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This 4-page paper discusses the increasing trend of resume verification services and why it's important for a company to consider performing resume verification. Also discussed are the prices of such services. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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or at least tell little fibs in order to boost their likelihood of getting a job, or to reduce the likelihood of being asked potentially embarrassing questions. Rich Gagnon of
American Resume Audits, notes that approximately 80 to 90 percent of the resumes he checks for employers contain incorrect information (Kreitler, 1998-1999).
An employee who was, for example, fired for insubordination from a previous job, is not going to be too anxious to explain the six month gap between jobs on her
resume because she was fired. This wouldnt provide too strong an impression of her to a future employer. The problem here is
that little white lies such as this can vary from time off between jobs all the way to outright lies about certifications and degrees earned or previous jobs held. Also
popular for exaggeration are salary information -- and in addition, about two or three percent of resumes reviewed hide criminal records (Kreitler, 1998-1999).
Vageesh (2005) points out, as well, that approximately one in five resumes contains some type of discrepancy. While some of the
lies may not mean the employee is terrible, one of the reasons for the employment screening process is to ensure that the person being hired is "honest, trustworthy and compatible
with your companys culture" (Kreitler, 1998-1999). The problem with false resumes is they dont really provide a true picture of the person being hired.
Another factor to consider is the potential for liability, not to mention the potential for white-collar crimes without proper resume verification or background checks (Kreitler, 1998-1999). In the
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