Candidate Fraud, Fear-mongering, and the Future of Hiring

AI-generated résumés. Voice-cloned interviews. Dark-web fraud rings plotting to infiltrate your payroll. Sounds like a cyber-thriller, right?

This episode of Edan Haddock – Total Talent rips the mask off the panic narrative and calls out the fearmongering. Candidate fraud isn’t new, and organisations with strong hiring fundamentals already shut most of it down without breaking a sweat.

Edan argues that obsessing over AI-assisted deception distracts Talent teams from the real mission: leading the shift to Workplace 5.0, building smart governance, levelling up AI literacy, and designing hiring experiences where authenticity wins every time.

Instead of playing talent police, we need to play talent pioneers.

If you’re ready to turn down the fear, crank up the strategy, and rock a future where humans + tech = unstoppable, this one is for you.

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