'Technically true' | Worker bags job by adding fake firm to CV to cover employment gap

Every HR professional will have encountered a job applicant who has stretched the truth on their CV. Perhaps they exaggerated their PowerPoint prowess or pretended to be proficient in Photoshop.

What about a hefty use of creative license to cover up a lengthy employment gap out of fear of being judged?

That’s what one working parent did – by creating a fake business and claiming to have worked there for more than a year. And the fib paid off, landing them a job.

However, while the company didn’t exist – the work the person claimed to have done for the fictional firm was very much real.