That poll about '70% of people lie on resumes' made me audit my own

Honestly, I saw this viral stat last week claiming 7 in 10 people stretch their job history. Tbh, I laughed it off until I re-read my own resume from 3 years ago. I put down that I 'led a team of 5' but it was really just me and 2 interns for one project. Ngl, that number got me curious, so I pulled up my old performance reviews. Turns out I had inflated my own start date by 2 months on there too. It's wild how easy those little tweaks slip in without thinking. Do any of you actually double-check your resume against your old pay stubs or emails? Has anyone else found a stat like that that forced them to own up to something small but embarrassing?

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mileslane12d ago

Huh, that's a way deeper rabbit hole than most people realize, but I think the real issue is that we're so used to polishing our past that we don't even see when it stops being polishing and starts being rewriting. The fact that your start date moved by two months without you noticing says less about lying and more about how our brains naturally smooth over the boring, messy gaps in our own timelines. But here's the scary part, if we can't trust our own memory on something as simple as a date, then a resume is basically a creative writing exercise for everyone, not just the liars.