Recruiters are prioritising interviews increasingly to hire people after it was found that a majority of the candidates made false claims in their resumes, a report by HirePro said on Monday. The survey by the recruitment automation and assessment solutions provider HirePro found that 85 per cent of job seekers state false claims on their resumes, compared to a decade ago when this statistic stood at 65 per cent. The survey stated that these job seekers use standard resume templates, professional resume writers, and AI tools among others to lie on their resumes.
The report, titled ‘No Resumes Please: Paving the way for talent-centric recruitment’, is based on the analysis of resumes of 40 lakh candidates, 3,000 job postings, a survey including 3,000 hiring managers, and feedback from more than 500 corporate customers. The survey revealed that 70 per cent of recruiters read through resumes but depend on interviews mostly before hiring someone, reported PTI.
HirePro COO, S Pasupathi, noted, “Recruitment in today's job market demands a fresh approach. Relying solely on traditional resumes has proven to be a precarious endeavour. Surpassing resumes, skill assessments have become a more reliable tool in the recruitment process and prove to be a highly effective and efficient approach.”
The survey further found that employees selected through skill assessments fared better than their counterparts in their roles. In the IT sector, candidates chosen through assessments performed...
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