{"id":324,"date":"2006-09-26T08:58:37","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T13:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=324"},"modified":"2006-09-26T08:59:11","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T13:59:11","slug":"resume-veracity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/09\/resume-veracity\/","title":{"rendered":"Resume Veracity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adria offered an interesting comment on our post regarding <a href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=99\" target=\"_blank\">Resume Enhancements<\/a>. Here is her comment in whole:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I currently teach a Resume class in a Texas Workforce Center. I tell my attendees to never lie on their resumes. I also try to emphasize they should never put something in print about themselves which they cannot prove, or for which they cannot provide a witness if necessary. Will recruiters simply dismiss the truth in the resume style Im teaching as more embelishments or is there a trustworthy means to note integrity on a resume?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>First off, good news that candidates are being taught a specific manner for maintaining the veracity of their information. I suspect a good rule of thumb for resume information is to view it similar to a referral for a potential contractor.<\/p>\n<p>We had a large, intense hail storm here in New Prague, MN last month and the roof on my house has been totalled by the insurance company. I have been soliciting quotes from roofing companies &#8211; I know nothing about roofing. I have received references from the companies and all of their references speak glowingly of each company. I doubt there is any value in this task.<\/p>\n<p>Resumes have a similar tone. Candidates overemphasize the good and withhold the less-than-good. Our approach is to view the resume was a glowing piece of marketing that needs to be taken with a large grain of salt. For sales, we always look for specific numbers that support their claims of growth. If it is a high level position, we often ask to see a pay stub from their employer to verify their compensation. These are simple items that make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>In sales, we will always put more value on the phone screen than the resume. We have sat through numerous screens in which the candidate had a resume that made you believe they could sell sand in the desert. Once on the phone, it became obvious they couldn&#8217;t sell cold water in the desert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adria offered an interesting comment on our post regarding Resume Enhancements. Here is her comment in whole: I currently teach a Resume class in a Texas Workforce Center. I tell my attendees to never lie on their resumes. I also try to emphasize they should never put something in print about themselves which they cannot prove, or for which they cannot provide a witness if necessary. Will recruiters simply dismiss the truth in the resume style Im teaching as more embelishments or is there a trustworthy means to note integrity on a resume? First off, good news that candidates are being taught a specific manner for maintaining the veracity of&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/09\/resume-veracity\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,16,13,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-hiring-salespeople","category-resumes","category-sourcing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-5e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":310,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/09\/the-aesthetics-of-resumes\/","url_meta":{"origin":324,"position":0},"title":"The Aesthetics of Resumes","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"September 19, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Resumes seem to be getting a lot of air time on the internet lately, including our blog. I just read an interesting article this morning and thought I would share a couple of points that the author brought to my attention. The article is written for the job seeker, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1201,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/09\/what-can-you-learn-from-a-resume\/","url_meta":{"origin":324,"position":1},"title":"What Can You Learn From A Resume?","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 25, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I've run into this resume issue many times and have realized I may be missing the boat here. When I look at a resume, here is what I believe I can learn: -Work History - Obviously, where they have worked, positions they have held, successes they have achieved, how long\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":317,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/09\/resume-errors\/","url_meta":{"origin":324,"position":2},"title":"Resume Errors","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 21, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Resumes have been a popular topic for us this week. 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