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More candidates asking for CV legal advice

By Nikki Barrister

More job candidates are now seeking professional advice about the legalities regarding inaccurate information on their CVs.

According to recruitment advice group HireScores.com, those seeking sales jobs can feel pressure from less ethical recruiters or CV writing agencies to embellish their resumes and can lose sight of the fact that they are putting their reputation and livelihood on the line.

Founder of the group Lisette Howlett commented that people are desperate to stand out from the crowd in the current economic climate by telling what they consider to be white lies.

She added that candidates who lie on their CVs and subsequently earn themselves a new role are illegally gaining monetary advantage, which is considered fraud.

"This is not only gross misconduct, thus liable to dismissal without notice, but in more serious cases the candidate can be sued for the total cost of hiring them or sent to prison," said Ms Howlett.

Earlier this week, the Graduate Recruitment Bureau commented that exaggerating facts or lying on CVs is a waste of a candidate's own time.

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Filed: 23-06-2009

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