White lies | Candidates are fibbing to bag a job

During the recruitment process, recruiters may come across some truly ‘golden’ candidates who tick all the boxes as the perfect hire. But surely this would signal alarm bells for many?

For example, late last year an Australian woman who successfully landed a top government job with a $270,000 salary was caught lying on her CV, after she faked her qualifications and posed as her own referee.

And it seems more and more jobseekers are open to telling a few white lies during the interview process if it means it gets them one step closer to bagging a new job.

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Bad colleagues | Are liars dominating your company?

New research by ResumeLab that has been labeled 'Your ideal candidate is probably a liar', surveyed 1,051 respondents and asked if they lied, why they lied and if they had ever been caught. Surprisingly, only 30% of people who lied had ever got caught, meaning the majority of liars are getting away with it.