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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Padded resume

Indian-American padded resume halts cancer drug trials.

Researchers have stopped three clinical trials that rely on the work of an Indian-American scientist who allegedly falsely claimed to be a Rhodes scholar on applications he submitted for federal grant funding.
The three trials are testing the genetic findings reported by cancer researcher Anil Potti and his
colleagues at Duke University, according to McClatchy Newspapers.

Source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/travel/visa-power/Indian-Americans-padded-resume-halts-cancer-drug-trials/articleshow/6197905.cms

Please explain to me what "padded resume" means here.
  

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Hi, A padded resume is one in which the writer has added information that is not true in order to make the resume seem better. eg I won a Nobel Prize last year. eg I found the cure for cancer last week eg I can drive a truck Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, A padded resume is one in which the writer has added information that is not true in order to make the resume seem better.
  • eg I won a Nobel Prize last year.
  • eg I found the cure for cancer last week eg I can drive a truck Clive
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Hi,



A padded resume is one in which the writer has added information that is not true in order to make the resume seem better.

eg I won a Nobel Prize last year.

eg I found the cure for cancer last week

eg I can drive a truck



Clive
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Essentially he filled in the gaps in his CV, exaggerated achievements or qualifications - possibly even lying.

sam
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