One in three Britons lies in their job applications, according to a survey by pollsters MORI. The lies vary from relatively harmless claims about leisure activities to lying about career histories and criminal records, the poll showed. It said 18 percent of those who admitted lying on their CVs* said they thought it was necessary to exaggerate because employers expected them to do so. One-third of managers questioned for the poll admitted to relying on gut instinct rather than going through the time-consuming procedure of checking applicants' backgrounds. Three percent of those who lied in job applications said it was about their criminal records-all of them men. The survey found that men and those aged under 34 were most likely to be untruthful when applying for work. More than one-third of male workers said they had lied, compared with a quarter of women workers. The survey covered 1,042 workers and 345 managers.

*CV：拉丁文curriculum vitae 的缩写，意为简历、履历。

根据民意测验机构MORI的调查，1/3的英国人在求职简历里撒谎。其中既有关于闲暇活动的相对无伤大雅的假话，也有关于工作经历和犯罪纪录的谎言。调查显示承认编造简历的人中有18%认为夸大是必要的，因为雇主们希望他们如此。而受访的管理人员中有1/3承认自己是依靠直觉来选择员工，而不是花费大量时间去了解申请人的背景。3%的说谎者--皆为男性--说他们的谎言与犯罪纪录有关。调查还发现男性及34岁以下的人是最有可能在申请工作时撒谎的人。超过1/3的男性员工承认撒过谎，而在女性员工中这一比例只有1/4。此次调查涉及了1042名工人和345名管理人员。

Remarks：不料英国绅士也出此下策，看来真的是"仓廪实而民知礼义。"