Does anyone have any advise on how to go about protecting yourself from others falsely claiming to have done the job you have worked long and hard to gain? I know that in the long run those individuals will shoot themselves in the career feet by doing so, but in order to protect our work should we have to go to great lengths by including copies of every single program to protect against others claiming your work incase you go for the same job as the impersonators?
I actually got a CV the other day from someone who strangely did my job for a year, actually at the same time i was doing it. The interview was "interesting" to say the least as most of the CV as i checked the rest out after. As you said the truth will come out.
Iknow of someone on here who took over from me on a tour having got the job by "creative" CV work, then lasted a few weeks in the job, and left without giving the proper notice because he couldn't cope (out of his depth).
Now his profile is claimimg he did the full run on the tour - including the half that was the year before he started.
Pisses me off when the rest of us had to bust our asses to cover for his incompetance and lack of proffesional courtesy.
It does make you wonder how many people put down shows they did for a week as locals, as having done the tour!
is there any way of letting stagejobspro know that the information that person is claiming to have done is false???
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Thats happened to me before someone put sound engineer for a gig i did when all they did way unload the truck. A mate of mine called me and said i'm interviewing someone here who said they did sound on a gig i thought you did. And then i said they only unloaded the truck so they didnt get the job
Everyone with any sense will make sure they make their CV sound as good as possible, but lying is lying, and it is immoral and unethical in all industries.
But it also happens in all industries.
I am impressed by SJPs reply and respect the fact that they will remove anything that is KNOWN to be untrue. This doesn't mean we should all look to shop everything we see, but it is important to protect yourself.
As far as I know, you do NOT have any active way to protect yourself UNLESS a claim on a CV breaches your intellectual property (copyright), in which case legal action can be taken. However, it is worth noting, on that score, that a typical contract of working would see any intellectual property created in the course of an employment belongs to the employer, not the employee.
If I saw someone who was claiming that they had done something that I had done I would be wonderfully polite with them and email them suggesting that they might have made an error and invite them to correct it in an amicable and low key way. If they do not respect it - drip blood into the pool and throw them to the sharks.
I abhor liars and cheats...I have worked with and for too many of them!
the truth is, that compared to many industries we are comparably small, so someone will always know someone on the cv somewhere, so it begs the question - why bother lying!
And I believe that's the right attitude to have too! Although I am have been teaching drama and theatre for many years, and worked in theatres etc, gaining experience, I too feel new to the "industry"...even though I know I have the skills and expertise to get into it and do it well.
Interesting to read this thread again. A Year on, and I still can't get a job. There's always something I apparently need more experience in. Ho hum...keeping on battling. :(
This happened to me last year. Not only had the person only turned up for one day and then never return, but then on her cv she claimed she was the SM on the job. I emailed her highlighting her lie, and also contacted Jenni at SJP to blacklist her. It is absolutely not on!!
Well I'm a sound engineer and the first 3 months of live sound I ever did were terrifying (even with years of training) so good luck to anyone that wants to try and fake their way in, I doubt they would last an hour.
Exactly Colin. I was No1 LX on a tour once and the No2 suddenly had to drop out so we dashed through CV's and interviewed a chap who said he'd done this and that and worked here and there - so we took him on and turned out it was all fake. Not only did it then make a lot more work for me, trying to keep on top of everything while we were still on the road but then more work for everyone else trying to sort out a replacement. After the next 'in' - which was a headache, I ended up pulling in a friend of mine who had not had much experience, but was sensible and willing to learn. Within a few days he was a great asset and one would never have guessed he wasn't an 'industry pro'. It taught me a valuable lesson in that seeing people with an all-singing, all-dancing CV means nothing really. If they have the right mind-set, can communicate and listen - then that's good enough for me....
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