Mumbai: Recruiters are increasingly relying on interviews for hiring as a majority of candidates were found to have made false claims in their resume, a report said on Monday. According to a report by recruitment automation and assessments solution provider HirePro, over 85 per cent of job seekers make false claims in their resumes, as against 65 per cent a decade ago, by using standard resume templates, professional resume writers, AI tools among others.
The report is based on an analysis of 40 lakh candidate resumes, 3,000 job postings, a survey involving more than 3,000 hiring managers and feedback from over 500 corporate customers. The report titled ‘No Resumes Please: Paving the way for talent-centric recruitment’ said 70 per cent of recruiters go through resumes but mostly rely on interviews before hiring someone.
