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12:46 18th November 2009
The majority of applicants tell a lie on their CV when they apply for a job, according to new research from Hirescores.com.
According to the organisation, 69 per cent of 1,277 people surveyed admitted to being misleading in one way or another when they applied for their current job, with 90 per cent of these people putting false information on their CVs.
Around 25 per cent of people surveyed said they had altered information about their GCSE grades as they considered the details too old to be truly relevant anymore.
Peter Panayotou, senior consultant at CV consultancy The Write Stuff, said: "The idea is to sell yourself, but you want to stop short of saying anything that is untrue. The secret to selling yourself is to put in lots of action words and inspirational language."
Taking an IT training course can provide strong qualifications that could help a individual's CV stand out from the crowd without having to manipulate the truth.
Nearly 40 per cent of those who admitted being misleading in some way said they had used a family member or a friend as a false referee on their CV, according to Hirescores.com.
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