by Carol Gioia

Created on: December 27, 2009

Being fired from a job conjures up potentially egregious behavior. Certainly some instances of termination of employment involve blatant infractions, such as stealing from your employer.

There are some other, more subtle, behaviors that can potentially result in being fired from your job.

* Lying on your resume or job application

If you stretch the truth, exaggerate, or blatantly lie on your resume or job application, you risk the chance of being found out and fired. Even if you have been performing your job effectively for a period of time, if your embellishment of the true facts surfaces in some way, you could potentially be terminated for dishonesty.

* Indiscretion on the computer

Using the company computer for personal activities could potentially get you fired. Many employers today monitor their employees computer activities and you never know when a personal e-mail, a comment on face book, surfing the web on company time, or any other indiscreet computer activity could result in you losing your job.

* Gossip

Indulging in office gossip may seem like innocent, frivolous activity to you, but it is not possible to calculate the damage of gossip, whom it may potentially offend and where they might air their grievance. Repeated complaints to the personnel department about your offensive behavior could label you a troublemaker and make you a candidate for being fired.

* Personal phone calls

Excessive time spent on personal phone calls will not go unnoticed by the powers that be in your company. If you are attempting to manage your personal life via the company telephone, your behavior could get you fired.

* Drinking on company time

What you do in your personal life is your business, but if your habits overlap onto company time and affect your work or professional demeanor, that could be just cause to be fired. Technically lunch time is your personal time, however, if you decide to indulge in alcohol and return to work, that misguided behavior becomes a company issue. Even overindulging alcohol in the evening can have negative effects on your job. Repeated tardiness or hangovers that inhibits clear thinking are negative side effects of drinking that could potentially get you fired from your job.

* Romantic involvement at work

Becoming romantically involved with your boss or supervisor is unwise at best. Should the romantic interlude end in a negative way, the awkwardness of having you around might be impetus to fire you.

Even getting romantically involved with

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