Category Archives: Employment Screening

HR Magazine reports that nearly two-thirds (63%) of CVs contain lies, a rise of 15% in the past decade, according to an analysis of 3,000 CVs.

A report found 12% of candidates inflated their job titles in an attempt to climb the career ladder, replacing titles such as ‘graduate’ or ‘intern’ with ‘manager’ or ‘supervisor’.

A “fake doctor” was able to treat more than 3,000 patients thanks to “extraordinary” lapses in checks on locum medics working in the NHS.

After being struck off by the General Medical Council (GMC), he stole the identity of a real medic, and obtained work at another NHS trust.

According to Kent Online, a banned doctor stole the name of a real Thanet doctor to land posts in Kent and other parts of the UK.

He created a fictitious CV in the name of the GP, faked a bank statement, EDF energy bill and created a letter purporting to be from a GP’s surgery.

Just over half of job candidates feel it is necessary to lie on a CV to get an interview due to high levels of competition.
The percentage of people lying on a CV correlated with the most competitive regions for jobs and 75% of jobseekers believed it was a company’s responsibility to uncover a lie.

The Darlington & Stockton Times reports that a carer who was struck off amid allegations of theft forged documents to allow her to continue to work.

Veronica Newton falsified a police record to get another job and kept up the charade until other clients reported things missing from their homes.

The Mirror has a story of a doctor who pretended to be a specialist in trauma, orthopaedics and surgery to win work as an expert witness in court cases.

A medical misconduct tribunal ruled that Titus Odedun had “no right to use the various titles he awarded himself” and found he did so “in order to obtain a greater volume of medico-legal work at a significantly higher fee”.