Lying on your resume has been going on for ever. I have even known people who have been called out on it. I think it is one of the reasons that employers have a 60-120 day probationary period when you get hired. Most of the time they do not have enough time to properly vetted a candidate before they get, what they call a "qualified candidate". In a world where there seems to be expanding volumes of opportunities many companies feel pressured to get a candidate in the door and then check them out. Ill tell you that social media has made it easy for employees to check someone's integrity. I have personally looked someone up on face book before offering them an employment opportunity. In my profession integrity is everything when your customer is the government and your products are weapons systems. One of the things in particular that I look for is evidence of drug use or a path that may lead me to believe there could be a possibility of drug u...