @05:37AM (#2377755)

Same here. I have done work for a number of large companies in software, healthcare, banking, etc. which I can't talk about. It leaves a grey hole in my portfolio.

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