The Highest-Level Verb

It isn’t always clear what the exact number is, but more than 50% of jobseekers lie on embellish their resume.  Forbes offers up an article titled Overachievement Without Achievement that contains a picture of Milli Vanilli.  How perfect is that?  The article quotes 53% as the number of people who lie on embellish their resume. But check this out: Some college students are encouraged to embellish items on their résumés. “They are taught to use the highest-level verb,” says Nancy Davis, a psychology professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. For instance, an intern who ran copies of an instruction manual might say he “created” the manual on his… Read More

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