Montana Employers Monitor Applicant Lies on Resumes

The unemployment rate in Montana in August of this year was at a five year low of 5.3%, though this is significantly higher than its pre-recession rate of 3.1% in December of 2006. With unemployment rates like these, people begin to become desperate for jobs and more willing to resort to dishonest means in order […]

Former convicts face a difficult situation once they re-enter the workforce. Many companies do not hire felons or their hiring practices depend on what type of crime the ex-con committed. In Ohio, there are a number of companies that do hire ex-cons, thus giving these people the opportunity to become productive members of society again. […]

It turns out it doesn’t matter how generally agreed upon your words are or how many people espouse your opinion; if you lie on your resume, you will still get fired. This is what happened to Elizabeth O’Bagy, a Washington scholar considered to be an expert on the war in Syria, who claimed to have […]

Today’s job market is competitive and job applicants will do whatever they can to stand out above the rest. Sometimes, that pressure can tempt people into falsifying their credentials in order to seem more impressive and, thus, more hireable. The only way employers can be positive that an applicant’s resume really is as good as […]