Q2e Reading & Writing 1: Unit 6 Video Transcript

Lying In Job Interviews Transcript

Narrator: People search for jobs each day.

As many people compete for the same job, an increasing number
are lying on their resume1.

They are caught lying about their job titles. They invent
employers, add fake2 degrees3, and leave out jobs from their job
history.

Lies on resumes are up around 30 to 40 percent over the past 3

years.
It’s a huge jump.

Chuck Wardell hires people for high-level business. But lying on

resumes is happening at every level and every profession.

For example, Notre Dame University hired George O’Leary as a

coach and then fired him for lying on his resume.

CEO Ronald Zarrella faked a master’s degree on his resume. The

stock value of his company dropped by 3%.

Why do people do it? They want the job. They also believe no one
will ever know.

But the lies they tell on their resume could actually cost them
their job.

1
resume: a list of your education and jobs that you show to employers when you are applying
for a job
2
fake: not real
3
degree: the certificate you get when you finish high school, college, or university

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