Lying on your CV - never a good idea on National TV!!

All of us at CareersinRecruitment.com sat in amazement as we watched the most recent episode of The Apprentice.

For those Apprentice lovers I am sure you watched Lee McQueen, Recruitment Sales Manager squirm last Wednesday night as he was interviewed and caught out for telling a porky on his CV. Lee's CV was scrutinised closely by his interviewers who were unimpressed by its contents - one picked up on his spelling of 'tommorrow', 'ambtion', and 'recoinged', whilst the other had confirmation that he didn't spend 2 years at university, but just 4 months! The spelling was bad enough but the dishonesty, even when pushed into a corner and having to own up to his lies - he didn't apologise.

Employee screening specialists the Risk Advisory Group carried out a study into more than 3,800 CVs submitted by job applicants in 2007, the results of which show that it is a rather sad fact that more than 50% of CVs submitted for job applications contain inaccuracies.

The other classic that Lee pulled out of the bag was his impression of a dinosaur, which he was asked to do by property tycoon Paul Kemsley. Yes it was extremely uncomfortable to watch as he performed his famous reverse pterodactyl impression. Come on Lee, you work in Recruitment - you must have interviewed hundreds of candidates - you could have done a lot better. That said, it was great TV and he is through to the final. How will Sir Alan be seen by the public if he condones such behaviour and employs him as the next Apprentice?

Overall the interviews made for fascinating viewing: Alex sighed a lot and Helen swore. What about the actual interviewers themselves, would they have got away with their comments in a 'normal' situation? Lucinda was challenged for being too wacky and 'unemployable', Claire was called cheap, and Alex was called boring and told that he must have some 'really thick friends'.

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