In this video, Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter tells a story from his own experience about exposing a job hunter in a resume lie and why you should do the same thing.

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ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a career and leadership coach who worked as a recruiter for what more than 40 years. He is the host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 podcast in iTunes for job search with more than 1100 episodes, “Job Search Radio,” “and his newest show, “No BS Coaching Advice” and is a member of The Forbes Coaches Council.

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
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5 Responses
  1. Imthatgrl

    You take your job way too seriously. If it’s a sh*t job let it be people
    are desperate. People need to eat and take care of their families, better
    than being on our tax ? on food stamps and etc. I get it if they are going
    for management or working for the CIA.

    1. Jeff Altman

      +Imthatgrl Firms pay me to find people they want to hire. It takes no time to find someone has lied. Firms don’t pay me a lot of money to flip resumes to them like Big Macs at a McDonalds. They pay me for results. If they find too many people I refer are liars, they stop calling me and I don’t get paid. As for the food stamp comments, I have no idea what you are talking about.

    2. Imthatgrl

      +Jeff Altman With all the unrealistic expectations that employers ask from people these day that’s why people lie. I’m not just talking about flipping burgers. I’m talking about an entry level job that people back in the days got trained for on the jobs with no degrees or experience. These jobs didn’t have to have a degree back then, are now requiring degrees with X amount of years of experience. It’s ridiculous how hard it’s gotten. You also could have a degree and no experience and get passed up. You do not need a degree and X amount of years of experience to be making$12-15. That wage should really be minimum wage in today’s time. You wonder why people lie, employers are making people lie or exaggerate. People like you make it hard for those who are desperately trying. You have no idea what people go through just to make pennies to take care of their families. I have seen people who have degrees with X amount of experience be complete boneheads. Sometimes the ones lying actually can do the jobs and are articulate but just doesn’t have X amount of experience. It’s getting so ridiculous in the job world now that people with degrees are applying for jobs that only require a GED because it’s so competitive getting the ones with degrees or higher paid. Take a moment to put yourself in their shoes. Almost everyone has lied or exaggerated at least once in their career. It doesn’t make them bad people. I respect people who lie on their resume to get jobs vs people who settle for a career mooching off of society(food stamps/section 8 homes) or robbing people for a living. I get that’s your job but no matter what you think there will always be liars because they expect way too much.

  2. Imthatgrl

    You take your job way too seriously. If it’s a sh*t job let it be people are desperate. People need to eat and take care of their families, better than being on our tax ? on food stamps and etc. I get it if they are going for management or working for the CIA.

  3. Imthatgrl

    You take your job way too seriously. If it’s a sh*t job let it be people are desperate. People need to eat and take care of their families, better than being on our tax ? on food stamps and etc. I get it if they are going for management or working for the CIA.

  4. Imthatgrl

    You take your job way too seriously. If it’s a sh*t job let it be people are desperate. People need to eat and take care of their families, better than being on our tax ? on food stamps and etc. I get it if they are going for management or working for the CIA.

    1. Jeff Altman

      +Imthatgrl Firms pay me to find people they want to hire. It takes no time to find someone has lied. Firms don’t pay me a lot of money to flip resumes to them like Big Macs at a McDonalds. They pay me for results. If they find too many people I refer are liars, they stop calling me and I don’t get paid. As for the food stamp comments, I have no idea what you are talking about.

    2. Imthatgrl

      +Jeff Altman With all the unrealistic expectations that employers ask from people these day that’s why people lie. I’m not just talking about flipping burgers. I’m talking about an entry level job that people back in the days got trained for on the jobs with no degrees or experience. These jobs didn’t have to have a degree back then, are now requiring degrees with X amount of years of experience. It’s ridiculous how hard it’s gotten. You also could have a degree and no experience and get passed up. You do not need a degree and X amount of years of experience to be making$12-15. That wage should really be minimum wage in today’s time. You wonder why people lie, employers are making people lie or exaggerate. People like you make it hard for those who are desperately trying. You have no idea what people go through just to make pennies to take care of their families. I have seen people who have degrees with X amount of experience be complete boneheads. Sometimes the ones lying actually can do the jobs and are articulate but just doesn’t have X amount of experience. It’s getting so ridiculous in the job world now that people with degrees are applying for jobs that only require a GED because it’s so competitive getting the ones with degrees or higher paid. Take a moment to put yourself in their shoes. Almost everyone has lied or exaggerated at least once in their career. It doesn’t make them bad people. I respect people who lie on their resume to get jobs vs people who settle for a career mooching off of society(food stamps/section 8 homes) or robbing people for a living. I get that’s your job but no matter what you think there will always be liars because they expect way too much.

  5. Imthatgrl

    You take your job way too seriously. If it’s a sh*t job let it be people are desperate. People need to eat and take care of their families, better than being on our tax ? on food stamps and etc. I get it if they are going for management or working for the CIA.

  6. Imthatgrl

    You take your job way too seriously. If it’s a sh*t job let it be people are desperate. People need to eat and take care of their families, better than being on our tax 💵 on food stamps and etc. I get it if they are going for management or working for the CIA.

  7. Linda Giammarino

    Oh please, you do really believe someone knows the exact dates of work
    history. Now a days lot of business have gone out of business, hard to
    verify your own employment.

  8. Linda Giammarino

    Oh please, you do really believe someone knows the exact dates of work history. Now a days lot of business have gone out of business, hard to verify your own employment.

  9. Linda Giammarino

    Oh please, you do really believe someone knows the exact dates of work history. Now a days lot of business have gone out of business, hard to verify your own employment.

    1. glt010678

      He has an “off” personality, I get it. But he’s a recruiter…he’s not the one doing the hiring. A person who lied on their resume makes the recruiter look bad and could jeopardize future business. The biggest lie I see is people putting down a college/university and a degree but didn’t graduate.

    2. Jeff Altman

      +glt010678 And that is the easiest lie to check out! I remember losing $35000 on 2 hires (the equivalent to more than $60k in today’s dollars) over people lying about their degrees. So dumb!

    3. randy white

      I been hiring people in engineering and electronics for 30 years…..I can talk to them 10 minutes and tell you if they went to collage in the field or not. Of course I also realize many of the non-tech. fields are not that way.

    1. glt010678

      He has an “off” personality, I get it. But he’s a recruiter…he’s not the one doing the hiring. A person who lied on their resume makes the recruiter look bad and could jeopardize future business. The biggest lie I see is people putting down a college/university and a degree but didn’t graduate.

    2. Jeff Altman

      +glt010678 And that is the easiest lie to check out! I remember losing $35000 on 2 hires (the equivalent to more than $60k in today’s dollars) over people lying about their degrees. So dumb!

    3. randy white

      I been hiring people in engineering and electronics for 30 years…..I can talk to them 10 minutes and tell you if they went to collage in the field or not. Of course I also realize many of the non-tech. fields are not that way.

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