• 31 Jul 2009 at 1:27 PM

Leading Economic Indicator Supports Recent Rally

By Greg Michaels

Polygraph.jpgAdd this to the list of green shoots. With unemployment flirting with 10%, the degree of lying about academic credentials on resumes has remained in line with prior years according to an executive search firm run by Jude Werra that produces a Liars Index twice a year. According to the index, approximately 16% of job seekers gave themselves an academic upgrade during the first half of 2009 which is right in line with the four year average of 15.8%. The 4th of July appears to be the inflection point for telling the truth as the level of academic fiction drops to 11.8% in the second half of the year.

“The important issue here is less about an apparent pattern of seasonal volatility and more about our warning employers that about one in every seven résumés they receive is likely to have misrepresented academic credentials, whether falsified majors, graduation dates or outright invented degrees,” Werra said in a statement.

Only time will tell if somebody tries to explain this away as ‘Intensive Summer Coursework in Financial Markets’.

Comments (18)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 1:31 PM

    huh??

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 1:34 PM

    Too long, did not greg.

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 1:37 PM

    After a promising start, we’re back to unintelligible run-on sentences that are devoid of humor. you should have taken the rest of the day off.

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 1:39 PM

    Pictures!

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 1:40 PM

    Yay pictures!

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 1:43 PM

    Greg,
    Posting pics of dirty pillows doesn’t make shit posts like this acceptable. Get your head out your ass.
    -Wildcard Bitches!

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    vey is mir!
    BlackPoint

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    When have I ever lied??
    -Ping J.

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 1:45 PM

    My comment would have more sting if I didn’t double post it. Apparently my head is my ass too.
    -Wildcard bitches!

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 1:53 PM

    My comment would have more sting if I didn’t double post it. Apparently my head is my ass too.
    -Wildcard bitches!

  11. 11
    Posted by Tax Chick | July 31, 2009 at 1:56 PM

    As would your retort.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    Where’s Gregs mom?

  13. 13
    Posted by Tax Chick | July 31, 2009 at 2:13 PM

    @13 Jeff? Jeff Macke, is that you?

  14. 14
    Posted by Investorcluzo | July 31, 2009 at 2:27 PM

    wow. this is almost an epic fail. first, bess throws greg a bone. like the good boy, he makes momma proud. then, just when you think it’s safe to read another post…BOOM! you get hit by a runway story that should have never been written. damn. greg don’t end your week like this bro. we know you’ve got it in you, we’ve seen it (today).
    greg, I really don’t want to be a hater, but wtf?
    @wildcard – too many shots last night?

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 2:51 PM

    so Greg in line with this story- you told Bess you have a GED?

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 3:18 PM

    too Gaylord, didnt Focker

  17. 17
    Posted by guest | July 31, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    go easy on Greg, he had a chitlin overdose this morning

  18. 18
    Posted by bateman | August 1, 2009 at 1:15 AM

    I have nipples, Greg. Can you milk me?

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