To lie or not to lie
by Miki Saxon
A few days ago, I was talking about lying over at Leadership Turn.
A couple of weeks prior Robert Irvine, who starred in ‘Dinner Impossible’ on the Food Network was fired for lying on his resume.
OK, lying isn’t unusual, the stats show that more than half do it and I’ve seen that estimate as high as 89%. But it’s still stupid.
It’s even stupider to use a lie that is so glaringly obvious or that can be so quickly checked on the Net that to accept it makes the hiring party into the idiot.
Irvine lied, I mean ‘embellished,’ his resume by ‘fabricating some of the more fantastic parts of his resume, including having cooked for Britain’s Royal Family.’
He goes on to say, ‘I am truly sorry for misleading people and misstating the facts.’
Still lying.
If he told the truth he would have said, ‘I am truly sorry for getting caught misleading people and misstating the facts.’
Have you ever lied or used spin to improve your work experience?
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