Fake resumes aren't just a trend. They're a business.

Denver Post columnist Al Lewis picked up on my post, "When resume inflation becomes bald-faced lying" and actually found a guy who does it for a living.

His name is Derek Johnson, and he runs a business called fakeresume.com from his home in Newport Beach, California.  Johnson says he started the service after working as an executive recruiter -- an employment history that I assume we must take with a grain of salt, considering the source.

In any case, the 37-year-old Johnson claims he’s out to help the little guy who’s been vicitmized in the post-Enron world. As he told Al Lewis:

"The people who are straight-up and honest are really getting screwed by the people who aren’t...  It started out as a joke, but now it’s my way of sticking it to the system, and saying, Look, there’s a lot of great people out there that you are not giving a shot to for the wrong reasons."

Johnson isn’t without some ethical principles. He advises people to lie only on their resumes, not on their job applications. Lying on a job application is illegal in most states. So that would be wrong.

** LINKS **
Al Lewis, Denver Post ... Some work at lying to get a good job
Al Lewis blog ... Liar, liar, resume on fire.

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