Job seekers using genAI to fake skills and credentials – Computerworld

Generative AI (genAI) tools — especially those like OpenAI’s ChatGPT — are being used by many job seekers to enhance, exaggerate, or outright fabricate parts of their resumes, cover letters, or even responses during job interviews.

“We’re seeing this a lot with our tech hires, and a lot of the sentence structure and overuse of buzzwords is making it super obvious,” said Joel Wolfe, president of HiredSupport, a California-based business process outsourcing (BPO) company. HiredSupport has more than 100 corporate clients globally, including companies in the eCommerce, SaaS, healthcare, and fintech sectors.

Wolfe, who weighed in on the topic on LinkedIn, said he’s seeing AI-enhanced resumes “across all roles and positions, but most obvious in overembellished developer roles.”