How To Investigate A Resume

Reading resumes can be a very fun thing to do. You get to see how people think and what they consider to be important. Unfortunately, you also get to see how people lie. From their experience to their educational background to what they actually know - some people just cannot resist lying on their resume. We are going to show you how to get beyond the lies on a resume and learn the truth about your potential new employee.

Call any educational institution listed on the resume. 
Educational institutions will easily verify the dates of attendance and any degree obtained. For some reason, many people like to lie about their educational experience. It is entirely too easy to obtain the truth to even think about wasting time lying about this. Even if you get the job, you are likely to lose the job after your non-existent degree is revealed.

Verify dates of employment and job titles with human resources directly.
When you work at a job, you usually make friends. Some people have actually used these friendships to their advantage when looking for a new job. They will give you the number of the friend to call for verification. Never use the numbers provided by a potential employee. Instead, call the Human Resources office of the company directly or call the company and ask who is responsible for employment verifications. This will lead you to the best person to handle verifications.

Test skills listed on the resume.
If the person has skills listed on the resume, you are going to ask questions about those skills.

These are simple tips to verify the content of a resume.
Trust, wait and investigate!

The Trust!Wait!Investigate! Team