Falsehoods on CVs can jeopardize a job offer.
Early-career researchers looking for positions in industry can probably wave goodbye to a job if they lie on their CVs, finds a survey of US hiring managers and human-resources executives. Conducted online from 13 May to 6 June by Harris Poll in Rochester, New York, on behalf of the jobs website CareerBuilder, the survey polled 2,188 respondents across various industries and company sizes. Some 51% of respondents said that they would dismiss an applicant on whose CV they found a lie, whereas 7% said that they would overlook it if they liked the candidate. Respondents said that 33% of detected untruths involved an applicant's academic degree, and 57% were used to embellish skill sets.
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Lies have consequences. Nature 512, 458 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7515-458c
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7515-458c