Resumes: Is Your Job Applicant Being Honest?

Warning signs that someone’s lying on a résumé. Also: the scariest parts of business travel.

Just because you can write on your résumé that you graduated from Harvard doesn’t mean it’s true. For companies looking to hire fresh talent, that’s a big problem.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. More in today’s Social Media Roundup.

Lie Detector Test

RT @blogging4jobs  (opens in a new tab) Do All Resumes Include Lies? Learning to Detect the Lies. http://t.co/S372Yd5mSH  (opens in a new tab) #culture  (opens in a new tab) #asae  (opens in a new tab)

— Note to Self Life (@notetoselflife) October 30, 2013  (opens in a new tab)

Let’s talk about me: People get to talk themselves up on their résumés, so right off the bat there’s incentive to fudge things here and there—which means  it’s easy to get burned  (opens in a new tab) if you’re hiring. So what should you watch for? “When looking at résumés the best way to pick out a lie…is to know what the most common lies are,” Blogging4Jobs‘ Eric Friedman writes  (opens in a new tab). Among the warning signs: Education often gets stretched, as does salary. Read on to get a full picture of the red flags. (ht @ceVoke  (opens in a new tab))

Don’t Get Spooked

https://twitter.com/QuickMobile/status/395630208143073280

Halloween for business travelers: Traveling abroad or elsewhere? Make sure you’re minding your p’s and q’s so you can avoid a scare. Business travel firm Egencia has created a new Halloween-themed infographic with some business-traveler safety tips worth keeping in mind—including how best to carry money, how closely you should follow corporate travel policies, and how you can avoid mind-numbing delays on the way. Check out the full infographic here  (opens in a new tab) [PDF], which is chock-full of tips. (ht @QuickMobile  (opens in a new tab))

How do you stay safe on the road? Let us know in the comments.

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