[Avodah] Permissible Flattery

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:27:07PM -0500, Moshe Y. Gluck wrote:
: I think one can draw a parallel to those Kesubos that were written in
: the time of the Gemara with an inflated amount - double or triple the
: actual Kesubah amount. Since everyone knew that to get the actual amount
: of the Kesubah one must divide by two or three, it's as if that lower
: number was written in the Kesubah, and it's understood that the higher
: number was written for appearance's sake...

I had a head-hunter tell me that about resume padding. I didn't go for
it (nor get the job).

Assuming an industry where that is true -- and I'm not asserting mine is
-- would it be mutar to exagerate on one's resume? I find that different
because even if common enough for the interviewer to mentally lob 25%
off one's resume, it's still not socially accepted. But I really have no
idea.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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