[1] It is not to be confused with employment fraud, where an employer scams job seekers or fails to pay wages for work performed.
[2] Younger, more junior people are likelier to have a discrepancy on their CV.
Someone in a junior administrative position is 23% more likely to have a discrepancy on their CV than in a managerial role.
[3] A 2008 study found a discrepancy in the CVs of 14% of those who had graduated from top 20 universities compared to 43% of those who had graduated from a low-ranked university.
[4] Maths graduates had the lowest proportion of discrepancies, 6%.