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In the Netherlands the trade in fake diploma's is growing.

THE HAGUE - In the Netherlands the trade in fake diploma's is growing. 'It looks like an international gang', states minister Plasterk from education on Tuesday during a pres conference from the inspection of eductaion.

The inspection notes the increase in falsified educational documents in the biannual education report.

It mainly concerns 'offers', known as 'diploma mills', which are being traded on the internet, often through active e-mailcampagnes. The forgers use for example the logo's of Trinity College and University, James Monroe University and California University.

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The majority of the applicants lies about their employement past and education.

More then half of the applicants is dishonest in their curriculum vitae. That is claimed by the concultancy firm 'the Risk Advisory Group', which examined 2.900 European cv's.

According to the annual research, in 2008 64 percent of the examined cv contained untruths. After the crisis started this percentage of cv's with lies increased to 75 percent. A quarter of all applicants was caught on three of more lies.

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Never again lying applicants.

The CV-fraud is growing. According to the agency Hoffmann Strategisch Risk Management, a quarter of the screened applicants is being rejected because they lie demonstratable in their cover letters. Applicant feel more and more often that it is normal to exaggerate previous salaries and emoluments, to conceal being fired and to exaggerate expereince.

Employers also do get of free, as only half of them bothers the call the old boss of the candidate, verifies a reference or check the collective labour agreement to see if the provided salary is in line with the education and experience. Only one out of five companies actaully inquires the applicants history and finds out that one every four candidates is lying.

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