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Should You Ever Lie On Your Resume?
Surveys indicate that anywhere from 23 to 45 percent of all résumés being circulated contain significant fabrications. The areas most frequently embellished are education and dates of previous employment. It is not hard to figure out why some people resort to this in a competitive job market.
People who resort to this are unaware that prospective employers are increasingly checking out all the facts cited on a résumé. An ever-increasing number of companies are now contracting out with firms who do nothing but check the veracity of résumés.
When people are caught in a lie, their chances of getting the job instantly drop to zero, while those who've already been hired using a less-than-truthful résumé are subject to immediate dismissal. And that's not all. In the US, employers have been known to file lawsuits against people who've lied on their résumés in order to recover expenses involved in recruiting, interviewing and/or hiring that person. And they've sometimes even won punitive damages. Clearly, lying on one's résumé is a risky and dangerous matter.
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