Jailed for lying on your CV? Why it doesn’t have to be that way.

March 29, 2010 - PRLog -- The recent story of Rhiannon Mackay, who was jailed for 6 months, on Friday, March 26th, for lying on her CV brings into sharp focus something that most people would probably confess to if pushed.

Express - http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/165448/Woman-who-lied-to-land-a-23-000-NHS-job-is-jailed

Survey after survey has shown that most people confess to having a CV that’s not 100% truthful. Of course, how great these falsities are vary significantly from person to person. This seems to be fair game: even the 2008 ‘The Apprentice’ winner Lee McQueen was caught red-handed lying on his CV (or at least exaggerating) and still walked away with the prize.

Express - http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/48002/Lee-McQueen-hired-as-new-Apprentice

The legislation involved – the use of the 2006 Fraud Act - shows that, perhaps, the tide is turning, especially in these harsh economic times. But does it really have to come to this?

As a professional CV writer, I would like to present a piece in which I talk about how you can make the best of your CV without recourse to exaggerations or inventions.

Alternatively, if you feel this is too career oriented, I would be happy to write a piece analysing people’s motivations behind lying on their CVs. The old adage says ‘it’s harder to get the job than actually doing the job’ but is this really true? Will your performance ultimately raise questions, just as happened to Rhiannon Mackay? Is it really worth the risk?

My name is Steve Szita. I’m Director of Dazzling CVs Ltd – www.dazzlingcvs.co.uk – a CV writing company that prides itself on producing CVs as unique as their owners. I have had CV articles published in The Guardian and Coventry Telegraph, and am also a regular contributor/expert on many online CV/jobseeking forums and Q&As.

If you would like to discuss this further, please contact me on info@dazzlingcvs.co.uk or call me on 07958 962332.

Best Wishes,

Steve Szita.

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