Lying on a resume' can give private investigators some extra work.
Most companies disqualified candidates after discovering their dishonesty. Thirty-six percent still considered the candidate, but ultimately passed on hiring them. Six percent of hiring managers overlooked the "flawed resumé" and hired the applicant anyway.
Here are some examples of lies on resume's that did not require a private investigator to research:
Candidate claimed to be a member of the Kennedy family
Applicant invented a school that did not exist
Job seeker submitted a résumé with someone else's photo inserted into the document
Candidate claimed to be a member of Mensa
Applicant claimed to have worked for the hiring manager before, but never had
Job seeker claimed to be the CEO of a company when he was an hourly employee
Candidate listed military experience dating back to before he was born
Job seeker included samples of work, which were actually those of the interviewer
Candidate claimed to have been a professional baseball player
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