Everyone isn’t as truthful as they always want to be – and resumes are one of the most common places for lies to show up. This infographic (source) shows some of the most common things that job seekers lie about or otherwise misrepresent on their resume or CV. Takeaways 46% of resumes submitted by job applicants contain some form of false information – with 70% of college students saying they would lie on their resume in order to get a job. 27% of applicants give false references on a resume, whereas 40% give inflated salary claims. 21% of applicants state fraudulent degrees on resumes. 74% of respondents said they had never lied on a resume (are they lying?) – but 13% said they hadn’t but would consider it. Originally published by: Laurence Hebberd Laurence Hebberd is Community Manager for Link Humans in London. He also runs the Link Humans Twitter…

In December, hiring activity will be stronger in services than in manufacturing compared with a year ago, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE) survey for December 2012.