Benefits August 31, 2004

SHRM Poll Finds Widespread Resume Inaccuracies

August 31, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sixty-one percent of the human resource (HR) professionals contacted in a recent survey said they have found inaccuracies in résumés after carrying out background checks.
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The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently conducted two separate online surveys on résumé inaccuracies, asking how often hiring managers found accuracy issues:

  • 6% said often
  • 55% said sometimes
  • 27% said rarely
  • 2% said never
  • 9% said we do not investigate backgrounds of potential employees.

SHRM’s polling also found that 86% of HR professionals surveyed said resume accuracy was either very important or important in their decision to extend a job offer:

  • 47% said very important
  • 39% said important
  • 8% said we do not investigate the background of jobs candidates
  • 4% said we have not found any inaccuracies in résumés.

The Background Checks/ Résumé Inaccuracies and Résumé Inaccuracies/Hiring online surveys had samples comprised of 373 and 394 HR professionals respectively.

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