19% ‘have lied on CV or know somebody who has prior to now 12 months’

Almost a fifth (19%) of individuals have lied a couple of qualification on their CV, or know somebody who has, prior to now 12 months, in keeping with a fraud prevention service.

The determine is barely up from 17% who confirmed this when an analogous survey was carried out in 2021, Cifas stated.

Throughout the newest whole, greater than a 3rd (38%) of 16 to 24-year-olds had lied on their CV or knew somebody who had, together with three in 10 (30%) 35 to 44-year-olds.

The analysis additionally revealed that two in 5 individuals who suspected a colleague of CV fraud wouldn’t report it to their HR division, even when they might accomplish that anonymously. This marked a rise from 2021 when a 3rd of individuals stated the identical.

Cifas warned that job seekers who’re discovered to have made fraudulent functions may danger ending up with a felony file, in addition to doubtlessly being pursued by means of the courts for damages for “unjust enrichment” to their wage.

Cifas’ insider menace supervisor, Tracey Carpenter, stated: “While it could look like a innocent exaggeration, there are very critical penalties related to CV fraud, which might open up a gateway to different kinds of offences together with bribery and worker theft.

“Staff who commit CV fraud might be susceptible to blackmail or extortion from criminals keen to achieve entry to an organization’s delicate info to be able to steal funds or commit additional fraud. It additionally unfairly edges out these candidates who in any other case might have been extra fitted to the position.”

Ms Carpenter added that individuals committing CV fraud “additionally run the chance of being added to (Cifas’s) inside fraud database, which might severely hinder their future employment prospects”.

She stated: “It might be tempting to stretch the reality on a CV, nevertheless it’s not often value it in the long term.”

Some 2,000 individuals throughout the UK had been surveyed between late August and early September for the analysis.