So busy - not time to blog. I wanted to end this week with a cautionary tale (that reminds me of the Disney movie Hercules). This time in the market is not a time to falsely enhance your resume, experience or background.

It is more important than ever to be completely honest and be on board with full disclosure.

I once interviewed someone that said he went to University of Baylor - and while that was a red flag, I didn't say anything. Later we found out he didn't have a degree, and he said he did only because one of his mentors told him nobody checks that stuff out. THAT'S WRONG. Everybody checks everything. Education, employment dates, criminal background, credit (sometimes), everything.

And it goes without saying that there is zero tolerance for fibbing. Or stretching the truth.

We worked with a really nice guy some time back and he didn't have a degree, but he had dates of education to show that he attended school. And we had a client that was willing to 'hear the story' but as I dug for the story, it wasn't one to pass along to the client. So my advice was, delete the education. Not having the degree was fine, having a lame story was hurting him.

Bottom line - full disclosure. And KNOW the client will be checking everything out.