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Lying about your degree qualifications might not get you in as much trouble as you think, if you’re over a certain age that is. Figures have revealed that older workers that lie about their degree qualification in order to get a job or a promotion are more likely to get away with it than their younger counterparts.
CV checks are actually often overlooked for older workers. The Higher Education Degree Datacheck (HEDD) sent out a warning to employers that UK workers who graduated in or before the 90’s could be tempted to exaggerate on their resumes. The government’s verification service said this is because this generation is facing the pressure of being in a job market with fresh graduates. Out of over 20,000 requested references over the last two years, 76% have been to check qualifications of those who graduated after the start of the millennium. Less than 20% of these, however, were about qualifications for people who graduated in the 1990’s.
Only 8% of the enquiries were classified by HEDD as “unverified”, which could mean anything from incorrect information from a candidate to grade inflation and fake certificates listed.
One expert explains that graduates who are further into their career generally have more opportunity to tell blatant lies because they simply aren’t being checked out. When a person has been an industry for a while, it is common for HR departments to assume that the previous employer completed an academic background check.