15.10.2025, 12:47
Russians have become more likely to lie in their resume
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS More than half of the companies in Russia have faced lies in their resumes. That citizens have become more likely to embellish their professional experience, with reference to the study hh.ru The Izvestia newspaper reports.
Recently, more than 60 percent of business representatives have faced fraud when searching for job seekers. One in three (36 percent) employers have encountered it sometimes. One in five (18 percent) — often, four percent — very often, Almost a third (30 percent) said that cases of deception are rare, other respondents admitted that they had never encountered such a thing.
As a rule, applicants tend to embellish their work experience. Candidates often lie about their age, education, and conceal the reasons for leaving their previous jobs, frequent layoffs, and periods of unemployment.
"Embellishing experience is an old practice, but in conditions of high competition for jobs, it becomes more noticeable," said Maria Ignatova, director of research at the service.
As SuperJob noted, sometimes applicants exaggerate their proficiency in specialized software or a foreign language, add non-existent courses and trainings to their resumes, and distort information about awards. Most often, false information in the resume is indicated by candidates aged 19-30 years, less often — 31-45 years.
Russians call detailed and understandable job conditions a key condition for trust in a company. According to the CRM system for recruiting Talantix (part of the HR ecosystem hh.ru ), the majority of respondents (70 percent) cite a detailed job description as the main sign that a company can be trusted and that it really needs an employee. Employee reviews and feedback came in second place (48 percent), brand awareness and the company's online reputation came in third (38 percent).
Recently, more than 60 percent of business representatives have faced fraud when searching for job seekers. One in three (36 percent) employers have encountered it sometimes. One in five (18 percent) — often, four percent — very often, Almost a third (30 percent) said that cases of deception are rare, other respondents admitted that they had never encountered such a thing.
As a rule, applicants tend to embellish their work experience. Candidates often lie about their age, education, and conceal the reasons for leaving their previous jobs, frequent layoffs, and periods of unemployment.
"Embellishing experience is an old practice, but in conditions of high competition for jobs, it becomes more noticeable," said Maria Ignatova, director of research at the service.
As SuperJob noted, sometimes applicants exaggerate their proficiency in specialized software or a foreign language, add non-existent courses and trainings to their resumes, and distort information about awards. Most often, false information in the resume is indicated by candidates aged 19-30 years, less often — 31-45 years.
Russians call detailed and understandable job conditions a key condition for trust in a company. According to the CRM system for recruiting Talantix (part of the HR ecosystem hh.ru ), the majority of respondents (70 percent) cite a detailed job description as the main sign that a company can be trusted and that it really needs an employee. Employee reviews and feedback came in second place (48 percent), brand awareness and the company's online reputation came in third (38 percent).
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