By John M. O’Connor
So in Las Vegas, Nevada, at a casino I found an attorney talking about resume fraud, prosecutions and lies during CDI’s Summit. As a certified professional resume writer and career coach, I paid good money to attend a conference to hear about this subject. Experienced litigator and trial attorney Patrick H. Hicks from The National Employment & Labor Law Firm Littler Mendelson provided a clear and outstanding picture of the prevalence and impact of resume fraud as well as the value of the resume writer and career coach in this employment marketplace during the Professional Resume Writers and Research Association annual worldwide conference.
With over one hundred arbitrations and mediations, Mr. Hicks understands contract interpretation, employee discipline disputes, EEOC, and more. He has represented significant numbers of employers in wrongful termination and employment discrimination litigation and trial work, Title VII proceedings, and he counsels employers on the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, employee terminations, workplace violence, and pre-employment screening. How well was his message received? Let’s just put it this way – if he could have taken all the questions asked in his two-hour talk he would have had 1000.
The bottom line was this – regardless of the job market climate and regardless of the level of the person, personal integrity matters and it counts on a résumé. Résumé remain marketing tools and a credibility-building matter of disclosure. Good, common sense should apply – tell the truth. From Mr. Hicks’ point of view he has seen many employers win lawsuits and he has won suits simply on the resume fraud issues.
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