According to your CV you founded your university art appreciation society, captained the local rugby team and increased your salary overnight by £5,000.
You should think twice before giving yourself a "promotion" on your CV: Although just 5% percent of workers admit to fibbing on their CVs, 57% of hiring managers say they have caught a lie on a candidate's application, according to a survey by CareerBuilder.com. Of those hiring managers who caught a lie, 93% did not hire the candidate.
"Generally speaking, lying on your CV isn't a criminal offence," says Raymond Jeffers, chairman of the Employment Lawyers Association. "But once you begin obtaining money under false pretences because you have lied on your CV, then that is deception and fraud. It is a very unwise thing to do."
