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I have interviewed dozens of people for fairly specialized roles and the number of people with an impressive looking resume that end up being pretenders is prob

I have interviewed dozens of people for fairly specialized roles and the number of people with an impressive looking resume that end up being pretenders is probably greater than 90%. I would much rather interview and hire someone that another trusted party can vouch for. I understand that everyone wants to grow in their career, stretch themself, market themself well, etc. but there is a lot of blatant lying and cheating going on in the labor market nowadays.

SantalBlush 2y ago
The modern application process is a spammer's dream. It works like Google search: optimize based on keywords to drive your resume 'page' to the top. People mastered the SEO game a long time ago, so it should be no surprise that recruiters are getting clickbait resumes.
0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
As a job seeker, this is something that worries me all the time. I think I am a pretty honest person and do not embellish my work. Yet, my resume is going to be sitting amidst heaps of liars who will say whatever is required. How often am I going to be passed over at the initial filtering because of my more modest listed credentials?