Let’s face it; we have all done it to some extent or the other. The current job market is such a tough place to compete in that it can be very tempting to embellish your resume with a few white lies if it can get you a job that you desperately need. But howsoever, tempting as it may be, you really shouldn’t take the risk of lying on your resume. Whether it's your personal information, schooling or job experience – most employers are becoming increasingly vary of resume liars and are finding newer, more effective ways of sniffing them out. These are the various places where you could be caught cheating:

Job Experience Gaps

It’s all too clear that you should never lie about your experience in your resume as you would then have to list the companies you have worked for, which may then be contacted for verification. As this is the likeliest of areas your interviewer will be tempted to do a check on, don’t misrepresent yourself, no matter what the cost.

Education Kinks

Do you really think that nobody will bother to notice if you slip in a couple of educational degrees that you don't have? Perhaps you do have the skills, but you still can't claim that you have the education (in terms of degrees). It’s in fact better to be honest about your qualifications rather than get caught by your prospective employers’ red handed. There is only so far you can get if they are the kind of finicky organization that wants photocopies of your certificates.

What you should have

Now that you know the all the don’ts, how can you build a resume that will perfectly highlight your skills and capabilities without you needing to lie?

Give yourself credit: Your expertise and skills in the workforce are often seen as weighty indicators of your ability cope up with the responsibilities for the post you have applied for. For some positions you may only have the vaguest of ideas what exactly is the employer is looking for. There are a many companies that look for people who can either be trained or can learn on the job. So state the skills that you have gained as an employee, or even as a volunteer or an as it can prove to be very valuable in certain cases. So add that blah about…’handled a team of three to successful completion of the task in half the time, etc’…get the picture?

Skill-set Fibs

Be very careful to focus only on skills: Expand your descriptions. Instead of saying 'I worked in an office', say that 'I was in charge of answering the calls in a professional manner and then directing them to the proper departments. During busy work environments I was easily able to multi-task by providing useful organizational support to the head receptionist which included including maintaining a proper filing system, processing all inter office memos, delivering all official documents in a timely fashion and directing clients to their meeting appointments. I was also able to quickly learn the database management system of the office and helped in creating good working environment for the with office staff.'