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Darchei Noam, at this point it’s just grasping at straws. If you do get caught (the opinon of those with experience here is that it is mainly a matter of ‘when’), you have made a serious error that could come back to bite you later in your career (and there’s no way of knowing now how or in what way that could happen. There is a good reason why experts recommend never burning bridges (even if you’ve been mistreated and are resigning).
What seems to be unanimous here is that it does NOT PAY to lie on your resume/application UNLESS all of the following apply:
1) You have no religious ethics
2) You have no moral compunctions/ethics
3) You are applying for a low level, low visibility job (so being caught won’t have any immediate ramifications other than termination)
4) You are not averse to the risk that the incident will come up later in life (e.g. one of your future clients or co-workers at a future job is from that place and remembers)
5) (Most important) You have nothing truthful of significant value to put on your resume/application
A mentch with all these qualities I have no words to describe.