Its remarkable how many people lie on their resumes to make themselves seem like a better fit for the position they're applying for. According to the CareerBuilder.com survey, these were the most common falsehoods people admitted to using on a resume:• 38 percent of those surveyed indicated they had embellished their job responsibilities• 18 percent admitted to lying about their skill set• 12 percent indicated they had been dishonest about their start and end dates of employment• 10 percent confessed to lying about an academic degree• 7 percent said they had lied about the companies they had worked for• 5 percent disclosed that they had been untruthful about their job title

CareerBuilder.com also noted that most of these lies did not help the candidates in their job search, because companies disqualified candidates after discovering the dishonesties.