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Candidate fraud is a major issue facing employers and can lead to huge reputational, safety, legal and financial damage, but "nobody is talking about it", a talent specialist warns. Also in this article: how to spot and deal with suspicious candidates during interviews.

It's difficult to gauge the scale and frequency of candidate fraud because when employers realise they've been duped, they tend to keep it quiet, ATC Events & Media director Jo Vohland told the recent ATC 2025 Impact conference in Melbourne.

"The reason that nobody's talking about it is because they're not allowed," she said.

"A lot of organisations are experiencing candidate fraud. Sadly they're hiring those people, and then they're experiencing employee fraud. But they're worried about their share price, they're worried about public perception, they're worried about it hitting the newspapers."

Vohland said Gartner has predicted that by 2028 one in four candidate profiles worldwide will be fake. And she showed a Deepfake video of a conference attendee's digital twin speaking German, to demonstrate "how convincing it can be"...