有水分的簡歷該如何補救?
Q: I recently received a call to set up an interview for a job for which I applied a while back. This should be great news, but I'm starting to get nervous because I exaggerated a couple of my responsibilities on my resume. What if questions about them get raised during the interview? Should I say something right at the beginning or just wait and see if they come up?
A: You aren't alone when it comes to lying or exaggerating on a resume. According to national payroll provider Automatic Data Processing's 2009 Screening Index, 46% of employment, education and reference checks showed discrepancies with information provided by job candidates. However, experts say exaggerating or lying on a resume is a dangerous move and one that can have lasting consequences.
Even if you think you can get away with it, you shouldn't try, says Ken Springer, president of Corporate Resolutions, an international business intelligence firm headquartered in Manhattan and a former FBI agent. 'If you ignore the exaggerations now, you may end up skating dangerously close to fraud later,' he says. 'It is better to set the record straight now.' Plus, there is a good chance that this employer or a subsequent one will conduct a background check and your exaggerations will be exposed. 'At that point, it may be too late,' says Mr. Springer. 'Be upfront and honest at the outset. It will be more rewarding and beneficial to you down the road.'
Davia Temin, a Manhattan-based reputation and crisis manager, recommends bringing a corrected resume to the interview and handing it to the interviewer, letting him or her know that you have prepared a more-updated resume since you applied for the position or since the last time you spoke. 'Simply say that this resume is updated and clearer,' says Ms. Temin. 'Then, hopefully, the interview can be conducted from that new resume.'
If questions do come up about the discrepancies, let the interviewer know that you prepared the new resume because you wanted to clarify what your responsibilities were, says Ms. Temin. 'I would neither dwell on it, over-explain or apologize.'
You don't want to wait until the end of the interview to address the differences, says Jeff Wizceb, vice president of business development at HR Plus, a Chicago-based screening-solutions firm. 'If you wait and they are discovered during a background-screening process, it will only exacerbate the issue as well as discredit your entire interview process to that point,' he says.
Even if you end up losing out on this particular position, you've learned an important lesson, says Ms. Temin. 'Your reputation for trustworthiness is your greatest asset,' she says. 'No matter how expedient it would be to play fast and loose with the facts, don't. Long-term reputation trumps expediency every time.'問：最近接到一個電話叫我去面試，而申請這個職位已經有一段時間了。這本來應該是好消息，但我開始變得緊張起來，因爲我在簡歷上誇大了幾項工作職責。要是面試問到相關問題怎麼辦？我應該一開始就解釋一下，還是等問到再說？
答：在簡歷上說謊或誇大事實的人不止你一個。據全國人力資源服務公司Automatic Data Processing的2009年“篩選指數”(Screening Indexm)，46%的就業、教育和推薦覈查都發現與求職者提供的信息存在不一致。但專家說，簡歷上誇大或捏造事實是危險之舉，其後果可能是長時間無法消除的。
曼哈頓國際商業情報機構Corporate Resolutions總裁、前FBI特工斯普林格(Ken Springer)說，即使你覺得自己能矇混過關，也不應該去嘗試。他說，如果現在對誇大之處不以爲然，將來可能就會危險地陷入欺詐；最好是現在就潔身自好。另外，現在或以後的僱主都有可能進行背景調查，你的誇大之處將會曝光。斯普林格說，到那時候可能就晚了；所以要一開始就實事求是，將來你會因此而得到更多的回報和好處。
曼哈頓聲譽與危機管理人特明(Davia Temin)說，如果面試官問起不一致的地方，那就跟他/她說，準備這份新簡歷是因爲你想澄清你原來崗位的工作職責。她說，我不會在這個問題上沒完沒了、做過多的解釋，也不會道歉。
芝加哥篩選服務提供商HR Plus負責業務拓展的副總裁Jeff Wizceb說，不要等到面試結束才談到與事實不符的地方。他說，如果你等下去，他們在背景調查過程中發現了問題，那樣只會使問題更加嚴重，並降低你整個面試過程的可信度。
特明說，即使最後失去了這個具體職位，你也學到了重要的一課。她說，可信的聲譽是你最重要的資產，不管玩弄事實有多麼方便，都不要這樣做；長期聲譽總是勝於一時之利。
