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“Resume Fraud Starts at the Top”
Filed under Resumes and Cover Letters
Posted by Libraries, September 14, 2006
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James B. Mintz, Across the Board, July/August 2006
While this article focuses on CEOs and other top employees who have falsified information on their resumes, the lessons to be learned are applicable to all of us. Many even commented that inaccuracies were added to resumes during the beginning of their professional lives or during desperate times in an effort to land a job. Don’t be tempted to do the same — today’s “white lies” could come back to haunt you in the future …
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