A new online service, fakeresumes.com, is offering students help in getting the jobs they deserve by fluffing up resumes with nice but completely false information. The cost of all this? Around $100 for a "tune up."
We are disheartened to learn that according to a study, 53 percent of Americans embellish their resumes, and 70 percent of college students do. Some of the most common tactics are rounding up GPAs and claiming to be proficient in a foreign language.
The problems with this type of behavior are obvious. If you lie and are caught there is nowhere to hide. Not only do you lose out on that job opportunity, but you establish a reputation as being not trustworthy.
Another problem with resumes is that employers often do not check them thoroughly.. If people feel they can get away with lying, we wonder, are resumes important at all anymore? Or is competition so fierce today that everyone has to stretch the truth?
No matter what you may think, it is important to be honest and open when seeking a job. We can't guarantee that others will be as noble, but we can all do our part.
