Be a liar - or you'll be unemployed. It may sound insidious, but this advice comes from a career counselor, Isobelle Panton.

Here are 4 lies you should definitely tell if you want to get a job, or at least not lose it right away:

1. Reason for leaving previous job

Even if it's the most valid reason, if it's negative, the interviewer won't want to hear it, period. Stay positive and professional and keep the real reasons for leaving your previous job to yourself.

Instead, the career counselor suggested you say, "I'm looking to leave my current company because I feel I've exhausted all the development opportunities there."

She recommended highlighting why you want a role at the prospective company, such as its “dynamic” qualities and opportunities for promotions and career growth.

2. Number of applications to other jobs

Even if you're interviewing for your dream job, never say that this is the only interview you're doing because it makes you look desperate for the job and that you really need the job.

However, when employers think you are applying to several other jobs at the same time, you are more likely to get the offer you are actually looking for.

3. Future plans

Keep your upcoming travel plans or excuses to yourself, saying "you have to be somewhere for a month for a specific reason." This shows that you only want the job for the money or to cover the costs of this plan.

Part of life is definitely about what you want to do with the salary you get, but your interviewer doesn't need to hear that.

4. Sincerity about secondary matters

If you are doing a job interview and then imply that this money is essentially for setting up your own business, for example, then the employer will perceive that you are working on that plan during work hours.

This shows them that you have other motives for working for their company, and treating that work as a means to achieve other goals, while true in every case, is not necessary to communicate honestly to your employer.

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Source: Your Tango