Everybody has stretched the truth a little on their résumés at one time or another, right?” That’s the question that people who are about to give their own résumés a little boost ask themselves as a way of dealing with the twinge of guilt they are probably feeling as they adjust their job title or make that six months of unemployment magically disappear by claiming a consulting project. In the harsh light of day, résumé inflation is not only unethical, but if you transfer those untruths onto a job application form, which is a legal document, then the act becomes illegal. Consider the outcomes for these former
occupants of high-ranking (and high-paying) positions: