How does falsifying your CV jeopardize your chances of getting a job?

Answer 1

As an iterviewer I would use the CV to validate what the applicant has done, achieved and experiened and how those skills will be transferable to my company, what knolwdge tey had that would alow me to select the right person to minimise many of the retraining needs and how quickly the applicant will dovetail in to the roll and be an effective part of the "machine".

During the interview I would make the point that the information provided forms part of the applicants contract of emplyment. This means that within a contract of employment there would be a a clause about honesty. This will normally fall into the gross misconduct category.

If it were found that there were points that were deliberatley falsified to gain advantage prior to employment being offered then the interviewee would not be offered the post. If it transpired that after the emplyment was offered that there was clear attempts to hide important issues or there was false information built in to the CV to gain teh role then this again would cause the person to be dismissed.

It must be noted. It does depend on what the information is. I.e. pretending exam results were better that disclosed, jobs stated as being undertaken previous were infact not true etc. Everyone shows the best side in a CV (resume) but there are some areas such as security, qualifications t do the role and past employment that can cause the loss of employment offers.