How faked resumes can haunt you

Regardless of the details surrounding the resignation of David Edmondson as RadioShack’s CEO, the controversy underscores the fact that resume lying has practically become an assumed practice in the public and private sector. (Remember FEMA’s Michael Brown?)

Human resource managers say they are continually amazed at how many people think they can get away with faking their backgrounds, especially in this age of Web transparency. So common is the practice, in fact, that at least one professional actually recommends that candidates do fabricate portions of their resumes simply to give themselves a competitive chance.

The "Fake Resume Guide" offers tips on how to "tune up" your resume for this very purpose. "Once you realize the extent that people go to in fabricating their resumes you start to realize that those that don’t lie on their resumes stand to lose jobs to those that do," said the guide’s author, Derek Johnson, who is identified in a press release as a former executive recruiter.

Can false identities be that far off?

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