Why 69% of All Job Candidates Lie on Their CV’s
Friday 27th November – According to a recent report conducted
byHirescores.com 69% of 1,277 respondents admitted to not being
honest in their job applications. Here at The Holst Group we believe
there are measures to identify the odd white lie through the use of
good employer interviewing techniques.
Iain Chalmers, Director at The Holst Group explained, “There are
normally reasons for candidates to be slightly economical with the truth,
from a clash of personalities with their previous employers to stretching
dates to cover a period of unemployment. However, you have to get to
the bottom of this issue somehow, as a bad hire can cost a lot of money
and waste time for all concerned.
We are frequently asked how to extract the truths and discover the lies
and there are some fairly simple techniques. These include drilling down
into the detail at the interview and asking more questions as to how a
candidate achieved their targets.
The point of this exercise is to gauge their actual experience as supposed
to what may or may not be written on their CV’s. Their past performance
will be indicative of their future success or failure.
There are more scientific ways of measuring the aptitudes and personalities of potential employees through
employee profiling, otherwise known as psychometric testing.”
The Holst Group is the sole European supplier for the McQuaig SystemTM,
described as one of the most researched and validated systems in the UK.
