According to the Society of Human Resource Managers over 53% of all job applicants lie to some extent on their resumes. Over 70% of all college students said they would lie on their resume to get a job. ìOnce you realize the extent that people go to in fabricating their resumes you start to realize that those that donít lie on their resumes stand to lose jobs to those that do,î said Derek Johnson, a former executive recruiter and author of The Fake Resume Guide. ìI launched www.fakeresume.com and wrote The Fake Resume Guide for all those honest people out there so they can learn how others are beating them out of the jobs they deserve and become competitive again,î continues Johnson.
The lies range from listing college degrees never attained to positions never held. With recent high profile career fraud including former Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Michael Brownís fake resume to the resignation of South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk, who is accused of completely fabricating research to have cloned human embryos. With the prevalence of such fraud in society Johnson contends that at the very least everyone should be aware of the techniques people use to inflate their resumes, or they risk not getting hired at jobs they should be getting.
Some of topics covered in the Fake Resume Guide include, how much should you lie on your resume, effectively increasing the level of your experience, creating air tight references, how to survive the employee background check, 25 things that will raise a red flag to your potential employer, how to fake your college education, how to lie at the interview and get away with it, and what to do if you get caught?
Over 53% of Job Applicants Lie on Their Resume, Should You
New web site, FakeResume.com helps job seekers successfully lie on their resumes to get the job they deserve
