INBOX: How to Upgrade Your Resume Without Lying

Lying on your resume when everyone else seems to be getting ahead? Struggling with reference dilemmas when your boss left on bad terms? Or maybe you've accidentally discovered your company's secret layoff plans and don't know whether to warn your colleagues? This week, we're diving into resume ethics, reference nightmares, and the ultimate workplace moral dilemma in our season finale. What you'll learn: • Resume Ethics Reality Check : Why changing your job title from "Marketing Intern" to "Marketing Coordinator" crosses the line from embellishment to lying, plus how to showcase expanded responsibilities without fabricating your actual role • Reference Dilemma Solutions : Navigating tricky reference situations when bosses leave badly, whether you can use junior colleagues as references, and how to politely decline being someone's reference when they weren't great at their job • The Ultimate Workplace Bombshell : What to do when you accidentally discover massive layoffs are coming while your colleagues are buying houses and planning weddings - should you warn them and risk your career, or stay silent? Plus: A follow-up on sick leave rights - why Australian employees are never legally required to find their own replacement when calling in sick, even if it's written into their contract. Welcome to BIZ Inbox, your go-to workplace advice podcast where awkward career questions get real-world solutions. Got office politics nightmares or boss-from-hell situations? Send us a voice note or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au . You can remain completely anonymous! SHOW MENTIONS: BIZ: The Exact Script To Calling In Sick Get more Sarah Davidson in her sensational podcast Seize The Yay ! Sign up to the BIZ newsletter here to get all our tips and tricks. THE END BITS Support independent women's media Follow the Biz Instagram and Sarah's very own podcast: Seize The Yay Podcast. HOSTS: Sarah Davidson and Em Vernem SENIOR PRODUCER: Sophie Campbell AUDIO PRODUCER: Leah Porges Become a Mamamia subscriber:

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INBOX: How to Upgrade Your Resume Without Lying is an episode from Lady Startup by Mamamia Podcasts.

This episode is 26:33 long.

This episode was published on Sep 24, 2025.

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