Think You Can Spot a Fake Resume?

Think You Can Spot a Fake Resume?
Contributor: Mary Lorenz
Edited by 'Kunle Adeniran

According to one CareerBuilder survey, 38 percent of employees have embellished their job responsibilities at some point, while 18 percent have lied about their skill sets. Other common lies surrounded information about employees’ start and end dates of employment, academic degrees, previous employers and job titles.

6 Ways to Keep Candidates Legit
Use the following tips as you evaluate candidate resumes moving forward:

Move Your Recruitment Strategy Forward by Taking a Step Back

Move Your Recruitment Strategy Forward by Taking a Step Back
Contributor Beth Prunier

Is your recruitment process based on what you know about job seekers…or what you think you know about job seekers?

If there’s one thing over 15 years of in-depth research on job seeker behavior and perceptions have taught us, it’s that now, more than ever, experience matters when it comes to the ability to drive quality candidates to apply for your open positions.

A recent CareerBuilder and Inavero study revealed that top talent wants to engage with prospective employers and experience what it’s like to work for their company before they decide to apply to a position – and they’re increasingly utilizing emerging technology to do it.

Write a Resumé that Travels Across Countries and Cultures

Write a Resumé that Travels Across Countries and Cultures
Edited by 'Kunle Adeniran

As we are now in a global village where you can apply for jobs outside your native country and conduct interview outside the domiciled country of the company (like CareerinAfrica does), you realy need to re-examine much of what you know about putting together a resume. How many pages should it be? What format is best? Do you send it in MS Word or as a PDF?

As a giant generalisation, Greek employers prefer larger resumes, while in Norway resumes should be no longer than two pages. In New Zealand and Italy a senior executive resume of five pages is seen as okay by recruiters.

In South Africa, you are required to include personal information such as ID number and ethnicity, while in Japan you start your resume with name, age & sex. In some sectors of the European public sector, it is not unheard of to follow an anonymous approach where resumes do not even include the candidate's name.

In Nigeria, personal informations are no longer required in most cases. All they care about is your name, address and sometimes age.

Choosing Between Making Money and Doing What You Love

Choosing Between Making Money and Doing What You Love
by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown.

"If you're really passionate about what you do, but it's not going to make you a lot of money, should you still do it?"

What a great question! It seems like just about everyone who has ever addressed a graduating class of high school or college seniors has said "Do what you love, the money will follow."

Inspiring! But it is true? Couldn't you do what you truly care about and very well go broke, as the question above (recently sent from one of our readers) implies?
Based on the research we did for our book, we're convinced that when you're heading into the unknown, desire is all-important. You simply want to be doing something that you love, or something that is logically going to lead to something you love, in order to do your best work. That desire will make you more creative and more resourceful, and will help you get further faster.