Resume Article Reflection

Just a reminder, I posted for the team blog last week.

There's No Quick-Fix Solution
To Erasing Lies on a Resume

This article caught my eye because of something that Angie said in class. Angie gave us some incredibly high statistic that showed that so many people lie on their resumes. In this article I found it interesting that despite even 20 years of service, you may still be fired for lying on your resume even if you came forward with the admission of guilt yourself. There seems to be a double standard though. Some people get off because a company doesn't want the attention from the media or because they have had an employee work well for them for so long and others will fire you regardless of the consequences to the company. I think in order to avoid the double standard there needs to background and resume checks that occur maybe once or twice a year. This way the company avoids having to fire an employee after many years of great service or the embarrassment from the media for allowing someone to work them under false pretenses.