So N Unit 10 hp3
So N Unit 10 hp3
So N Unit 10 hp3
(v) to obtain something, esp. information or
a reaction: suy luận ra, gợi ra
elicit
to not consider someone or something to be
sell as valuable or good as he, she, or it deserves: hạ
sb/yourself/st thấp giá trị, bán rẻ
h short
(v) to have
or cause a general increase in prices and economic
inflate activity: thổi giá lên
rationalizatio (n)
n an attempt to find reasons for behaviour, decisions,
etc., especially your own: sự hợp lý hóa
(v) to think or believe something to
be true or probable: hoài nghi, ngờ vực
suspect
How much can you “dress up” your résumé to make yourself as strong a candidate as possible
without crossing the ethical line of deception? Consider a few conflicting thoughts:
• Over 50% of people lie on their résumé.
• A Monster.com blog about the dangers of lying on your résumé elicited 60 comments from
job seekers recommending lying and only 46 discouraging it. Recommenders justified lying
by claiming, everyone else is doing it, companies lie about job requirements, and it's hard to
get a good job.
• Executives caught lying on their resumes often lose their jobs.
If you are reading this blog. you probably are not tempted by dishonesty. But what about the
following:
• Claiming a degree that was not earned because you did most of the work and were only a
few credits short.
• Creating a more impressive job title because you were already doing all of the work of that
position.
• Claiming a team's contributions as your own, because other members did not carry their
weight.
• Inflating the number of people or range of functions for which you had direct responsibility
because you really did have a great deal of influence over them.
These are called rationalizations –constructing a justification for a decision you suspect is
really wrong. You create a story that sounds believable but doesn't pass close examination. You
begin to fool yourself. You develop habits of distorted thinking.
So where is the line? You need to decide that for yourself. Here are some tests to keep your
thinking clear:
• Other-shoe test: How would you feel if the shoe were on the other foot and you were the
hiring manager looking at this résumé? What assumptions would you draw and would they be
accurate?
• Front-page test: Would you think the same way if the accomplishment in question were
reported on the front page of the Wall Street Journal? Or your prior employer's internal
newsletter?
But wait, you say. My résumé doesn't quite pass these tests, but there is something real
underneath my claims, and I do not want to sell myself short.
When in doubt, ask an old boss. While asking an old boss may be difficult, it has many benefits.
Precisely because it is difficult, it forces you to think clearly and sometimes creatively. Asking
also checks the accuracy of your claims, trains your old boss in how to represent you during
reference checks, and sometimes your old boss may give you better ways to represent yourself.
2. Inflating the number of people or range of functions ……for…………. which you had direct
responsibility because you really did have a great deal of influence …over……………. them.
5. Would you think the same way if the accomplishment …… in………….question were
"dress up" your résumé to make yourself as strong a (2) candidate as possible without
crossing the (3) ethical line of deception?
Recommenders (4) justified lying by claiming: everyone else does it, companies lie about job
requirements, and it’s hard to get a good job. Executives (5) caught lying on their résumés
often lose their jobs. When you start using (6) ……………… -- constructing a justification for a
decision you suspect is really wrong -- you begin to fool yourself and develop habits of (7)
distorted thinking. When in doubt, ask an old boss. It forces you to think clearly and
creatively, it checks the (8) accuracy of your claims, it trains your old boss in how to
represent you during reference checks, and sometimes your old boss may give you better
ways to represent yourself.
Activity 10: (D, page 99, Course Book)
Discuss the two situations and decide what you would do in each case.
1.You discover that one of your top employees, who has done an excellent job for the last
15 years, lied about their qualifications when she joined the company.
2.One of your employees, who is not a good worker, has asked you to give him a good reference.
You would be happy if this employee left the company.