Sunday, March 23, 2008

Lies?

I can most definitely believe that at least 50% of people lie on their resume. Resumes are the deciding factor in who gets what jobs, and a person's job is their main source of income for their family. A better job could mean more money, more time off, or many other things that a person would lie for. I believe most lies are just exaggerations like a GPA. We talked about this in one of my mgt classes and a few other examples of types of lies on resumes besides exaggerations would be making stuff completely up like going to harvard grad school or saying you are a completely different person!
Another thing we talked about in that mgt class was how your reputation is the most important thing you have in the business world. If you lie on your resume and get caught, you are screwed! That is the single most biggest reason why I would not lie because it will haunt you for the rest of your career.

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