Jobseekers Create "Resu-mess" for Employers

A massive influx of resumes is creating an administrative nightmare, a "resu-mess" in human resource.

In addition, just like the neighbor attending an open house just to get a peak about how the people on the other side of the street live, an increasing number of job candidates are just "shopping".

But more candidates isn't necessarily better. Sifting through the resumes takes time. Few managers, human resource profressionals and assistants have the time to screen the applications, call the candidates, fight the voice mail tag, complete phone interviews, schedule face-to-face interviews and so on.

Successful recruiting strategies to select-in more of the right candidates are being derailed by a voluminous response of applicants. While attempting to disqualify the unqualified or disinterested applicants, high-demand qualified candidates are overlooked and turned off by slow response times, cumbersome hiring hurdles, or inexperienced, and sometimes inept, interviewers.

To further complicate matters, 44 percent of 2.6 million resumes reportedly contained at least some lies. (Source: Avert Inc)

A survey from the Society of Human Resource Management reports human resource professionals are uncovering lies in these categories:

--Length of employment, 53 percent.
--Past salaries, 51 percent.
--Criminal records, 45 percent.
--Former job tales, 44 percent.
--Former employers, 35 percent.
--Driving records, 33 percent.
--College degrees, 30 percent.
--Credit, 24 percent.
--Schools attended, 22 percent.
--Social Security number, 14 percent.

Lying isn't just a problem at the hourly level either. "At least 23 percent of 7,000 resumes submitted for president, V.P. and board of director positions had been a little cooked." (Source: Christian & Timbers)

The problem doesn't stop there. Forty million drug tests are conducted each year on job candidates and employees. But employees learn "the ropes".

But the prevalence of screening and the reach of the Internet has fostered a thriving cottage industry of entrepreneurs who promise to help workers beat the tests. Products like Urine Luck to counteract urine tests, Get Clean Shampoo intended to counteract hair tests and Quick Fizz tablets for saliva tests are readily available. Businesses are at a crossroads. Business just wasn't always as complex as it is today. Everything has changed. Streamlining recruitment, hiring quickly, and selecting the right people are no longer options but key growth strategies.

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