Property News · June 23, 2012

Will you be found out if you lie on your CV?


Lying on your CV about your qualifications is becoming more widespread in a tough jobs market. Now a new online service could find you outWhen Neil Wilson* applied to a retail banking chain for a job not long after graduation, he beefed up his CV by “creating” relevant work experience he had not actually done. “I thought I’d better show that I had worked in a bank before, so I put down that I’d done a month’s unpaid work in a local branch where I grew up. That branch had closed, anyway, so I knew they’d never be able to check.”Wilson didn’t get the job, but does not believe the fabrication on his CV was the reason. “There’s no way they could have found out, and when I asked for feedback they said it was because they had been inundated with applications from high-calibre graduates. I would consider doing it again in similar circumstances,” he admits. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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