{"id":1687,"date":"2008-08-04T09:14:29","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T14:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/stupid-candidate-tricks-2\/"},"modified":"2008-08-04T05:56:04","modified_gmt":"2008-08-04T10:56:04","slug":"stupid-candidate-tricks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/stupid-candidate-tricks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stupid Candidate Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a new one &#8211; candidates who use provocative usernames in the online resume submission software.\u00a0 From <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/CareerManagement\/Story?id=5483048&amp;page=2\">abcnews.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;a candidate who entered his resume in the company&#8217;s online database &#8212; along with the username &#8220;Sexpig.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, what more needs to be said about that one?\u00a0 Well, this is much better:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Poindexter, a community manager at Disaboom.com, a Denver-based Web community for those with disabilities, recently had to retract a job offer from an entry-level candidate who proved to be a LinkedIn liar. Shortly after extending the offer, Poindexter Googled the new hire and found that his assistant-to-be&#8217;s LinkedIn profile had been updated to include a nonexistent position at Disaboom &#8212; as Poindexter&#8217;s supervisor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am often puzzled by this &#8211; why do hiring managers Google candidates <em>after<\/em> they extend an offer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a new one &#8211; candidates who use provocative usernames in the online resume submission software.\u00a0 From abcnews.com: &#8230;a candidate who entered his resume in the company&#8217;s online database &#8212; along with the username &#8220;Sexpig.&#8221; Yeah, what more needs to be said about that one?\u00a0 Well, this is much better: Poindexter, a community manager at Disaboom.com, a Denver-based Web community for those with disabilities, recently had to retract a job offer from an entry-level candidate who proved to be a LinkedIn liar. Shortly after extending the offer, Poindexter Googled the new hire and found that his assistant-to-be&#8217;s LinkedIn profile had been updated to include a nonexistent position at Disaboom&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/stupid-candidate-tricks-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,2],"tags":[914,915,916,889],"class_list":["post-1687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdotes","category-hiring","tag-hiring-anecdotes","tag-hiring-error","tag-hiring-mistake","tag-hiring-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-rd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":81,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/06\/anecdotes-the-30-or-10-second-commercial\/","url_meta":{"origin":1687,"position":0},"title":"Anecdotes &#8211; The 30 (or 10) Second Commercial","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"June 2, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"It is Friday therefore it is time for another hiring anecdote. 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