You can pretty much kiss your employment references goodbye if you're found to have provided false information on your resume. Even if your employer doesn't terminate the employment relationship for the fraudulent information, you'll still have to suffer the embarrassment of having your employer kn...
Lying on Your Resume Could Be the Best Thing You Could Do For Your CareerDerek Johnson
Let's have a little chat about everything you need to know about lying on your resume. Will employers know if I lie on my resume? Sure, you might lie to smooth over an uncomfortable interaction or to avoid hurting someone's feelings, but virtually everyone agrees that lying on a ...
Let's say you go ahead and decide to lie on your resume. It's a little white lie. You're not lying about having a particular job. You worked at the company, you just didn't have all the responsibilities you said you did. So, you think, "it's no big deal." Or is it? The ...
What might be the consequences of lying on your resume? A. It will be seen as a serious character flaw. B. You will be taken as an employee that cannot be trusted.
“Lying on a resume or during an interview is never a good strategy. What you perceive as a weakness may not be to the hiring manager,” Haller explains. “Many times there are transferable skills that can be used to market yourself to overcome other areas where you are not as directly ...
Served on IT Steering Committee with COO, CIO, and CFO. That’s pure fact. Facts generate more credibility than opinions. Cut Adjectives & Adverbs Read through your resume. Highlight the adjectives and adverbs (here’s anapp for that). Then, rewrite to cut them. ...
1. You WILL Get Caught Lying on Your Resume That 99% number from the title? We lied. We made it up. However— According to the latestCareerBuilder study, 75% hiring managers caught a lie on a resume (the remaining 25% clearly don’t read resumes—but that’s our interpretation.) ...
Yes, the high and mighty lie on their resume as well—but eventheyhave to face the consequences when caught. You might not be fired by the President, or go to prison for a year as one Aussie did last week for lying on your resume. Chances are, you’ve done it before, and haven’...
Lying about technical abilities –If you want to raise your technical capabilities, don’t just write it on your resume, train yourself in that skill. There are thousands of trainings your organization provides, and there are many training institutes outside your campus, which provides evening cla...