职前筛选每年都变得更加熟练，但大多数申请人在简历上以新颖独特的方式捏造、掩饰和彻头彻尾的谎言。令人惊讶的是，许多求职者根本不了解撒谎或试图向潜在雇主隐瞒信息的严重性。以下是我们遇到过的五个最令人难以置信的谎言。
1. 伪造获得的学位或证书
由于候选人提供的有关其教育资格的信息有大约 20% 的差异，因此公司必须了解申请者为申请未获得的学位而撒谎的各种方式，这一点很重要。在许多情况下，考生可能会伪造文凭、从文凭工厂购买学位、对他们的专业撒谎或可能参加过课程但从未毕业。
其他时候，申请人会试图将家庭成员获得的学位假冒为自己的学历，从而伪造自己的学历。申请人通过以他的名义出示有效学位来提交其教育“证明”就是这种情况。然而，一个问题出现了，因为学位日期是申请人出生后的五年。候选人坦白——文凭是他父亲的，他的名字就是他的父亲！
2. 夸大薪水历史或
所持有的头衔 毫不奇怪，一些不符合职位资格的候选人可能会谎称他们所持有的头衔是为了声称他们没有专业知识和经验，并且他们夸大以前的薪水以谈判比他们可能获得的更好的待遇能够以其他方式获得。
在一个案例中，一名声称在前雇主处牵头进行了许多重大并购交易的候选人申请了一家在日本开设办事处的华尔街经纪公司的顶级财务职位。事实证明，他的背景调查证实，他确实高度参与了每笔交易——作为翻译人员！
3. 隐瞒犯罪记录
有犯罪背景的候选人试图避免被发现的最常见方式是更改详细信息，例如他们的出生日期或姓名拼写。重要的是雇主进行非常彻底的刑事搜查，超越所提供的基本数据，以确认结果并避免雇用有潜在危险的人。
例如，对 Frank T. Booker（名称已更改以保护不那么无辜的人），DOB 8/6/72 的搜索运行，返回干净，但对 F Booker 的额外搜索导致找到的记录Fred T. Booker，DOB 8/26/72，六次酒后驾车和两项重罪。
4. 夸大过去
的工作日期 求职者对他们的工作日期撒谎是非常普遍的，事实上，一些研究表明，多达 35% 的简历包含不符之处。候选人经常试图在日期上夸大事实以弥补他们可能不想解释的就业差距。
例如，一位候选人将他在上一家公司的结束日期延长了六个月，以掩盖他在这六个月中服刑的事实！
5. 隐藏吸毒习惯
大约一半的美国人承认一生中使用过非法药物，因此进行适当的药物测试应该是任何筛查计划的标准步骤。吸毒者试图通过药物测试的方法有很多种，有些方法不遗余力。事实上，最近一位坚定的申请人决定在参加他预定的头发样本药物测试前几个小时剃掉他的整个身体。
吸毒者避免被发现的一种更常见的方法是通过稀释、添加其他物质或替换尿液来掺假他们的尿液样本。诡计多端的申请人没有意识到，今天的药物测试可以识别这些尝试，并且在确定阳性和阴性结果方面比以往任何时候都更加准确，尽管有技巧和借口。
在求职申请中撒谎，即使不是彻头彻尾的欺诈，至少也提供了质疑求职者品格的理由。有了专业背景筛选最佳实践，雇主可以在第一时间做出正确的招聘决定。
1. Falsifying the Degree or Credential Earned
With roughly a 20 percent discrepancy rate in information provided by candidates regarding their education qualifications it’s important that companies understand the variety of ways applicants lie to claim unearned degrees. In many cases, candidates may forge diplomas, purchase a degree from a diploma mill, lie about their major or may have attended classes but never graduated.
Other times, applicants will fake their educational qualifications by trying to pass off degrees earned by family members as their own. Such is the case with an applicant who submitted “proof” of his education by producing a valid degree in his name. However a problem arose as the date on the degree was only five years after the applicant was born. The candidate fessed up—the diploma belonged to his father, whom he was named after!
2. Inflating Salary History or Title Held
It’s no surprise that some candidates who are not qualified for a position may lie about titles held to claim expertise and experience they do not have, and they inflate their previous salaries to negotiate better packages than they may be able to obtain otherwise.
In one case, a candidate claiming to have spearheaded many significant merger and acquisition deals at a prior employer, applied for a top finance job at a Wall Street brokerage that was opening an office in Japan. As it turned out, his background check confirmed that he had indeed been highly involved with each of the noted deals—as the staff interpreter!
3. Concealing a Criminal Record
The most common way candidates with a criminal background attempt to avoid detection, is by changing details such as their date of birth or spelling of their name. It’s important that employers conduct very thorough criminal searches, going beyond the basic data provided, in order to confirm the results and avoid hiring a potentially dangerous individual.
For example, a search run on Frank T. Booker (names have been changed to protect the not-so-innocent), DOB 8/6/72, came back clean, but an additional search of F Booker resulted in a found record for a Fred T. Booker, DOB 8/26/72, for six DUIs and two felonies.
4. Exaggerating Dates of Past Employment
It’s extremely common for applicants to lie about their dates of employment, and in fact, some studies show as many as 35 percent of all resumes include discrepancies. Candidates often attempt to stretch the truth on dates to cover gaps in employment they may not want to explain.
For example, one candidate extended his end date at his previous company by six months in order to hide the fact that he spent those six months serving a jail sentence!
5. Hiding a Drug Habit
About half of Americans admit to having used an illegal drug in their lifetime, so conducting a proper drug test should be a standard step in any screening program. There are numerous ways drug users attempt to beat the drug test, and some go to great lengths. In fact, a recent determined applicant decided to shave his entire body just a few hours before showing up for his scheduled hair sample drug test.
A more common way for drug users to avoid detection is by adulterating their urine samples through dilution, addition of other substances, or substitution of urine. What scheming applicants don’t realize is that today’s drug tests can identify these attempts and are more accurate than ever before in determining positive and negative results despite tricks and excuses.
Lying on job applications, if not downright fraud, at the very least provides reason to question an applicant’s character. With professional background screening best practices in place, employers can make the right hiring decision the first time.
