If I sent out completely truthful CVs, I'd still be working a $15/hr data entry job or whatever. Obviously you can't fake it forever if you don't have the skil

If I sent out completely truthful CVs, I'd still be working a $15/hr data entry job or whatever. Obviously you can't fake it forever if you don't have the skills to back it up, but the reason people lie and embellish on CVs is because they know they are reasonably fast learners, so any skills mismatch can be quickly adjusted while on the job. Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, etc. etc. This pretty much became a necessity since ~2005, when IT demand skyrocketed and became mainstream and automatic candidate rejection and filtering became pervasive