Question of the Day

Careers #57

What percent of job seekers lie during the hiring process?

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• Mastery of skills they barely use (like Excel or a foreign language) - 60%
• Working at company longer than they did to omit another employer - 50%
• Having a higher GPA by 1/2 a point: 49%
• Title inflation: 41%
• Earning a degree from a prestigious university when they were a few credits short: 39%

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Follow Up Questions

1. Do you think it's ok to lie about your skills if you really, really want a job? Does it depend on what you are lying about?
2. What's the difference between a lie and an exaggeration?
3. Assume that your lie doesn’t get caught during the hiring process, what's the risk once you start working in the job?

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