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Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by bluedevil2k on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:16AM (#27844292)
Wouldn’t it be easier to just make up past jobs and put those on your resume? Hiring companies never confirm past jobs.
Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by jasode on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:16AM (#27844980)
>Hiring companies never confirm past jobs.

Depends on the company. Many companies use the Equifax Work Number database. Example article about it: https://www.fastcompany.com/40485634/equifax-salary-data-and...

A google search query if you want to dig around some more: https://www.google.com/search?q=Equifax+%22Work+Number%22+%2...

Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by bradstewart on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:55AM (#27844734)
Easier, maybe. Honest.... obviously not. Also most (maybe all) of my employers have confirmed previous jobs listed on my resume.
Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by giantg2 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:31AM (#27845186)
An honest thing that will get you a leg up when uploading to a system that will scan it for keywords is to use white text with the word not followed by a bunch of keywords not in the rest of your resume. The system doesn't care about text color, so it will match the keywords, when a human reads it, they won't see them, and even if they do you're still being honest with the word 'not'.
Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by PeterisP on Thursday July 15, 2021 @05:04PM (#27850121)
Instead of "not" use white text "no previous experience with: buzzword, foobar, latestfad."
Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by bradstewart on Thursday July 15, 2021 @02:27PM (#27848238)
Now this is actually pretty good. A sad comment on the state of affairs maybe, but quite amusing nonetheless.
Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by JackFr on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:03AM (#27844827)
> Hiring companies never confirm past jobs

Very much not true

Re:Ask HN: Recruiters want people who do side projects, yet ... by xwdv on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:22AM (#27845077)
No? We’re talking side projects not jobs.