Talent Trader is an online graduate recruitment website which aims to provide all individuals with the advice and assistance that will help choose a successful career path. It focuses on advice for post-matric study choices in an attempt to link these choices with future career prospects. Talent Trader is a partner of Premier Personnel a successful recruitment agency established in 1982. Premier Personnel is the leading recruitment agency in Banking, Finance, IT, Marketing, Management Consulting, Accounting, Telecoms and Executive office support.

Misrepresenting your CV

Being a newly qualified graduate, it may be quite difficult to break into the work environment. Most organisations are either looking for top notch academics or work experience. So, if you don’t have the best academics and little or no work experience, the biggest mistakes you can make is to fabricate or alter information to add to your CV. Most agencies and organisations have strict policies regarding background checking. Any fake transcripts, reference embellishment of work experience or fake driver’s licenses will be found out.  The number of checks carried out on a candidate by the agency and in many instances the employers will highlight discrepancies. Exaggerating your experience/ academics could prove disastrous as the agency and the potential employer will record their findings for future reference.

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