Have you ever straight-up lied on your resume?
Well, youre not alone, at least according to a recentCareerBuilder surveyof 2,153 hiring and human resource managers.
The poll found 77% of respondents have caught a lie on a resume.
But how many lies went unnoticed?
Your need to catch a potential employers eye to get a job is understandable.
More than 2 in 5 of those surveyed said they spend less than a minute looking at a resume.
And nearly 1 in 4 spend less than 30 seconds!
They sure make their minds up quickly.
Regardless of your credentials, a notable gaffe can be enough to get your resume tossed aside.
And you might not ever know why.
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According to the survey, managers report applicants have:
1.
Auto-corrected their surname from Flin to Flintstone.
True story: His name was Freddie.
Stated they had great attention to detail…
… but attention was misspelled.
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3.
Stated they had been a prince in another life.
Can we call your references?
Listed taking long walks as a skill
Is that a measure of endurance, or…?
Sounds more like something that should go in your dating profile.
Used direct quotes from Star Wars in their resume.
Not sure why anyones complaining about this one…
7.
Claimed he would work harder if paid more.
Listen, were all thinking it, but maybe you shouldnt spend precious resume space on it.
Used a resume template with cats in the corners.
Thats probably only effective if youre applying tothese cat cafe jobs.
Listed smoking under hobbies.
Unless its because your sales numbers are on fire, you might probably leave this one off the list.
Your Turn: Have you ever made a ridiculous blunder on a resume while trying to get a job?
Dana Sitar (@danasitar) is a staff writer at The Penny Hoarder.
(Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?)
You know which ones were talking about: rent, utilities, cell phone bill, insurance, groceries…
