by Gabriella Samms

Created on: October 28, 2008   Last Updated: November 04, 2008

If there is anything worse then a prospective employee lying during an interview, I would have to say it is a prospective employer lying to the individual interviewing for a position. In the past I have found I have accepted positions based on lies I was told that made me believe I was getting more then I soon found I wasn't going too; the worst offense being a promise of extensive training.

Many of us seek positions we are already qualified for, otherwise our chances of obtaining the position is more like the odds of winning a lottery. Unless an employer is actually desperate to fill a position, they will spend a large amount of tme interviewing people that will fill the void as competantly as possible. What appears to me that is often not part of the equation is that employers feel if you have experience in their field, you automatically know exactly how their office works. No two companies operate the same, even if they are a chain of franchises. The reason for this is that every company has a manager, and no two are the same. Expectation vary widely from one person to another.

I know all too well how employers fail at believing you know exactly how they operate because I fell into one of those assumptions and ended up hating my decision to choose a company I believed stood by their words. I spoke the truth during my interview, but in return I was lied too and then made to believe that I must have heard incorrectly. My hearing is as perfect as the manipulation used by the Human Resources Director.

I like to be trained at a new position, whether or not I already know what the position entails. The reason for this is because I AM aware that no two companies operate the same. What worked at my last job, even though it may be in the same field, is most likely different at the next. In my interview at the job I accepted, I was informed that there would be extensive training. Extensive is a big word; a word I was extremely happy hearing. With proper training, extensive training, I was convinced I would become a vital part of this new company. Five months later, I barely knew more then I did when I started.

I communicated during my interview that although I had experience at the front desk in the Dental field, I had no experience with the software they were presently using. I added that I didn't find that to be a problem since I am a quick learner, and the extensive training, I believed I would be getting, would solve that minor problem very quickly. What I have come

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