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Jude Werra who has an executive search firm says that the most common lie on resumes they receive is the claim to have an advanced degree at a school the applicant never even attended. Every year, by investigating applicants' educational claims, she tracks the percentage who make such a lie. She call it the Liars Index.
What percentage lie about advanced degrees? Wanna take a guess?
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The range has been 10.73 to 23.3 %
A friend of mine was taking resume writing advice from someone who worked in another area of her own institution. She told me that this person advised her that "you've got to lie." And she told my friend how she had totally made up work experience to get the job she had--to switch careers, in fact. I am so surprised not only that someone would tell the number and detail of lies that she evidently did, but that she would go telling a third party about it so casually.
As time has gone on, my friend has become aware of other people at her work place (bio research) who have lied about qualifications. She's mad about it.
If I ever ran into this, I was pleasantly ignorant. But then, it might explain some of the incompetence I've run into. But how do people get away with it? Do employers never really check resume facts? Do employers have any idea how often they are being lied to?
Oh, Jude Werra says the second most common type of resume lie is work assignments and job titles.
I'll have to see if I can find the article in which I read this. In the meantime, does this bother you? Do you think resumes are just a pile of hooey?
What percentage lie about advanced degrees? Wanna take a guess?
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The range has been 10.73 to 23.3 %
A friend of mine was taking resume writing advice from someone who worked in another area of her own institution. She told me that this person advised her that "you've got to lie." And she told my friend how she had totally made up work experience to get the job she had--to switch careers, in fact. I am so surprised not only that someone would tell the number and detail of lies that she evidently did, but that she would go telling a third party about it so casually.
As time has gone on, my friend has become aware of other people at her work place (bio research) who have lied about qualifications. She's mad about it.
If I ever ran into this, I was pleasantly ignorant. But then, it might explain some of the incompetence I've run into. But how do people get away with it? Do employers never really check resume facts? Do employers have any idea how often they are being lied to?
Oh, Jude Werra says the second most common type of resume lie is work assignments and job titles.
I'll have to see if I can find the article in which I read this. In the meantime, does this bother you? Do you think resumes are just a pile of hooey?
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