You're a soft-skilled employee. You're not technical and have gotten by on being organized and well-...

 

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You're a soft-skilled employee. You're not technical and have gotten by on being organized and well- liked. After having been laid off, you've looked hard for a job but it has now been 10 months and you have received no offers. You've exhausted your savings and are just two months from being unable to pay the rent. You could move back in with your parents, but then your child would have to change schools, to a worse school. You know that the longer you're unemployed, the harder it will be to convince an employer to hire you-You're increasingly viewed as having been picked-over-No one else wants to hire you so why should they? So you're wondering if you should lie on your resume and say you're working and ask your friend if it's okay to list him as your boss. What would you do? You're a soft-skilled employee. You're not technical and have gotten by on being organized and well- liked. After having been laid off, you've looked hard for a job but it has now been 10 months and you have received no offers. You've exhausted your savings and are just two months from being unable to pay the rent. You could move back in with your parents, but then your child would have to change schools, to a worse school. You know that the longer you're unemployed, the harder it will be to convince an employer to hire you-You're increasingly viewed as having been picked-over-No one else wants to hire you so why should they? So you're wondering if you should lie on your resume and say you're working and ask your friend if it's okay to list him as your boss. What would you do?

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