Job application dilemma

I applied for a job recently, that is pretty much my ideal role - good pay hike, loads of international travel, great organisation etc etc.

Found out today I've got an interview (date tbc) so have just gone back over my application and the job description etc to start preparing.

At this point I notice that I made a typo on my application

In my qualifications

That makes me look like I got a better degree than I did.

Do I:

a) Own up, which while making me look honest, also makes me look like the kind of arse who makes basic typos and doesn't check his work.

b) Keep quiet, hope they don't check, and run the risk of being seen as someone who lies about his qualifications on a job application

The job is at an educational institution btw

fess up

Own up.Hopefully they'll see your honesty as a huge plus.

If not well at least youll proofread more thoroughly in future wont you?

Good luck.

what typo did you exactly make to get a better degree?

flip a coin

Are you sure they'll believe it was a mistake?

Depends how big of a typo it was. I'd say own up, but only if they ask about it specifically.

I got a 2:2 at university, but I've always had 2:1 written on my CV and always will. No-one will ever check. If I were making the leap from 2:2 to 1st then I might get into trouble, but then I doubt it too.

Karnov BSC, SSC

(Bronze Swimming Certificate, Silver Swimming Certificate)

tell them. doubt they'll cancel the interview as a result. make a joke out of it in the interview.

  On 11/15/2010 at 6:13 PM, keltoi said:

tell them. doubt they'll cancel the interview as a result. make a joke out of it in the interview.

  On 11/15/2010 at 6:13 PM, Obel said:

Karnov BSC, SSC

 

(Bronze Swimming Certificate, Silver Swimming Certificate)

yeah make that joke

  On 11/15/2010 at 6:02 PM, plstik said:

what typo did you exactly make to get a better degree?

This:

  On 11/15/2010 at 6:12 PM, Gary C said:

.I got a 2:2 at university, but I've always had 2:1 written on my CV and always will. No-one will ever check. If I were making the leap from 2:2 to 1st then I might get into trouble, but then I doubt it too.

Cheers all.

  On 11/15/2010 at 6:12 PM, Gary C said:

Depends how big of a typo it was. I'd say own up, but only if they ask about it specifically.

 

I got a 2:2 at university, but I've always had 2:1 written on my CV and always will. No-one will ever check. If I were making the leap from 2:2 to 1st then I might get into trouble, but then I doubt it too.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260901/Woman-lied-CV-A-Levels-bag-NHS-job-jailed.html

You're probably ok, but if someone ever wants to sack you, then they'll go through your cv with a comb. And if they have a grudge you can be done for fraud too.

My advice would be to fess up.

  On 11/15/2010 at 7:40 PM, kakapo said:

  On 11/15/2010 at 6:12 PM, Gary C said:

Depends how big of a typo it was. I'd say own up, but only if they ask about it specifically.

 

I got a 2:2 at university, but I've always had 2:1 written on my CV and always will. No-one will ever check. If I were making the leap from 2:2 to 1st then I might get into trouble, but then I doubt it too.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260901/Woman-lied-CV-A-Levels-bag-NHS-job-jailed.html

 

You're probably ok, but if someone ever wants to sack you, then they'll go through your cv with a comb. And if they have a grudge you can be done for fraud too.

 

My advice would be to fess up.

Yeah. Fess up and leave them with a corrected resume/CV/application/whatever.

definitely fess up.

Even if you get the job, it'll bite you in the ass.

this thread ='s

the paranoid and oft overlooked honest ppl, versus the venal cheats that get all the good jobs through their cheating.

definitely do NOT fess up.

they don't check that stuff.

you're a sure thing.

edit: i have never had a job in my life, but still think this advice is the most reliable in this thread.

geh ...

remember that lady who was head of academic honesty or something who was caught after like years and years that she lied on her resume claiming she had a degree she didn't. that's was hilarious.

I'm with XXX on this one. I would try to ride it and see whether they catch on.

Thanks WATMM (ThaTMM),

Decision made – I’ll wait until I get formal written confirmation of interview (it’s all been discussed over email so far). Once I have this, I’ll email the lovely Kate from HR, who in my head looks like Anne Hathaway, and ‘fess up. I won’t mention it at all after this – ie in interview – unless it is brought up. Level of degree required wasn’t specified on the job spec, so that won’t have been a deciding factor in interviewing me.

That is the best option. Anyway, I'd rather know I got a job from my own merit/experience/skills than being able to snaffle around on a photocopier with some Tippex or whatever it is you forgers do these days