You've seen résumés, haven't you? What's common to all the résumés on the planet? Yup, they're all created to make the candidate look wonderful. So what's the first thing a company does when you present them with a résumé? They go back and do some digging. They check the details. The smarter the company, and the more important the job, the more the company digs. So you have to ask yourself: Why does the company check back on the résumé?