Discussion: Fudging the Facts on Your Resume Enhancing education, grades, or honors.

Some job candidates claim degrees from colleges or universities when in fact they merely attended classes. Others increase their grade point averages or claim fictitious honors. Inflating job titles and salaries. Wishing to elevate their status, some applicants misrepresent their titles or increase their past salaries. Puffing up accomplishments. Job seekers may inflate their employment experience or achievements. Altering employment dates. Some candidates extend the dates of employment to hide unimpressive jobs or positions they lost. Others try to hide periods of unemployment and illness, so their employment histories have no gaps.

Is it okay to exaggerate on your resume in the ways described above? What happens if everyone else is exaggerating their resume???