<p>Inflation is exaggerating one’s experience level or number of hours, or the importance of one’s roles within organizations.</p>
<p>Resume could be pushed up, for sure. If one may say that she will not include certain things because it seems to be getting too much (my D. - I still disagree a lot - tends to undervalue her Foreign languageS, never include them anywhere and when somebody seeks specifically for people with certain languages she always put some disclaimer that she is not fluent, while she is told many times that she is sufficient enough). I would say that very many will not only include them, but put a great emphasis on this skill. This is just one example. D. just stops when she reaches certain number of things on her resume. Actually, she is somewhat right. When resume is too long, people tend not to read it.</p>
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That’s really small potatoes. I regularly see outright lies on resumes we get, such as claiming credit for jobs never performed, skills never possessed, and on occasion even degrees/diplomas/certifications never earned. More often than not, when dealing with the resume of lateral hire, we start off with the assumption that most of the claims on the resume are not trustworthy.</p>
<p>lie on a resume is plain stupid, you closing the doors for yourself that might otherwise be wide open. I do not understand why? Most do not read the long ones anyway. The hard part is to choose what include and what drop out of your TRUE experiences. Some people have several different ones, adjusted to the specific place of application.</p>