Avoid the perfect match: Have you ever seen a resume which exactly replicates your job requirements as it is posted on the job portal? I have seen many resumes, which contains exactly same wordings as they appear in the job requirements, and that too in the same order. This should give you a strong signal that this person has directly copy pasted the job description in his job profile. So, don’t even bother interviewing these kinds of people. Avoid out of context keywords: If you get a resume that has all the keywords that you are looking for, but if they are out of context, then chances are….. it has some falsified information. For example: Java, C#, Windows 7, Linux, etc. Someone who has the knowledge of these keywords would easily classify these keywords properly, and they won’t seem out of context. In our example, they would say…… they know programming languages like Java and C#, while they have administrative knowledge of OS like Linux and Windows 7. Avoid resume without contact information: If you received a good resume which doesn’t have any other contact information other than just an e-mail ID, chances are….this might be a resume of a fake person or a person with fake information. I would not even consider a resume that doesn’t have a contact phone number and a proper residential information. Google their names: This practice has helped me a lot. Before I decide to give a call to someone, I always go online and Google their name. In today’s day and age, you can find out lot of information about your job applicant by just googling their name. One time, I was going to call someone for an in-person interview and I happened to google his name, and I found out that he was convicted for two different theft charges from his past two jobs. Thus, I highly recommend you to check their online footprints before you call them for an interview. Call them before an official interview: Technology has made everything possible in past few years. If you work for a company, which has their own video conferencing tools then please make use of those tools before you invite someone for an in-person interview. If you are working on a budget, then use free conferencing tools like Skype or Meebo for a prescreening interview. You should always prescreen out-of-town people using these tools, so that you can save some valuable hiring money, which you might otherwise spend on scheduling their travel arrangements. I hope these tips will help you to catch any fake resume during your hiring process, and hence avoiding any hiring mistakes. If you have any other ideas through which you can improve your hiring process then please feel free to share it with me through your comments. Thanks. – Bhavin Gandhi

1. How to catch fake resume/profile during your hiring process?
by Bhavin Gandhi
Recently, I am in the process of hiring someone in my team. As I move along with that process, I keep on
encountering various fake resume. Times are tough, maybe that’s why genuine people are becoming desperate to
compete with these fake profiles, and they are also including false information on their resume. While I might not
have a complete solution to avoid these fake people, I have few tips through which you can prescreen these
candidates before taking their interview, and save your precious time.
Avoid the perfect match: Have you ever seen a resume which exactly replicates your job
requirements as it is posted on the job portal? I have seen many resumes, which contains exactly same wordings
as they appear in the job requirements, and that too in the same order. This should give you a strong signal that
this person has directly copy pasted the job description in his job profile. So, don’t even bother interviewing these
kinds of people.
Avoid out of context keywords: If you get a resume that has all the keywords that you
are looking for, but if they are out of context, then chances are….. it has some falsified information. For example:
Java, C#, Windows 7, Linux, etc. Someone who has the knowledge of these keywords would easily classify these
keywords properly, and they won’t seem out of context. In our example, they would say…… they know
programming languages like Java and C#, while they have administrative knowledge of OS like Linux and
Windows 7.
Avoid resume without contact information: If you received a good resume which
doesn’t have any other contact information other than just an e-mail ID, chances are….this might be a resume of a
fake person or a person with fake information. I would not even consider a resume that doesn’t have a contact
phone number and a proper residential information.
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2. Google their names: This practice has helped me a lot. Before I decide to give a call to
someone, I always go online and Google their name. In today’s day and age, you can find out lot of information
about your job applicant by just googling their name. One time, I was going to call someone for an in-person
interview and I happened to google his name, and I found out that he was convicted for two different theft charges
from his past two jobs. Thus, I highly recommend you to check their online footprints before you call them for an
interview.
Call them before an official interview: Technology has made everything possible in past
few years. If you work for a company, which has their own video conferencing tools then please make use of
those tools before you invite someone for an in-person interview. If you are working on a budget, then use free
conferencing tools like Skype or Meebo for a prescreening interview. You should always prescreen out-of-town
people using these tools, so that you can save some valuable hiring money, which you might otherwise spend on
scheduling their travel arrangements.
I hope these tips will help you to catch any fake resume during your hiring process, and hence avoiding any hiring
mistakes. If you have any other ideas through which you can improve your hiring process then please feel free to
share it with me through your comments. Thanks. – Bhavin Gandhi
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