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Unless you get caught. We were supposed to interview someone the other day, so I googled him, and found out that his resume and LinkedIn job histories don't match. That lead me down a rabbit hole where I found out he is working multiple full time jobs simultaneously while most likely farming the work offshore, and his job titles were completely wrong inaccurate on both LinkedIn and how resume. Also the references he listed appear to be himself, as their job history is also not real.
Not only did his interview get cancelled, he's marked as non-hireable in the future.
Okay, that's a whole other level of wrong and also kinda awesome. I feel like it's one of those times where you yell and be very stern with a child in front of other people but once you two are alone you high five them and have a laugh about it.
Honestly, if you've got it down to that point then you might as well start an MSP and do it legitimately rather than nickel and dime yourself working 12 concurrent jobs or whatever.
The recruiter is who I want to yell at. Her whole job is to find real candidates, and I was able to figure out in 5 minutes that something was off about the guy just from comparing LinkedIn and his resume, and then doing a quick Google search with his name + employers.
Maybe you should check her resume as well
Honestly, the guy was just playing the game corporations have been setting up and playing for decades.
I've got so many freelance jobs in my past this way. It is terrible, I agree. But most recruiters only care if the job is done, no matter who does it.
This guy was able to work several jobs at once and none of the companies found out.
I mean....that takes talent and dedication. I'd hire him.
Most of the jobs were short term, I'd guess they did find out, or the performance was subpar and they fired him at the end of his probationary period.