Comments on: LinkedIn Profiles Contain Fewer Lies Than Resumes

By: First 4 Things to Consider on a LinkedIn Profile | SmartRecruiting

First 4 Things to Consider on a LinkedIn Profile | SmartRecruiting — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:50:54 +0000

[...] even more so as profiles can be updated quickly even from your mobile phone or tablet; although research indicates that there are less professional lies on LinkedIn than resumes. When its time to hire, it’s [...]

By: ResearchBlogging.org News » Blog Archive » Editor’s Selections: LinkedIn, Caffeine for Night Owls, and Seeing Smells

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:02:02 +0000

[...] Do you change your resume when posting it on LinkedIn? At NeoAcademic, Richard Landers discusses new research that suggests LinkedIn profiles contain fewer lies than resumes. [...]

By: Richard N. Landers

Richard N. Landers — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:24:28 +0000

Ah, good catch – I see how that could be confusing and have updated it.

By: Peter Maloof

Peter Maloof — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:11:44 +0000

Should “When on LinkedIn, claims about PERSONAL accomplishments and interests are perceived as more easily verifiable”

Be “When on LinkedIn, claims about PROFESSIONAL accomplishments and interests are perceived as more easily verifiable”?

By: RHoltslander

RHoltslander — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:31:16 +0000

Interesting. Fewer but not zero deceptions. It is ever thus.

By: LinkedIn Profile = Less Fibbing | | Old Goat GuideOld Goat Guide

LinkedIn Profile = Less Fibbing | | Old Goat GuideOld Goat Guide — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:47:21 +0000

[...] or at the very least expand their network of other professionals in their field of interest. An interesting survey also indicates that in terms of factual content regarding places of work, positions held and so on, [...]

By: Rune Fy

Rune Fy — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:55:17 +0000

Well, but I strongly suspect there to be a difference between the behavior of 18-20 year old undergraduates and mature, work-experienced adult professionals.