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Disclaimer: Do not break the law. This publication is being sold for academic, educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing in this publication is intended to encourage illegal or immoral acts now or at any point in the future. Securing employment through deceptive means may violate various local and federal laws. Always consult with an attorney familiar with laws in your local area before attempting to employ any of the techniques discussed in this report

A Note on Piracy: It may sound ironic to talk about piracy in a book about lying but hear me out. If you upload this on to a P2P (Limewire, Bitlord, etc) you're only hurting yourself and others who benefit from keeping this guide from being so easily accessed. What makes these techniques powerful is how few people know about them and you certainly don't want an HR manager getting a hold of a copy. It's not likely that an HR manager would go and buy a copy on their own, so remember, if you upload this or share it, you're only hurting yourself and other job-seeking hopefuls.

I found this out by offering much of the same material I cover in this guide, for free on my website for years. You would not believe the letters I received from HR people! If it is free, they will read it and the information will spread. Help others like you win the battle by keeping this a better guarded secret and make corporate America spend their own money if they want to know what wisdom this guide contains. GAME ON!

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“The rules have changed. In a single generation, revolutions in technology have transformed the way we live, work and do business. Steel mills that once needed 1,000 workers can now do the same work with 100. Today, just about any company can set up shop, hire workers, and sell their products

wherever there's an Internet connection.” Barak Obama – State of the Union Address, 2011

ow do you win at a game when the rules are constantly changing? How

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do you explain to an eager college student that their computer science degree will be obsolete by the time they graduate? Are there any jobs that are so fundamental that we need not worry about them being, downsized, outsourced, or replaced by machines?

America is caught in the middle of a punishing storm as the information age screams by us, howling at our ears like a vicious wind. Oceans of upheaval churn and spit up old fashioned workers in the frothing waters, tossing them like rag dolls against the deaf and unfeeling pillars of change. Even the air smells different in the wake of the technology revolution, the wreckage all around us as empty homes once vibrant with life are abandoned and foreclosed on by the thousands; capsizing under the oppressive waters. Is this just nature? Are we doomed to just accept our fate, put our heads down and wince?

Not everyone thinks so and I certainly don’t think so. I have spent the last 8 years helping people understand the rather unpleasant truths of the world we live in and I am proud to say that I have made a lot of people very happy and many more extremely angry. I find the misplaced anger a bit amusing and somewhat sad really. The fact that so many people have been infected with damaging, viral ideas, perpetuated by corporate America and big

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media, makes for a cauldron of bubbling anger and seething animosity, but who are these people really angry at? I merely shine a flashlight on a cancerous truth. I guess the old saying still holds true; when you don’t like the message, just shoot the messenger!

What’s pissing people off is the notion that they have bought into a bullshit idea and wasted a lot of time, money, and life energy trying to make this idea work for them. What exactly do I mean by that? I mean that if you fake a college degree to get the job, you will piss off all the people who are stuck paying outrageous student loans. I mean that if you omit certain jobs and fill in the gaps in your resume that you will get the 100k job and that pisses of the HR reps that, had they been aware, would offered you tens of thousands of dollars less than what you are worth. Memes; Deadly, viral ideas. Grand assumptions, pervasive ideas, force fed bullshit,

brainwashing, lies, lies and more lies. Games. We are at war. Now, I am a Veteran and I don’t take that metaphor lightly, so do with that what you will, but for those that have been victimized, subverted, plagued, beaten, lied to, trampled on, cast out, overworked, uprooted, seduced, underpaid and or humiliated by a co-worker, boss, manager, hiring authority, CEO, corporation, what have you, I have a solution.

The first thing you need to understand to get any help from this book is that corporate America does not give a rat’s ass about you. You are a number, a statistic, a cog in the machine. You are not unique to them and you are not special. They do not care about your family, anniversaries, little league games, health, or what they promised you. They will repay you for your years of overtime with layoffs and a security escort out the door. They will sap the energy from the best, most able, years of your life by cutting your pension in half. Loyalty will be returned with “keeping you in your place”.

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I know I’m not painting a very happy picture here but I have personally witnessed all of this, over and over again for decades now and it makes me sick. I’m not saying that there aren’t any good jobs out there, I’m pointing out that there are more bad than good; a lot more. I can back up all this up with hundreds of stories that I have personally witnessed and been

involved in during my many years as a recruiter. It’s not just a dog eat dog world out there, it’s downright cannibalistic.

I cannot stress how important it is to simply accept the truth. If you have ever listened to Anthony Robbins, whether on audio book, or perhaps a TED talk on the internet, he explains the problem so eloquently, so perfectly that I could scarce do better. He discusses how frustrating it would be to have a destination in mind and to keep driving towards that place using the wrong map. If you were in the middle of Kansas and had been given a map of Manhattan, it wouldn’t take most people long to figure out it was the wrong map. The difference is that we believe that our internal maps, our compasses are always correct. ALWAYS!

How frustrating it must be for the fat guy to try to lose weight with a pill. His map tells him to stay on course, not to change a thing, just put on sunglasses as he drives toward skinny town. The TV tells him the same erroneous, bullshit information. Now, if he held the correct map in his hands, what would be a more truthful way to get him to skinny town? Maybe the only way to get to skinny town, from where he is, is to take the bike lane. Is it possible that there are no roads into skinny town, only footpaths and bike trails from where he is? Yes, of course it is. It’s making more sense already. His map was also lying to him by telling him skinny town was right around the corner, say, 30 to 60 days to a new body. Sound familiar? What his map should have revealed, had it been a helpful and accurate map, was that he was not just around the corner from skinny town; he was thousands of miles away. It was going to take him a very long

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time, and a lot of walking or bike riding to get there. At this point the fat guy would probably become enraged, upset or depressed.

Don’t be the fat guy. Don’t fool yourself into thinking corporate America is your friend. Don’t count on any verbal promises made and get everything you can on paper and then be prepared to sue. Although upsetting, this is a more accurate map and we need to help each other grow past these

juvenile fantasies of a loving, caring, corporate America. Only then can we do something about it.

Here is a great illustration of exactly what I’m talking about. I was in a meeting with a potential client who was looking for a customer service manager for his company. The job paid $70,000 a year and they had given up on trying to find someone for the position themselves. They were bringing me in to help them and, because I needed to get a clear idea of what the job entailed, they brought in a customer service rep that had literally been with the company 13 years. She was a single mom, never went to college but had physically written the book on their customer service policies. They showed me a manual that she had actually written. So, during the process of trying to illuminate me about what the position entailed, what the skill sets the manager needed, what have you, she proved to be amazing with the information she provided me.

She left the room and I looked at them and said, “Why don't you hire her? She's amazing and she's been with the company 13 years; literally wrote your book on customer service?” Do you know what they said? The president looked at me and said “Oh, she doesn't have a college degree. There’s no way we’re going to raise her from $30,000 to $70,000 per year.” and that was that. So, I didn't help fill that position because I was disgusted with the myopic and egotistical attitude of the president but I did follow the story because I was curious how it would play out. Unbeknownst to the company, I kept in contact with the customer service rep, because I

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liked her, and I was also keeping in touch with the executives of the company. They ended up hiring a person that the customer service rep trained, making more than double her salary mind you. She was training the new manager, incessantly fixing her mistakes and about six or seven months down the line they ended up canning the new manager.

Hiring their own, 13 year employee, would have been a win-win. She would've gone from $30,000 a year to $70,000 a year and more than doubled her income, life-changing money for someone in that situation. She would have been so happy, that she’d probably work her ass off for the company and they wouldn't have suffered any black eyes; but they all suffered because of their own incompetence.

The employee was to blame as well. She just accepted her “station” or status. She bought into the bullshit mentality that not having a college degree actually made her less valuable than some moron with college experience that they pulled off the street. She wrote the book on their customer service. WROTE THE BOOK! Would you rather discus your surgery with a doctor or someone that wrote the book on heart surgery? It’s so obvious, to you and me, that it is painful but she had the internal map that said “Just keep my head down and maybe someone will notice and appreciate me someday.” The company held the map or believed in the meme that said “You don’t elevate people without a college degree, no matter what their performance has been like.” Both are idiotic. Both cause more problems, wasted time and energy than they are worth. But still, they hold on to ideas that hurt, cause waste and frustrate. Why?

Eban Pagan, information product guru, says that we hold onto ideas that hurt us because we want something to blame. We have irrational fantasies about how the world works and why we can’t have what we want. We don’t like to be told our beliefs are wrong because it is a slippery slope. We

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like to have what we know affirmed, not to learn anything new. If we are to start examining our beliefs and finding errors, how many more will we find? Normally, our ego’s cannot handle more than a minor correction, unless we believe someone else to be at fault. Ideas are woven out of complex networks of assumptions and observations, altered to fit our

current belief system. These beliefs literally shape who we are and how we make decisions. To pull a block from the structure can make the whole structure unstable and that stresses people out, therefore, it is less painful in the short term to ignore symptoms, truths, indicators, inconsistencies and problems, paving them over with our current belief systems inky, black tar. The plain and simple truth? We do dumb things because it’s easier. Had I known then what I know today, I would have probably never been a recruiter. I would have gone into business for myself, created multiple income streams and removed myself from the dependency and even the security of relying on someone else for a paycheck. Let’s face it, money equals freedom in our society and without it our options are extremely limited.

This book is intended to help those that have realized that they are fighting a losing battle, for those that realize they have been given the wrong maps, for those that have the courage to change the game and want to level the playing field. Why would you want to be any more honest with someone who is being less than honest with you? Why would you keep jumping through hoops when there are thousands simply walking around them? I’m suggesting that you can go get the job you want making 3 to 5 times what you are earning currently without learning a new skillset, without hurting anyone and without being a workaholic. I’m telling you that it is happening every day. Stop being an obedient dog. Stop jumping through imaginary hoops. If you know the hoop is imaginary and nothing more than an antiquated tradition, break the tradition. Create your own solutions. Get

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your power back. If you know you can do the job, go get it. If you know you’re worth more money, take it. It’s that simple.

Here’s another way to think about it. There are companies that are very much alive. Forward, progressive thinkers who have broken the mold and celebrate creativity and intelligence, pay you what you are worth and make good on their promises. Corporations that elevate you and move you

forward, make smart, logical decisions and make millions of dollars. A great example of one such company is Zappos, an online shoe company. Shoes online, really? Yes. The fact that they went from zero to, I think it was like, 800 million a year, with in something like seven years before they were bought out by Amazon.com, speaks highly about their creativity. I read an interview with the and CEO who explained that every person, after they've been with the company for two months, 60 days, was offered, I believe it was $2500 to quit. Isn't that interesting? To QUIT! Why? He said that he wanted them to be there for the right reasons. Now, that is a company with balls and that's how this company exploded from zero to $900 million within seven years. I mean, to go from zero to that is amazing right? That’s company that's very much alive. It's a company focused on quality not quantity. They don’t care if you work 40 or 50 hours. They really don’t care. They understand that time is meaningless whereas results are everything. Now we are starting to see more companies getting on the bandwagon, not because they want but because they realize they have to. Winston

Churchill said something really interesting before the US got involved in World War II. He said, “Americans will always do the right thing after they have no other options left.” I think he saw the zombie factories we uphold. Working in those types of environments is to join the living dead. Their ideas and belief systems are relics of the past and are slowly decaying. Do you know what I mean by a zombie company? You have probably worked for at least one at some point in your life, possibly in every job you have ever worked or why would you be reading this book? You can recognize

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these establishments by their employees. Dysfunctional managers, elevated to their level of incompetence, hell bent on destroying you mentally and working through some childhood trauma by playing absurd mind games with you. I don’t think there is anything more insulting than to be told to look busy. Look busy? Really? What the fuck does that really mean? It means, you are worthless, your time is worthless and wasted. It means that you are a part of a system that is decaying. It means, shuffle your feet, groan and mindlessly mash your keyboard keys in a lame attempt to do the least possible to get through the day. It means gray cubicles in gray spaces. It means missed anniversaries and Prozac for the whole family. It means repetitive, boring “work” with a glorious 2% to 4% pay raise, to do more of the same boring and meaningless paper shuffling that you learned to perform in the initial 3 months. And it means that for the next 10 to 20 years.

This is why the comics of Dilbert are so popular. I saw an interview years ago with the creator of Dilbert. He used to work at, Pacific Bell, one of the AT&T companies that's been since bought out, but what's interesting is that when asked where he got his inspiration and ideas from his reply was, “Oh, I could write like this for years because people write and send me these stories and I just put it in the comic.” So the Dilbert strip is based on real stuff that's being sent to him. That is how ridiculous most corporate culture is. The movie office space illustrates the same mentality. It’s more than fiction, more than a parody. It’s funny because we identify. It’s funny because it’s ridiculous yet it’s the truth. You can see it in programs like the daily show. More truth is told about the news by John Stewart, because he falls under the protective blanket of comedy, than most mainstream news organizations. He can easily dismiss upsetting comments, ideas and truths as comedy.

Most of you will not perform the research necessary to find a living company and there are not enough living companies to support those

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looking. So if you know you will be applying for a job at another XYZ zombie corporation, use this book as a tool to get the most bang for your buck. Know you can do the job but lack the required degree? Go order one. Know you can do your bosses job? Then go apply for his position at another company. You have learned all you need already. You have the keywords and know how to speak the language.

Probably the most important piece of advice I have on creating a resume that wins is to have a flow, a story that makes sense. Most hiring managers will expect the ideal story from you. What’s the ideal story then? It’s

simple really. It’s a story of loyalty and growth. It shows how you started at the bottom and worked “earned” your way up the corporate ladder that does not exist. Basically, you went to college, got a decent GPA, worked for ABC company for a few years before moving up the ranks in promotions or taking incremental steps by attracting more prestigious titles and

responsibilities from larger firms. As you steadily climbed the ranks you attained the skills that brought you to the next level and your now looking for a company that can use your expertise and knowledge to make their company run more smoothly and bring them higher returns on their investments, whether it be increasing labor output, generating killer sales or offering management solutions that streamline their operations. That’s it. That’s all anyone wants to hear and that’s what they buy, every time. It is the only story they want to hear and they will swallow it hook, line and sinker. It’s what they believe they are entitled to and what they believe they will find.

As an executive recruiter (Headhunter) for several years I would read literally hundreds of resumes each week in hope of finding the “perfect” candidate for my client. As time passed I was amazed at how many people I caught in outright lies on their resume. Ranging from blatantly NOT having the required skills needed to lying about have a particular college degree. Personally I found it fool hardy to lie about something you can’t figure out

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how to bullshit your way through. Don’t lie about having knowledge of some particular software programming language if you’re not well versed in it. Now, if you’re familiar with it and can get up to speed rapidly once you have the job, by all means go ahead and pad your resume.

Another thing that amazed and frustrated me about being a recruiter was how rigid and myopic many employers were about their job requirements. Many skills and experiences could be learned on the job within several weeks of repeated exposure to that skill, but many times I had the ideal candidate who didn’t have exactly the required experience. Despite the fact the candidate’s previous history was relevant enough for him/her to do the job; they were overlooked, turned away and snubbed in general.

I learned quickly learned that my job was mostly about managing

expectations. Much like a person looking for their ideal partner, my clients always had a list of their ideal traits and skillsets. My job was to find the real deal breakers. Basically their dream partner might have green eyes, brown hair, toned body, be 5 foot 11 inches tall, charming, eloquent, and have a killer sense of humor. Now, as you and I know, these people rarely exist and there are hundreds of people, if not thousands, that are a damn close match, but getting them to see it was the brunt of my job. Eventually I found that it was easier and more effective to just take a candidate that I knew was capable and give them green contacts, dye their hair brown, give them platform shoes, and tell them to be on their best behavior. More often than not it would work. It never mattered whether they actually had a degree or not; the green eyes. It never truly mattered if their hair was brown; no gaps in employment. It never mattered if they were the required height; making close to the salary offered in their previous job. What mattered was that they were effective for the position they were being hired for.

On the other end of the stick, what are you imagining your job is going to do for you? What are your fantasies about the corporate world? Do you

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think they will care how many extra hours you will put in? Will you be promoted for you hard work and efforts? Will they be honest with you and tell you upfront, that you will be expected to work overtime and

weekends? Will they divulge that you will be working under a boss that is a psychopath? Will they honor their promise to keep you hired on for at least a solid 2 years after your move ½ ways across the country? Probably not. In fact, my wake-up call came when I recruited someone for a start up in California. I found an amazing, talented gentleman that lived in New York. He lived in a rent controlled apartment, which is a big thing in New York because, once you leave an apartment you can't come back to it at the same price. This guy lived in Manhattan, where the prices are

astronomically expensive. When I was talking to my client I said, “Look, I found a guy. He's interested but here's the deal. He doesn't know anyone in California and if he moves out there, he's giving up his rent-controlled apartment, his life, everything, so I need to get an idea of, what we call a burn rate for startups, meaning how much money they're going through every month and how much they will have left based upon their capital expenditures. He assured me, that their current burn rate was good for two years. I told the company that as long as they could guarantee him one year, he'd be comfortable making the jump. They agreed and he packed everything up and moved to California for the start-up. Within 10 weeks, half the company was laid off, himself included.

I thought it was despicable. The two principals of the startup came from came from one of the marquee consulting firms globally and I held them to a higher standard. It really just pissed me off. Here's this guy whose life has been completely jacked. As soon as he moved out they rented the place almost immediately and the price skyrocketed for the apartment. He was stuck and I felt absolutely horrible about it. There was no offer to say “Here, we really messed up. Here’s six months income or salary to soften the blow.” No. What ended up happening is that he sued them. I'm not going to go into dissertation on labor laws, but if you can entice someone

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to go across state borders for a job and then for some reason it doesn't pan out, especially under false pretenses, you can sue, and he did. I don't know what he won but I know he won. Still, imagine having to hire the lawyers, pay the fees, go to court, stress out, look for a new job, and wait for your life to begin anew.

This world is not black and white. Not all lying is bad. Not all good intentions yield good results. Stop coloring within the lines that society draws for you. Realize you are in a war. Wake up to the fact that you make the rules, not them. The middle class is disappearing and it’s not only the corporations fault. It’s our fault to. We let them do it to us. We believe in propaganda. We went to war over WMD, weapons of mass destruction. It was a lie. You are being lied to. Fight back. If you’re going to go work for a zombie corp, get as much money as you can and learn to create multiple forms of income for yourself. It’s not a want it’s a must. If you don’t want to feel like you are under someone’s thumb, set yourself up to be in a power position; enter negotiations as an equal. Make a nest egg so that you can tell them to fuck off if they aren’t allowing you forward movement. Change your paradigm and change your life.

When the former CEO of RadioShack was found out to not have the MBA he claimed to have, he got canned but RadioShack was going through some rough times and they just weren't doing well. So, he got canned but he still left with a nice severance package. If memory serves it was something to the tune of 2 million dollars. Not bad.

The former CEO or maybe still CEO of Bausch & Lomb was found to not have the college degree that he claimed to have but the company was doing fantastic, so he got a slap on the wrist and, as I remember, he forfeited half his bonus for the year, about 2 million, so he walked away with 1 million dollars.

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Yes. You do risk being canned. Here's the thing however, if you're looking for a job and are currently unemployed, it's no worse than where you are now. Get off the Prozac and grow a pair. Don’t wait for it to get worse. Do it now and go as far as you dare. You have little to lose and everything to gain. The hundreds of stories of famous fakers alone should tell you that people get caught and it matters very little. It’s not about if you get caught, it’s about what you gained and how you progress from there. Do it now. Your happiness, health and life depend on it.

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Why Not Knowing Can Kill Your Career Before It

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“I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.”

Hunter S. Thompson

Myth #1 – Follow The “Rules” And You Will Do Well

he world would be a painfully boring place if everyone followed the rules,

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not to mention, be much further behind than we are now. Rule breakers are what stimulate most progress in the world. The top echelon in our society are rife with what we would commonly call liars, cheats, charlatans and hustlers. Yet they remain elevated. Why? Because once you have attained that degree of wealth , status, privilege and freedom, it is generally agreed that you have earned it. Look at the Rothschild’s; born from thievery. Einstein? High school dropout. Charles Schwab? Well known maverick. Ghandi? Convict.

Stories of great success always built with tales of boundary pushing, creativity and steel will. In my years as a recruiter, I have received thank you letter after thank you letter from brave souls just like you that decided to accept a new paradigm, a new way of thinking and it has powerfully

impacted their lives. The truth will set you free. The ―rules‖ will make you a pathetic hamster, running in place for ever; they don’t call it a rat race for nothing and yes, your frustration is warranted.

On your resume, dealing with HR agents and at your interview, will be met with ridiculous assumptions, unrealistic expectations and be asked to

swallow loads and loads of bullshit. This means that either, you get to work polishing and stretching the truth or your resume will rest at the bottom of

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the pile, yielding you little reward. Here, honesty and transparency are NOT strengths. Sell yourself well and you will have everything.

To make sure we are on the same page let’s briefly go over exactly what it means to fake your resume. Faking your resume literally means: A specific alteration of your employment history made, in order to deceive a human resources person or hiring authority in order to get hired. This means that the fabrication is in the resume itself, as well as, any supporting documents that you include with the resume like cover letters, salary information, references and or transcripts.

I’ll say that again. Its purpose is to deceive a hiring authority into giving

you the job over the other guy. If you just plain know you can’t lie or fib

THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR YOU. If you are looking for good reasons,

justifications or a good ―how to‖ then a new job should be in your

immediate future. Rule breakers, mavericks and rebels are the heartbeat of this world. They show us new paths, weaken failing structures and expose antiquated ideas and traditions for what they are. We need rule breakers for all forward movement. Don’t just bend the rules, shatter the roof!

Myth #2 – You Can Fix A Crappy Job Title By Explaining Your Duties

There are many legitimate secondary reasons to fake your resume that fall under the expectation of the hiring authorities. How about an inadequate job title? Job titles are important on a resume. A good job title should

encapsulate the responsibilities and authority you had working the job. Many people work far harder and with more responsibilities than their job title suggests and everyone knows that a crappy title doesn’t help on your resume.

Perhaps you assisted a manager who was incompetent and you made them look good on the job? Better yet, YOU did their job but for whatever

reason, perhaps because of nepotism, you could never get promoted to their job. Maybe out of frustration you quit but now you CAN’T put that

manager job title as your own, despite the fact that YOU did his/her job! Worse yet, due to jealousy or animosity because you quit, they now, for the first time, HAVE to do their own work and they won’t give you a good reference because of it.

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So, you need to ask yourself ―Ok, what's the job I'm applying for? What's the title that I'm claiming I have on the job I currently hold?‖ If you're an operations manager or if they’re looking for an operations manager and your current job is customer service rep but you were doing more of the job of the operations manager, maybe because the operations manager in your

company was never around, then It's an easy, logical step to elevate your title to operations manager. After all, you handled their job responsibilities and you know you’re capable of performing on that level. Don’t wait for someone else to tell you when you are ready to do a job. Elevate yourself as fast as your learning curve will allow. Why the hell would you wait?

People are funny. They don’t want to hear the truth, they only want what they ―know’ confirmed and what they ―know‖ is that stories like ―I did my bosses job‖ must be pathetic attempts at climbing the ranks. So give them a story they are used to. Don’t ask for permission. Take it and ask for

forgiveness later. Make the decision to hire you a breeze! We will go over the rules to changing your job title in later chapters.

Myth #3 Employers Are Honest With You About The Stability And Working Conditions Of Your Perspective Job

There’s a prevailing misconception that corporations are always honest about their financial health and stability. There’s also a misconception that a hiring manager will tell you the truth about the position you may be

interviewing for. Anyone who’s read the newspaper or watched the evening news has witnessed the lack of integrity that runs rampant in today’s

corporate world. In my experience, very few employers will fully reveal any unpleasant details affecting the positions they advertise. It is in their best interest to keep you in the dark about how stable or unstable your job actually is. For them, no matter what may be happening internally, they don’t want it to affect the quality of the candidate they hire! Why would YOU feel you should be more honest than the corporation is being with you? Remember the candidate that moved from his rent controlled apartment in NY to CA, just to get laid of 10 weeks later? Perhaps your future boss or co-workers are complete bastards. Perhaps they know that the division you’ll be working for will soon be eliminated, or perhaps the entire corporation is

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in financial trouble and will soon be laying off large numbers of employees. In cases like these, you can bet that the hiring corporation will seldom let issues like fairness and morality get in their way. They need to fill the job and get on with their business. It’s a sad fact that corporations are seldom honest when it comes to the information that an applicant needs to make an intelligent decision about the desirability of the position. It seems very hypocritical for a prospective employer to insist on applicants being entirely honest while they regularly conceal relevant job details. If you have any doubts about this, pick up a copy of ―Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn't Want You to Know---and What to Do About Them.‖ It will open your eyes to how companies really see you.

―Hire Right‖ recently released some interesting statistics that show how rampant resume fraud is in the United States. The company’s numbers show that 80 percent of all resumes are misleading. They also show that 20

percent state fraudulent degrees and 30 percent show altered employment dates. As if those numbers are not shocking enough, 40 percent have inflated salary claims and 30 percent have inaccurate job descriptions. The hilarity ensues with figures that show 25 percent listing companies that no longer exist, and 27 percent giving falsified references; and these are only the people they have caught!

NEVER be the one to reveal your cards. Hold them tightly to your chest, knowing that your prospective employer may very well be doing the same. When you are being hired, you are looked at as a liability before you are considered an asset and you should look at them the same way. Come from a position of power. However badly you need the money might be

equivalent to how badly they need an employee, but you will never hear them admit that out loud.

Myth #4 – You Need To Have All The Job Experience An Employer Lists To Get Hired

You read a help wanted ad and the job seems perfect for you. You seem perfect for it too. You’ve got all the qualifications they're asking for but wait, what does that say? Hmmm. They want someone who has experience

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with that. ―Well, I can do that,‖ you think to yourself. ―I just haven't done it before, but I'm sure I can learn.‖

This is the attitude you need to make it to the top of the resume pile. Below we will explore three job searcher mentalities. The first mentality is the most common and what causes all the bottlenecked traffic to form in the lower median bracket of the hiring market. These people assume that they need to search only for jobs that meet all their experience requirements, therefore causing a flood of overqualified people in broad skilled markets.

Job Searcher A says: ―Oh well. I guess I don't qualify for this job.‖ He or

she moves onto the next help wanted ad.

Job Searcher B says: ―O.K., so I don't have the experience they're asking

for. I can just make something up. After all the last company I worked for isn't in business anymore. This new one will never find out what I did or didn't do there." Job Searcher #2 is just a few keystrokes away from adding fictional responsibilities to his or her resume.

Job Searcher C says: ―It's obvious I don't have the experience they want

but I do know I can easily pick up the skills I need to do the job. The only thing I can do is take a chance and apply for the job anyway. I'll use my cover letter to explain that I don't have the required skills but I am willing to do whatever is necessary to acquire them. I'll explain that I do have related skills. What have I got to lose anyway?‖

Which one do you think is most likely to get the job? Job searcher B of course. Job searcher C may have it right by assuming they can pick up the skills needed quickly but wrong when it comes to being honest about that with a prospective employer. Remember the lesson about rambling on about this or that in your resume? The guy who puts down the words and titles they want to hear takes home the job, every time.

If you know you can pick up the skills quickly, or you already have a base knowledge and need to dust off your learning cap, this is the perfect place to lie. Knowing you can pick up the skills you need in 1 to 3 months on the job is not a weakness. Don’t bother to reveal it before hand, as a weakness. List it on your resume as a strength and then learn as you go, just don’t bite off more than you can chew!

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Myth #5 - Your Boss Is Sane

There's a great documentary called ―The Corporation‖ and if you haven't seen it, rent it. It will be time well spent. It's brilliant. It is a film about education, awareness and explanation of how we live in a world filled with functional psychopaths, meaning someone who feels no emotions.

Psychologists have this system where, to identify a person who is a

psychopath or a sociopath they hook up the subject’s brain to monitors that indicate brain function when shown controlled images. The film shows the testing room where they have subjects watching a video of a kitten. A normal person gets that ―oh how cute‖ feeling and it shows on the monitor. Slides of disasters are also shown, where you can see the brain firing off rapidly. A psychopath sits there and watches those same images but remains flat lined. There is nothing there. They are empty inside.

What is interesting about the documentary is that they talk about how psychopaths aren't like Hannibal Lecter types at all. That's Hollywood. Think more like Dexter Morgan, he smiles because people expect him to, not because he feels anything toward them. What's really interesting is that there are actually a lot of functional psychopaths in our society who will, because they have no feelings towards their fellow man, rise quickly through the ranks in the corporate world and these are the guys that a week before Christmas, lay off half the company with no pay. Who does that? It's a psychopath.

I have a friend who is a psychotherapist and we were talking about this recently. As it turns out, about 1% of the population is clinically a psychopath. That means that if 100 people are in your company, where you're working right now, one is a psychopath. Not Hannibal Lecter but just a person that doesn't give a damn if you live or die; cold, unfeeling, and focused 100 % on personal gain. And that’s not counting the people with NPD, narcissistic personality disorder, or those that have been twisted by life’s many wrenches and can’t wait to meet you; their new punching bag. I recall talking with one guy who used to work insane hours, as many people do nowadays. This guy missed his wedding anniversary, worked late and missed Little League game for his kids. He worked on Saturdays and then one day got cut. Laid off. They had a big layoff and that was it. To add insult to injury, no two weeks’ pay, no nothing, just ―You're done. Here's

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what we owe you for today.‖ He was then escorted out by security with everything in a box. I remember him talking with me and saying ―You know, I can't get those hours back, you know? The missed anniversary… I alienated my wife. My kids were disappointed in me and it was all for what? For what?‖

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Understanding The Enemy -

Tactics That Win,

Over And Over Again

“I found it far more interesting and profitable to romance than to tell the truth.

Joseph Weil 1875-1976 Tactic 1 - The 30 second attention grab

Resumes are all about presentation. Some hiring manager is going to scan your resume and make a determination in about 30 seconds or less. Your resume is then going to one of two places, the callback pile or the garbage can. If you don't do what you need to do to capture their attention, you’ll never get a callback. No callback no interview, no interview no job, no job no cash, no cash no…well, you get the picture.

Basically, you have 30 seconds or less to grab attention and get that callback. This books main focus is how to make your phone ring. While there is no short way to explain exactly how to grab their attention, you will generally attain the knowledge through the: ―what to do‖, ―what NOT to do‖ and ―how to‖ guidelines and principals of this book. The number one thing you can do is learn to think like the person hiring you and avoid the obvious pitfalls once you understand the mentality.

The general guidelines for avoiding the 30 second, resume to garbage can are:

 Do NOT copy and paste the bullet list of skillsets, experience or keywords a company is looking for.

 DO Make your fake job title match your stated salary.

 If necessary, research your industry’s keywords and use them correctly throughout your resume.

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 Do NOT leave large gaps in employment, unless easily excused in the cover letter.

 Make sure that your experience and educational background makes make sense together.

 Have ―printed‖, ―original‖ documentation of listed certificates or degrees.

 NEVER clutter your resume with hobbies, activities or groups you belong to. More often than not, They’ll be used against you.

 Do not leave mistakes or sloppy grammar in your resume. At the very least, pay $50 bucks to have it edited online.

 Do NOT take too much credit for a project that obviously needed more than 1 person to complete.

In a poll of 150 hiring executives at large companies, the execs estimated that nearly 30 percent of all job candidates fudge on their résumés. It’s actually worse than that, says Patricia Gillette, a San Francisco lawyer who has investigated hundreds of résumés while defending companies against former employees. "Probably 90 percent of the time, people lie on their résumé," she says. ―We figure that means 60 percent of the job force lies and gets away with it.‖

60% lie and get away with it. Those are pretty good odds for you! Just think, if the average idiot can lie and get away with it, what can you do with knowledge and a planned approach? Main rule: don’t lie about experience you can’t learn in 90 days and don’t make up lies that don’t make sense! If you going to bother to lie, do it well. We all hate bad liars but we love good ones. Kennedy, Clinton… We feel so charmed we excuse the behavior.

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Tactic 2 - Know How Reference Checks Are Conducted – Find Out What Your References Will Say About You

You must plan on each of your references being contacted by your

prospective employer. In order to be more convincing you should include at least one former supervisor, one peer, and one customer or client. Choose your best bets on all 3 accounts and then check for yourself. DO NOT LEAVE THIS UP TO CHANCE. Why on earth would you just hope for good reviews? Don’t just hope, find out or get someone to lie for you. Make sure you know EXACTLY what each reference will say during the call. You can’t afford to be blind-sided by them saying something you weren’t prepared for. If you can’t find people willing to lie on your behalf, then at least call each reference you have listed yourself to find out what is being said about you. At the end of each call, ask the reference to

recommend someone else to contact. You can’t afford to let any ―wild card‖ references to be thrown into the mix. Again, you must cover ALL angles. When performing your own reference checks, avoid asking questions that require a yes or no answer. Open-ended questions will reveal patterns in how your performance is being rated. There will be more on this in the how to section of the book.

Yes, and incidentally, the power of the Internet comes into play here because you can now go to Linkedin and be proactive. Get in touch with other job hunters and network. Put your heads together. Agree to be each-others references. Who better than a guy that you know for a fact can speak the language? Make it mutually beneficial. Lie for each other to get better positions, titles and salaries. When corporate America tries to squeeze you like a tube of toothpaste, grab them with both hands and squeeze back!

Tactic 3 - Know what HR people look for – the 4 basic facts

Legally HR can only ask a few basic things:

 Confirmation of employment: ―Yes, he worked for us.‖

 Dates of Employment: He worked for us from (start date) to (end date)

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 The job title of the most recent position held.

 Would you rehire this person? If they answer no- you’re done!

Due to the oppressive legal environment in which we live, this is where most references will end. Since anyone interested in hiring you can only prove the where, when and job title, this leaves a great deal of room for exaggeration or, if necessary, even outright fabrication. The specific job duties or

responsibilities can be rather freely expanded as can your former salary. You might also get away with some minor extension of the period of employment should you wish to cover up a gap in your employment history.

Every company I interviewed reported that, according to well-established written rules, they are required to perform mandatory employment reference checks on every single applicant. However, when I discussed the subject with a dozen hiring managers in a bar after a few drinks, an entirely different story emerged. Every one of them admitted that checks are often either

skipped or only partially completed.

Today’s managers live in a very rushed environment so many managers simply can’t find the time to place the repeated phone calls and mail out the reference requests. They also know that should they make a mistake during a check it could get them into hot water so they’re more than a little

intimidated.

Another arrogant mistake is made by those that carry the attitude that they, and they alone, can confidently extract the best employee from a crowd by "gut feel" because they’re such a "good judge of character" and so have no need for further data. Several managers with extensive hiring experience admitted that they had yet to perform their first reference check! Just be aware that for whatever reason, many checks are never made.

Tactic 4 – Make the hiring authority jump through hoops - Provide a slightly altered address for former employer

If you provide a slightly altered address for your former employer, the mail may go astray. If the address is a PO Box, simply switch two digits of the PO Box number. Otherwise, you might try incorrectly abbreviating the town name and switching two digits of the zip code. This may only serve to delay

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the arrival of a reference letter, but there’s always the chance that they won’t even bother to follow up with a second attempt.

The goal here is not to blatantly lie but to make more hoops for your hiring authority to jump through. Be a pain in the ass. Give them a good story and make it (un-seemingly) hard to verify anything except what you want them to see. Humans are human. No one wants to do more work than they feel is necessary. Everyone cuts corners. The odds are good that if you make a good impression and follow it up with a great interview, you’ll land the job and never look back.

Tactic 5 - Learn how HR Managers Check the Truth in your Resume – learn where your lies will be most effective

A survey by the New York Times Job Market research team identified the following techniques used by hiring managers to verify job candidates' claims made on their resumes:

Checking of

references………47% Evaluating candidates during the interview

process………30% Checking of past employers/schools listed on resumes………...17%

Asking questions of candidates to see how specific their answers are………6%

Evaluating new employees once they are on the job………...……….4%

Requiring samples of candidates'

work………2% Requiring candidates to complete tests during the hiring process………2%

As you can see from the above chart, by paying attention to the top 3 areas you can achieve effectiveness on 94% of your resume! This is close to the 80/20 concept found in most business models today. 20 percent of your customers bring you 80 percent of your business and so on. Pay attention to

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reference checking, the interview and past employers & schools to be 94% ahead of the rest of the jobseekers.

Tactic 6 – People believe paper documentation - Using Mail-Drops and PO Boxes for Reference Checks

Another way to create nearly un-checkable references from large companies is to use a mail drop service, such as a rental box at a Mail Boxes Etc., that accepts mail addressed to massive organizations. AT&T is a favorite

because it is so large, decentralized, and hard to track down.

Here’s how it works. A cheat gives a recruiter the mail drop and the name and number of a fictitious supervisor. If the recruiter calls, the given

reference, a "secretary" he’s set up (a friend who can act on the phone) says the company’s policy is to respond by letter only. Mail is then sent to the fictitious supervisor and forwarded to the cheater, who then writes his own recommendation. People believe paper documentation. The Society for

Human Resource Management study found that only 30 percent of all people hiring verify the authenticity of references in letters provided by candidates.

Tactic 7 - Understanding Employment Background Check – then using that to your advantage

It's not so much what employers can say, as it is what they're willing to risk saying. In many states, the laws related to employment background checks allow you to sue. If your ex-employer intentionally states false or

misleading information that prevents you from landing a job, they could be subject to your subpoena. Employers are even hesitant to even state the truth to begin with, because former employees might try to sue anyway. It's a burden of proof thing and it costs employers to go to or stay out of court. Even if employers are in the clear, they risk worker-bee juries siding with the "little people" against the "big, bad, corporate giants." This is one of those times a stereotype is tilted in your favor. Leverage it for all it’s worth. Use this to your advantage by calling your old employers and pretending to inquire about yourself as a former employee. Ask leading questions and see how far this employer is willing to press their luck when discussing details about you. Even do this to employers you know that you left on bad terms with, just to see the limits of the kinds of information that can be given. If

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you are too chicken to do this imagine the box and step outside of it. Get a friend do it for you and listen in on the other line.

Employers face yet another lawsuit dilemma, which might make them more willing to spill the beans about you however. Laws in some states permit employers to sue other employers, if during employment background

checks, they omit or lie about serious employee acts. This is especially true if the employees again commit the same or similar acts on the job.

Employers might also get sued for "negligent hiring" if they don't screen employees through background checks, and someone suffers injury because of it.

Two rather serious examples of employee hires a company can get sued over are convicted child molesters working with children and substance abusers working in the transportation industry. Check your employers state

guidelines and be extra careful when applying for jobs that work with victims, children and those that can lend to serious injury for they be more sensitive and inquisitive for obvious and necessary reasons.

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Phrases To Avoid & Dumb Mistakes

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How To

Avoid Failing For The Wrong Reasons

“You may make mistakes, but you are not a failure until you start blaming someone else”

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take that time to check and re-check your resume for flaws, errors and downright dumb mistakes. Whether you were ignorant of the facts or just never understood the thinking behind these concepts before, you now have no excuse. Pay attention and scan your resume for any and all of these career killing mistakes.

Dumb mistake number 1 - Choosing vague career accomplishments

If you chose to include career accomplishments on your resume, they must be specific. Vague or inexact accomplishments are worthless and will certainly lead to a detailed discussion. Detailed discussions can get you caught. Be careful with accomplishments, as you must be prepared to answer detailed questions.

Dumb mistake number 2 – Indicate proximity of previous employer

If you indicate that your last employer is a firm right down the road, it’s very likely that a prospective employer will go ahead and give them a call or send a letter. By simply listing a firm in another state, you somewhat reduce the odds that a prospective employer will either actually go ahead with the

check or get the reference check back (via mail) in time to be used in making a decision regarding a job offer.

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Dumb mistake number 3 – Begin or end your employment on January/December 1st

A dated employment that all starts and ends on exact beginning of the multiyear, January 1st December 1st so on so forth is sure to raise an

eyebrow and lead to questions in the interview. Remember, they are already discounting 30% as fluff and puffery, don’t give them a reason to dig deeper.

Dumb mistake number 4 – Bragging about self-employment

If you're going to write down that you're self-employed don't get too carried away with the skills you attained or the experience it gave you. Remember, if they feel that you're too good to be true their red flags will pop up and they may start to dig deeper into your resume or worse, doubt the whole thing. If you write that you were self-employed keep it basic, and keep it believable.

Dumb mistake number 5 – Don’t put down or fake irrelevant employment

Make sure that the company that you say you worked for in the past is in similar business to the line that you're being considered for now. Human resources people generally prefer hiring prospective candidates that came from a similar industry they are in; competitive companies preferably. If you’re making up a company that you supposedly worked for, make sure that you pick a company that is similar to the one you’re interviewing for.

Dumb mistake number 6 – Don’t use too many references that are unreachable

Don't be too carried away in using references or supervisors that no have forwarding address or aren't reachable. Human resources people will smell a rat and start digging deeper into your resume. Try to avoid doing this if at all

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possible. If you're going to use bogus references, it's OK to have one or two who are no longer reachable. Preferably, have a few friends in place who will give stellar recommendations for you.

Phrases that sink ships

Although you may be tempted to use catchy little phrases that you saw on someone else’s resume, they are probably not as original as you think, or cute for that matter. A quick search on Google for ―phrases not to use on your resume‖ yielded a plethora of results on Google. It seems that catchy phrases are rampant and hiring authorities like to trash resumes containing overused descriptions. At the time of this books writing I did the above simple search and pulled this list from Careerbuilder.com as an example. Always check for what not to use or ―overused phrases on resumes‖ before sending yours out.

Phrase 1: ―Track record of success.‖

 A better way to say it: Achieved 117% of quota in 2010, 110% of quota in 2009 and 114% of quota in 2008Consistently surpassed sales goal by 10% or more each year. Brought in over $4Million in sales from new accounts each of those years

Phrase 2: ―Exceeded all productivity goals for the department.‖

 A better way to say it: Exceeded established department productivity goals 16% which added $2.2 Million to the bottom line in 2010.

Phrase. 3: ―Team player.‖

 A better way to say it: Coordinated team to help research, evaluate and procure, and implement new ERP solution.

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Don’t use someone’s played out phrases. It’s so easily avoided that there is no excuse to have these show up on a resume once you are aware that they exist. Check for these dumb mistakes especially if you have outsourced your resume. Better yet, be preemptive and go collect a list of phrases that you don’t want the writer to use. If they use any of those phrases have it rewritten or do not accept the doc and refuse payment. If it’s on paper its part of the deal.

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Bullet In Your Stressed Marriage, Dreams or Mental Health

Don’t Let Your (Overly Honest) Resume

Put A Bullet In Your Stressed Marriage,

Dreams Or Mental Health

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf

of bread. ~Josh Billings

There is a proverbial ―bullet‖ in everyone’s life that can ―break‖ what they have been trying so hard to hold together. Whether you are late in child support, house payments or you are having to cut back on lifestyle things that you and your family are used to (amount of cars, family vacations, cable tv), finding a good paying job, before it’s too late, can be a stressful and all-consuming task. When will that final shot ring out? When will your

significant others patience wear out? It’s a matter of time and it can feel like life or death.

Learning from others is often the easiest first lesson you can acquire. It gives you the feeling, ―If they can do it, then so can I.‖ Hundreds and thousands of famous and accomplished people have lied on their resumes and gotten away with it and so can you.

One of my favorite stories is of David Geffen who owns Geffen Productions, Geffen Music and Geffen records. He’s a Billionaire ($4.5 Billion to be exact!). I think what's interesting about his story is that he used to work at one of the big talent agencies in Hollywood, the William Morris Agency. Everyone started in the mailroom, basically the lowest of the low delivering mail right? He found, when applying, that you had to have a college degree

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to start in the mailroom, which is asinine, right? He had no college experience so he forged transcripts and a letter that showed that he

graduated. He got the job and the next thing you know he became one of the most powerful agents in Hollywood. From there he expanded into other things and now he's a billionaire but it all started with that one is sheer act of audacity.

We can also take a lesson from former Notre Dame coach George O'Leary. After leaving Georgia Tech to work a head coach for the University of Notre Dame In 2001, discrepancies were discovered on his resume. He had

claimed to have a master's degree from "NYU-Stony Brook University," a made up college and falsely said he had earned three letters in football at the University of New Hampshire. This ultimately led to further scrutiny and background checks, ending in his termination.

Here’s the interesting part. Legally Mr. O’Leary was fired from the job, not for lying on his resume but for lying on his job application. Resumes are not legal documents, so there's not much an employer can do if you lie, except decline to hire you. Nevertheless, if you lie on your resume, you'll have to follow suit on your job application or risk immediate exposure. Job

applications are legal documents. If it comes out later that you lied on your

job application, your employer has the right to fire you, even if you've performed well, so take this into consideration when choosing what to lie about.

P.R. Agencies And How To Use Their Thinking To Get You Hired

―About a third of America's currently practicing PR men and women began their careers as journalists.‖ says Toxic sludge is good for you, by John C Stauber & Sheldon Rampton. A ―P.R.‖ agency is responsible for the ―public image‖ of their client. They are known, spin doctors, truth benders and sliver tonged liars. What works for them can work for you. Be your own P.R. person and watch the doors swing open for you too!

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Understanding how P.R. works is best illustrated by example. Here, P.R. agencies orchestrate ―grass roots campaigns‖ to lobby Washington and slowly change public opinion. It is insidious and effective as hell. Just listen to these names of supposed peoples groups, and the companies that established them, to get a clear idea of how much power the wording, lies and headlines in your resume can give you.

Tobacco giant Philip Morris hired a large P.R. firm that created ―The National Smokers Alliance‖ to advocate the then unheard of ―smokers’ rights‖. If that isn’t grimy enough, P.R. Firms have created environmentally friendly names for non-environmentally minded objectives like ―The Global Climate Coalition‖ and the ―British Columbia Forest Alliance‖, both which hide their true agendas and pander to the public interest.

None of this is illegal and it helps the large companies CRUSH their competition. It can work the same for you, you just need to pay attention. The best way to ensure that you have good resume speak is to outsource your resume. Hiring a professional resume writer is well worth the money and not at all illegal. The problem is that you have to provide the

information you want them to use and you also need to know what good quality looks like, therefore, do your homework.

Here are a few more quotes from ―Toxic Sludge is good for you‖ to help you understand just how widespread lying is. It is in fact, an entire industry; AND IT’S LEGAL!!!

―Academicians who study media now estimate that about 40% of all "news" flows virtually unedited from the public relations offices, prompting a

prominent PR exec to boast that "the best PR ends up looking like news."‖ - Toxic Sludge

―Also disconcerting is the fact that the 150,000 PR practitioners in the US outnumber the country's 130,000 reporters.‖ – Toxic Sludge

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The Machiavellian Way

– Recreate Yourself And

Give Them What They Want To Hear

If you want to tell lies that will be believed, don't tell the truth that won't.

Emperor Tokugawa Ieyasu of Japan, seventeenth century

he best and most powerful of us recreate ourselves whenever necessary or

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beneficial. We identify ourselves not by what we do for work but by who we want to be or feel like we are inside. This makes for a much more entertaining and interesting story at the very least. There are only so many currencies we have, being human. If we can create enjoyment or alleviate suffering we have learned a valuable skill.

New York-based corporate investigation firm, Michael G. Kessler &

Associates Ltd. recently wrapped up a six-month study in which 25% of the 1,000 resumes the company examined were fraudulent in some way. In many cases, the false claims were supported by fake documentation obtained via the Web. For as little as $150, you can become certified in just about anything on the Web. Imagine the possibilities.

Stop letting your friends, family or job title define who you are. Don’t play the limited role society expects of you. Self-creation is the first lesson in the world of art so take a hint from the world stage and participate in the play. People will thank you for it.

Imagine you are inside the head of a HR person or Hiring manager. You can hear their every thought and feel every feeling. Would you rather believe that you must hire a below average employee and deal with a few blemishes on a resume? You would probably tend to believe the opposite; that you

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Chapter 1 – Resume Myths & Just Plain Bullshit

Resume Myths & Just Plain Bullshit

Why Not Knowing Can Kill Your Career Before It

Starts

Chapter 1 – Resume Myths & Just Plain Bullshit

Chapter 1 – Resume Myths & Just Plain Bullshit

Chapter 1 – Resume Myths & Just Plain Bullshit

Chapter 1 – Resume Myths & Just Plain Bullshit

Chapter 1 – Resume Myths & Just Plain Bullshit

Chapter 1 – Resume Myths & Just Plain Bullshit

Chapter 1 – Resume Myths & Just Plain Bullshit

Chapter 2 – Understanding The Enemy

Understanding The Enemy -

Tactics That Win,

Over And Over Again

Chapter 2 – Understanding The Enemy

Chapter 2 – Understanding The Enemy

Chapter 2 – Understanding The Enemy

Chapter 2 – Understanding The Enemy

Chapter 2 – Understanding The Enemy

Chapter 2 – Understanding The Enemy

Chapter 3 – Phrases To Avoid & Dumb Mistakes

Phrases To Avoid & Dumb Mistakes

How To

Avoid Failing For The Wrong Reasons

Chapter 3 – Phrases To Avoid & Dumb Mistakes

Chapter 3 – Phrases To Avoid & Dumb Mistakes

Chapter 3 – Phrases To Avoid & Dumb Mistakes

Chapter 4 - Don’t Let Your (Overly Honest) Resume Put A

Bullet In Your Stressed Marriage, Dreams or Mental Health

Don’t Let Your (Overly Honest) Resume

Put A Bullet In Your Stressed Marriage,

Dreams Or Mental Health

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Bullet In Your Stressed Marriage, Dreams or Mental Health

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Bullet In Your Stressed Marriage, Dreams or Mental Health

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Chapter 5 – The Machiavellian Way

The Machiavellian Way

Give Them What They Want To Hear