Over a third of people say they would lie on their CV if they thought they could get away with it, while 42% claim they know someone who has.
And it seems that many do think they can get away with it, with 66% of respondents to a survey believing that employers do not thoroughly check the claims made on CVs.
Research undertaken by BackgroundChecking.com, an Experian® company questioned 1,003 working adults.
The most likely types of ‘CV fraud’ were likely to be salary (23%), level of previous experience (14%) and educational qualifications (13%), followed by dates of employment (10%), job title (9%) and age (6%). Some respondents even felt that ‘forgetting’ their criminal records or actually faking references was worth falsifying, if they could get away with it.
And it seems that many do think they can get away with it, with 66% of respondents to a survey believing that employers do not thoroughly check the claims made on CVs.
Research undertaken by BackgroundChecking.com, an Experian® company questioned 1,003 working adults.
The most likely types of ‘CV fraud’ were likely to be salary (23%), level of previous experience (14%) and educational qualifications (13%), followed by dates of employment (10%), job title (9%) and age (6%). Some respondents even felt that ‘forgetting’ their criminal records or actually faking references was worth falsifying, if they could get away with it.
