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If you can’t afford to hire a single candidate who has lied about their experience or credentials, you must first realize that the standard reference-checking process designed to catch those resume lies ranks painfully low (#11) in predicting whether a candidate will perform well on the job.
Unfortunately, your current reference-checking processes will likely be screening out good candidates. It also allows lying candidates to be hired who will likely fail on the job. These damaging results, coupled with an increasing number of job applicants confessing they had lied on their resumes (70% in 2023, up from 55% in 2022).