Half Of Brits Lie On Job Applications

Monday, 30th October 2017 at 10:24pm

According to Cambridge News, a new survey has found that 55% of Brits either lie, or withhold important information, when filling in job application forms.

The survey of 2,000 people found that out of those who lied, 23% went on to bag the jobs they applied for and another 23% confessed they did it because they wanted a higher salary.

A quarter of those surveyed named a friend, rather than a previous employer, as a reference – largely out of fear of what might be revealed about them from a previous post.

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