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Fake job seekers are flooding U.S. companies that are hiring for remote positions, tech CEOs say (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Archive: https://archive.is/2025.04.08-202829/https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/fake-job-seekers-use-ai-to-interview-for-remote-jobs-tech-ceos-say.html

(…) Companies have long fought off attacks from hackers hoping to exploit vulnerabilities in their software, employees or vendors. Now, another threat has emerged: Job candidates who aren’t who they say they are, wielding AI tools to fabricate photo IDs, generate employment histories and provide answers during interviews.

The rise of AI-generated profiles means that by 2028 globally 1 in 4 job candidates will be fake, according to research and advisory firm Gartner.

The risk to a company from bringing on a fake job seeker can vary, depending on the person’s intentions. Once hired, the impostor can install malware to demand ransom from a company, or steal its customer data, trade secrets or funds, according to Balasubramaniyan. In many cases, the deceitful employees are simply collecting a salary that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to, he said.

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[–] Lazer365@lemm.ee 41 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I made the mistake of touching up my resume using AI and got rejected everywhere. When I finally figured out that maybe I wasn’t getting any interviews because I used AI to make my resume look better (like 100+ applications later), I went back to my self-written resume and found a job in less than a month. Learn from my mistakes and write your own resume or end up on the ‘fake job seeker’ pile.

[–] wagesj45@fedia.io 34 points 2 weeks ago

Ironic that AI proficiency is increasingly being required for the positions in the first place. Red flag if you use AI, and a red flag if you avoid using AI. Catch 22 lol.

[–] rowdyrockets@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

I used LLMs (gpt4.5-preview) to write portions of my resume. But I also used a paid service that uses AI to supposedly scan your resume in the same fashion these HR tools do - and gives recommendations on improving to better get past the filters. I'm early in the process but I'm getting a solid amount of HR interviews scheduled, and a technical interview tomorrow.

My point is, I don't think using AI in a resume is necessarily a bad thing so long as you go into it with the intention of getting past filters.

It sucks that job searching has devolved to SEO-spam and AI hallucinations but here we are.

[–] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And how do companies detect if you have used AI in making your resume? Is it the wording?

[–] _Momo_@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They have their software look at all the resumes, and probably filter out the ones it identifies as "ai" . No human will see those resumes that are filtered out.

[–] chahk@beehaw.org 20 points 2 weeks ago

Plot twist - no human sees any resumes at all these days.