B
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57%
57% -- share of employers who automatically dismissed applicants lying on resume for employers (2026)
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57%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
CareerBuilder.com
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Tier C
http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/career/how-ethics-can-help-you-land-a-job ↗
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CareerBuilder.com
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CareerBuilder.com survey of employers who caught candidates lying on resumes
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employers: 57% share of employers who automatically dismissed applicants lying on resume. Source: CareerBuilder.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/employers-dismissed-applicants-resume-lies
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