{"id":187355,"date":"2017-07-24T12:20:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T10:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=187355"},"modified":"2017-07-24T14:04:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T12:04:27","slug":"increase-in-short-course-lies-cropping-up-on-cvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/187355\/increase-in-short-course-lies-cropping-up-on-cvs\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase in “short course” lies cropping up on CVs"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa has seen an exponential rise in the number of short courses or short learning programmes offered at a tertiary level, due to their cost effectiveness and serving as a great addition to a resume.<\/p>\n

However, data published by background screening company, Managed Integrity Evaluation (MIE), shows a 5% jump in the number of discrepancies for these types of qualifications in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The results from MIE\u2019s Background Screening Index for 2016 revealed that the most common qualification discrepancies found were international at 45.43% (42.01% in 2015), Africa at 37% (33.90%) and tertiary short course at 29.64% (24.85%).<\/p>\n

The company conducted a total of 561,346 qualification checks in 2016 \u2013 up 17% from 2015.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

“MIE\u2019s results highlight that a candidate\u2019s educational history is the most likely aspect to contain discrepancies when compared to other background screening checks,” the report said. Within these parameters, lies major and minor discrepancies.<\/p>\n

It noted that minor discrepancies include misrepresented results, such as a candidate being in the process of completing their qualification, rather than having been awarded their qualification, while major discrepancies include fraudulent results.<\/p>\n

“Such results include a candidate forging or altering their certificate deliberately, or never having been awarded the qualification in the first place.”<\/p>\n

Frequently lied about facts on CV\u2019s included:<\/p>\n