Is Your Recruitment Affected by Dishonesty?
Recruiting new
employees involves looking at large numbers
of CV’s, but it also involves checking that
the information given by candidates you pick
is honest and representative of their
abilities. Happily the UK is one of the most
honest nations when it comes to CV’s, but
even still 8% of those surveyed by Kelly
Services admitted to lying (and there are
probably many more who didn’t admit to
it!).
The most common lies
were revealed to be inflating previous
salaries and omitting negative details from
past employment.
“Telling a deliberate
untruth on your CV or in an interview
situation is illegal and counter
productive,” according to Steve Girdler,
Director of Marketing for Kelly Services, “
as subsequent checks by an employer will
reveal the truth and result in the candidate
going no further. Even worse, you could end
up facing disciplinary action should an
untruth on your CV be uncovered once you get
the job.
“It is important for
employers to undertake a thorough evaluation
of all aspects of the candidate. Whatever
the source of your recruits, whether
in-line, press or search and selection,
proper evaluation of a candidate is
essential.”
The other important
information uncovered in the survey is about
the growing importance of online job
hunting. 84% of UK job seekers have posted
their CV online, while 41% found their most
recent job online; compared to only 9% who
found it in the printed press. However,
almost half of the people who used the
internet to search for jobs felt it was an
ineffective way to find a new job.
For more information on employment issues
visit our You and Work – Employment section.
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