Resumes are dangerous, agreed - but only if you give them enough power to be dangerous.
The point is, resumes should only open the door to live interviews and be very rough notes about what a person can do. You always need a way to test what the candidate claims.
I'm not sure if this is obvious, but I work in the loan underwriting space now and any piece of data that the clients have the ability to control, we take but we must verify with other pieces of data that the client doesn't have access to manipulate. i.e. Accounting software like Xero needs to be back with bank transfer data.
The point is, resumes should only open the door to live interviews and be very rough notes about what a person can do. You always need a way to test what the candidate claims.
I'm not sure if this is obvious, but I work in the loan underwriting space now and any piece of data that the clients have the ability to control, we take but we must verify with other pieces of data that the client doesn't have access to manipulate. i.e. Accounting software like Xero needs to be back with bank transfer data.
Seems like a prudent route with resumes.