How to Weed Out the Lies and Exaggerations on Résumés

July 1, 2016

How to Weed Out the Lies and Exaggerations on Résumés

If your job involves hiring, you know how frustrating it can be staring at all those résumés. Which claims are real, which are exaggerations and which are just flat-out lies? And when hiring, you need to think about each résumé as a used car ad ...

How to Weed Out the Lies and Exaggerations on Résumés

If your job involves hiring, you know how frustrating it can be staring at all those résumés. Which claims are real, which are exaggerations and which are just flat-out lies? And when hiring, you need to think about each résumé as a used car ad — the candidate is trying to sell you something, so you need to adopt a buyer-beware attitude before falling for that sales pitch.

The recession caused a big increase in the number of applicants who are adding a little “creative writing” to their résumés and the Internet is full of ways for applicants to add to that creativity. Business Management Daily’s Editorial Director Pat DiDomenico describes five things you can do to smoke out those résumés lies.

Sign in to get access to this free resource, and all of our whitepapers and reports.

Download this content today!

Register to get free access to this content, as well as newsletters, continuing education, podcasts, and more…
Is AI Distorting the Economy?

Economy May 14, 2026 

Is AI Distorting the Economy?

Artificial intelligence has been a big hit on Wall Street with the five largest spenders shelling out $800 billion this year in capital spending, but some worry it is distorting the economy.

Leave a Reply