Comments on: 7 dumbest resume lies

By: Elizabeth Van Orden

Elizabeth Van Orden — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:33:19 +0000

I completely disagree; not listing that you attended a satellite school does constitute lying on a resume. If a potential hiring manager does an educational check, they might check with the registrar’s office at the flagship school and it might show up that you never attended the university. This causes a major red flag. As a University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni, I will argue that there are staggering differences between the strengths of the individual programs at each of the UW-system schools as well as their online courses.

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:12:48 +0000

I too graduated from a satellite school and my diploma does not state a certain campus. Also everyone that I know that takes classes via satellite and at a conventional bricks and mortar college all say the online atmosphere is more difficult. Don’t knock the satellite enviroment, they have grown to be very competitive and dilligent in offering quality education. Just about every conventional college, university etc, does offer the online platform and the quality of education is just as good. They must do this in order not to damage the “brand” name.

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:36:49 +0000

I don’t believe that we have had too many embellishers. We did have one full time applicant that would need someone to pick her up and take her home everyday. She lived @20 miles from our place of business.

By: John C.

John C. — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:55:41 +0000

I agree with Katherine, Pete. PSU has several satellite campuses and the diplomas do not distinguish from which campus it was earned. The only exclusion would be stating a specific school (ie a business school) that is offered at one specific campus when they attended another.

By: Katherine Q. jones

Katherine Q. jones — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:43:53 +0000

To Pete Rifakes – I don’t consider that a lie. I am a graduate of the Calumet Campus of Purdue University. It is a part of the Purdue system, and the education I received there I feel is quite comparable to what I would have received at the West Lafayette campus. My diploma states Purdue University; it does not distinguish a particular campus. I am sure, considering the caliber of school University of Michigan is, that the satelite campuses of are held to the same high standards as the main campus.

By: D. Suarez

D. Suarez — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:16:18 +0000

In my years of interviewing people for entry level or managerial positions, I only did one thing to do to flash out their lies, give them a test.

About ten years ago I put an ad for an full charge bookkeeper for a non profit organization with a potential of becoming a controller and one really submitted an impressive resume with extensive financial background. The person just came to Los Angeles from the East, and I decided not to bother doing a background check but instead gave the person a simple accounting test, basically for bookkeepers. The person did not even answer any of the twenty simple questions.

Resume might not contain dumb indicators but test will.

By: Jere Crean

Jere Crean — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:33:35 +0000

Had a temp to hire situation where the person filled out our employment application.
Under High School he listed Xeter Academy.
Having grown up in NJ, I knew it should be Exeter.
So I checked with Exeter and NYU (his alledged alma mater),
Nothing………

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:10:02 +0000

A few years ago I received a resume that looked quite good, in fact at second look I was sure it was embellished. I looked for the individuals last assignment and said “Hmmm….”. The last entry was a five-year position at Michigan State Industries. I was aware, but most wouldn’t necessarily know that Michigan State Industries is at Southern Michigan Prison where inmates make license plates and road signs. Really quite clever of the applicant, and I must admit he didn’t lie.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:45:53 +0000

I received a resume from an employment agency. The applicant turned out to be someone I had let go the year before. On the resume under last position, it listed Senior Manager/Director. Since this was my position, I had to laugh. After having the person work for me, I already knew the resume I used for hiring her was overstated. To see that she was trying to work herself into an even higher position was extremely amusing.

By: pete rifakes

pete rifakes — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:35:31 +0000

Stated they graduated from the University of Michigan when they graduated from one of the U of M’s satelite schools.