Hiring Managers Being Warned to Watch for “Skill Fishing” in Résumés
As artificial intelligence (AI) helps individuals increase their productivity at work, it’s also reportedly leading to a rise in “skill fishing” among job seekers in 2026.
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“[AI gives] candidates the tools to write a more polished, keyword-loaded application,” Leena Rinne, vice-president of leadership, business, and coaching at Skillsoft, told The Globe and Mail.
“[Candidates] can describe the tool that they use, but they actually can’t walk [hiring managers] through anything specific in terms of an outcome that they delivered.”
While skill fishing might get some individuals past AI hiring assistants, recent Skillsoft research that found 29% of leaders still rely primarily on manager perception to evaluate employee skills.
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