I put some fake experiences on my resume to get a job. Out of the different companies I stated on my resume that I worked for only 2 was true. The job required a senior level person who I put my real two projects and few other Made up ones. I did good on the interview and started working for the company. I worked for company for 2 years. Now the company wants me do a top secret clearance. What should I do? If I am truthful on the SF-86 and if the SF-86 requires for me to submit a resume I submit a resume with my real experience and take out anything that was fake. Will I still get caught that I lied originally? Because in the company website I have written 11 years of experience. Will they cross reference my SF-86 to my company website experience stated?
For sf86 you are required to account for every moment of your professional life for the past 10 years. That includes listing supervisors and their contact info for every job you listed. You have 3 choices:
- You can come clean on the sf86 and hope your company doesn’t notice or mind
- you can continue listing the fake jobs on your SF86. The BI WILL find out and confront you with it.
- Cancel your clearance request.
The BI won’t cross reference your resume. I’d start there. Update resume with company. On the SF86 list all real jobs. The thing is though…can the government trust you to not lie? Your company cannot. But you need start clean living now and stick to it.
Not true. I review resumes all the time. Not on every case, but it’s very common.
I’m not saying they are off limits, everything can be looked at. I’ve not yet had a resume requested by a clearance investigator in 42 years of cleared life, including almost 10 at the full scope polygraph level. But my resume is honest on jobs and accomplishments. I dont mean to come across as defending inflated resumes. My advice is "start living a more honest life, correct your falshoods. " Asking for his current resume if he’s having trouble lining up jobs/dates/supervisors is a good technique. Obviously, if he turns in an SF86 with 3 jobs and a resume with 11 jobs…Houston, he has big problems. Start pulling strings…lots of other stuff shakes out. One of the biggest pains in the butt reviewing SF86s was making sure each job lined up date wise for 10 years. I’ve told several “lying is not acceptable, commiting your deception in writing is worse, putting it on your SF86…falsifying government documents and criminal”
Usually, if they’re going to check a resume, they will look at the one you submitted with your original application for employment, not the one you have today (if it changed). So changing your resume after the fact won’t really do much for you.
Also, background investigators have access to your tax and SSA records, as well as information gleaned from the major credit reporting bureaus - all of which can be used to accurately verify work history before even contacting employers manually.
The resume review is ordered by the agency. Not every agency orders a resume review, but it is a common thing! When a resume review is ordered, the investigator does not ask the Sub for a resume, the resume is sent to the investigator with the security questionnaire from the agency who ordered the investigation. When a resume review is ordered, the documents are compared LINE BY LINE and EVERY discrepancy has to be accounted for. Just because you have never seen it doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Do not tell people it WONT happen, that is not something you can say for certain.
I didn’t claim resumes are never checked. Considering many positions cleared through full scope polygraphs aren’t exactly “resume” positions there isnt a resume to check. Now on the professional end? Absolutely. I can say with 10 years experience on a “life support” contract with 370 FTEs? Maybe 3 even had resumes reviewed by the company. But it is understandable when the 370 are grass cutters, culinary, housekeeping, supply, monitors, lodging etc.