Here's the thing – hiring managers look for honesty in a resume. Surprisingly, not everyone speaks the truth in their resume. Hard to swallow? Believe it or not, 75% of hiring managers have caught candidates lying on their resumes, according to a CareerBuilder survey.
I asked 5 hiring managers for their take on this, as well. One of them, Eshael Johnson, the Director of Stakeholder Relations for the Center for Tobacco Products who is also involved directly in hiring, went on to say that falsifying information in a resume "demonstrates you lack work ethics and morals."
Let's see what four other hiring managers had to say about the long-lasting consequences of lying on resumes - the ultimate job application red flag - and where they catch job-seekers commonly lying: