ANCHOR LEAD:
IF YOU'RE POUNDING THE PAVEMENT FOR A NEW JOB-OR EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT... WE HAVE SOME TIMELY ADVICE:
TELL THE TRUTH ON YOUR RESUME'!
NOW MORE THAN EVER - COMPANIES ARE FILTERING OUT THE PHONIES.
____ _____ GIVES YOU A 'HEADS UP' ON WHY EMPLOYERS ARE DETERMINED NOT TO BE DUPED.

TRACK ONE Length: :10
WHEN TODD BERMONT APPLIED FOR A JOB AT LEE TECHNOLOGIES - HE KNEW HE HAD A RESUME THAT 'ROCKED.'
WHAT HE DIDN'T EXPECT WAS HOW FAR THE COMPANY WOULD GO TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ALL TRUE.

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KEY @: :14 Todd Bermont, Author, 10 Insider Secrets To A Winning Job Search
"The recruiter actually made me provide her with copies of w-2's and old tax returns! Also to provide my college transcript to prove what I was saying on my resume was accurate."

TRACK TWO Length: :05
NOW MORE THAN EVER, COMPANIES ARE OUT TO SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION WHEN IT COMES TO RESUMES'.

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Key @: :33 Cg John LeCEO, Lee Technologies
"We want to hire people we can trust. We have found that, unfortunately, statistically speaking, about forty percent of the resumes we as a company find are um...'faulty.'"

TRACK THREE Length: :10
IN FACT --SOME PROMINENT 'PINNOCHIOS' HAVE MADE THE NEWS FOR FUDGING ON THEIR RESUMES...
......HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE CAUGHT FIBBING ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM COLLEGE DEGREES TO PAST EXPERIENCE.

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KEY @: :51 Todd Bermont, Author, 10 Insider Secrets To A Winning Job Search
"There's a lot of pressure to embellish on your resume to try to earn as much money as you can."

NATS: Length: :02
"Hi Mike, how ya doing..have a seat.."

TRACK FOUR Length: :07
BUT THE CORPORATE WORLD IS WISING UP.
A PERSON WHO LIES ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE CAN COST A BUSINESS BIG BUCKS DOWN THE ROAD. AND IN THE WAKE OF SCANDALS SUCH AS ENRON - TIGHTER REGULATIONS HAVE MADE COMPANIES MORE CAREFUL.

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KEY @: :1:05 Todd Bermont, Author, 10 Insider Secrets To A Winning Job Search
"Companies are having to be much more thorough in the recruiting process."

TRACK FIVE Length: :09
TODD OFFERS RESUME' ADVICE IN HIS BOOK, 'TEN INSIDER SECRETS TO A WINNING JOB SEARCH."
HE WARNS IT'S EASIER THAN EVER FOR COMPANIES TO WEED OUT THE 'WHOPPERS'.

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KEY @: 1:19 Todd Bermont, Author, 10 Insider Secrets To A Winning Job Search
There are online services that can provide information about your credit history and your employment history."

TRACK SIX Length: :06
SO JOB SEEKERS, TAKE HEED. TODD SAYS WHEN IT COMES TO RESUMES'-PLAY IT STRAIGHT-OR RISK LOSING OUT.

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NO KEY - Too Quick - Todd Bermont, Author, 10 Insider Secrets To A Winning Job Search
"In today's day and age, you can't lie about what you're capable of doing."

ANCHOR TAG:
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL THESE DAYS FOR COMPANIES TO 'GOOGLE' JOB CANDIDATES TO GLEAN INFORMATION.
SOME RECRUITERS EVEN SCOUR PROFILES ON SITES LIKE MYSPACE AND FACEBOOK WHEN LOOKING AT POTENTIAL HIRES.

Source Information

Todd Bermont
Author, "10 Insider Secrets To A Winning Job Search"
105 Townline Rd. "203
Vernon Hills, Il. 60061
(312)493-0582
TBermont@hotmail.com

Todd Bermont is a job-hunting expert with over twenty years of global, Fortune 500 company experience. Bermont has conducted business with more than 250 Fortune 500 clients in more than twenty countries. As a top -level manager, he's hired, trained and mentored employees worldwide. Bermont is currently the Director of Business Development for Lee Technologies in Fairfax, VA.
Extra background
Source: Society for Human Resource Management

Source: Federal Trade Commission
www.ftc.gov

Source:
www.sec.gov
"Sarbanes-Oxley Bill of 2002"

Source:
Forbes.com
(top lies)
** In a survey of human resource professionals last year, almost forty percent reported an increase in the amount of time they spend checking references.

**In verifying resumes, employers have the right to do background checks themselves, but more and more employers are hiring services for that purpose.
The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires employers to get written authorization from an applicant to do a background or credit check, if an outside agency will be used.

**The "Sarbanes-Oxley bill of 2002 was"passed after public outcry from the collapse of Enron, WorldComm, HealthSouth, and other firms. The new regulations call for greater corporate responsibility and stricter internal controls, in part, to prevent fraud. Bermont says the hiring process is a big part of that equation.

Top Resume' Lies
* College degrees
* *Altering dates
* Inflating numbers (sales figures,etc.)
* Previous salaries
* Inflating job titles
* Lying about technical abilities
* Lying about language fluency
* Fake addresses
* Padding grade point averages