💼 Fake Job Seekers Are Creating Hiring Havoc (AARP Article)

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FROM THE ARTICLE.

A Flood of Phony Job Applicants Is Creating Hiring Havoc.

Criminals are creating fake identities to secure remote jobs. Employers and legitimate applicants are both paying a price.

By Matt Alderton, AARP. Published July 24, 2025.

When his software company began taking on new projects in 2012, Cliff Jurkiewicz did what many small-business owners do during times of growth: He hired a new employee. But it soon became apparent that his new hire — a software engineer based in Texas — was not the person she said she was. When the company began having problems with its software, senior engineers scrutinized the code she was writing and found major red flags.

USE LINK BELOW TO READ THE ARTICLE.

https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/fake-job-applicants.html

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Never heard of this one, ONLY Fake Job Listings.

Another reason I DONOT like AI.

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The impostors are using artificial intelligence to commit their crimes on a scale and with a sophistication previously unseen. And job seekers are paying the price along with employers.