Don’t Gamble with Your Hiring: How to Even the Odds Against Fraudulent Candidate Histories

It’s a fact. Employment fraud is on the rise. With over 3,200 diploma mills awarding up to 500 fake PhDs monthly, and 40% of candidates falsifying their resume, the odds are that you have encountered someone who has stretched the truth just to land the job. These individuals are betting you won’t verify the false claims on their resume. And by failing to detect a candidate’s dishonesty, you may be pushing the odds and putting your company at risk. Jen Hunter will describe how a simple online check of educational achievements or date of attendance records can help save time and enable you to better protect your organization from making the wrong bet on a candidate

Jen Hunter, Product Leader—Onboarding and Talent Solutions for Equifax Workforce Solutions, will reveal why verifying education history is no longer a luxury, but a necessity.