Category Archives: Employment Screening

The Plymouth Herald reports that a man lied about being a British Army Captain for 11 years – when he had served just 40 days as a private.

Prosecutors said that Christopher Griffin had claimed on his website that he served as a former Captain for 11 years, “and a further nine years in British Army Reserves”.

A recruitment consultant who changed eight doctors’ CVs to secure them jobs has been given a suspended sentence.

Ross Etherson admitted 21 counts of making or supplying articles for use in fraud. The judge in the case said it was “purely down to luck” the health of patients had not been impacted.

A survey of 2,000 working adults for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 revealed that a third of hopefuls have lied in a bid to land their dream job.

The poll also suggested that being “creative” with the facts on a CV is now considered acceptable by over half, with a third admitting to have lied on a job application.

A man who passed himself off as an aristocrat to steal over £115k from antiques dealer HW Harvey has been jailed.

His employer was approached by “His Serene Highness Prince Oliver von Mecklenburg-Schwerin” who had an “impeccable CV” including work at Blenheim Palace.

A report by Academies Week give details of a teacher being banned from the classroom after he lied about his GCSE grades and past experience when he applied for an internal promotion.

Matthew Brown, the former head of ICT at the independent girls’ Notre Dame School in Cobham, Surrey, was found to have lied on his CV when he applied to become head of year at the school.

According to Wales Online, more than 400 people with criminal convictions have tried to get work in Welsh schools, discovered after nearly 21,000 pre-employment checks were carried out.

They include a paedophile who applied to work in a Swansea school, despite being convicted of making child abuse images.