您是否看过LinkedIn上流传的精彩视频，该视频揭示了美食摄影师的交易技巧？你可能从未意识到我们在广告中看到的那些汉堡实际上是用海绵和牙签粘在一起的，使它们看起来更大更开胃。这段视频让我们想到的不仅仅是我们上周吃的巨无霸。没有人知道在简历、面试甚至工作申请中使用类似诡计——或者只是彻头彻尾的谎言——的候选人的确切百分比，但估计范围从令人担忧到极度沮丧。“但这与食品广告有什么关系，”你问？继续阅读以找出候选人筛选和食品摄影实际上有很多共同点的五种方式。
烟雾和镜子；事情并不总是像它们看起来的那样！
我们甚至不想谈论摄像师如何在土豆背后制造蒸汽，但它确实提醒我们一些申请人如何选择歪曲他们的犯罪历史。据 SHRM 称，大约一半进行职前筛查的雇主会直接在他们的工作申请中询问犯罪历史，虽然我们知道诚实是最好的政策，但您不能总是相信候选人是透明的。在某些情况下，这可能会出错，就像 2006 年在南卡罗来纳州发生的那样，当时一名连环杀手申请了他的房地产许可证. 在将他对申请的重罪定罪轻描淡写为轻得多的罪行并将其解释为误解之后，他信守诺言并获得了执照。直到 2016 年，这名男子在杀死 8 条生命后才被逮捕。不用说，该实体现在在授予任何许可证之前对其所有申请人进行背景调查。大多数时候，候选人都是诚实的，希望这是你在商业广告中看到的美味烤土豆带来的真正蒸汽（观看视频了解我们的意思）——但请仔细检查以确保。
填充
根据玻璃门，在简历上撒谎的人中有整整四分之一在他们的工作日期上撒谎，同样百分比的人在他们职业历史的其他方面撒谎。无论是用几个月的时间来弥补无法解释的差距，加强职位头衔，还是完全弥补一份工作，申请人都打赌你只会掩盖这部分。但是，如果您雇用一个人，因为他们似乎在您的行业中有经验，却发现他们跟不上工作，会发生什么？歪曲工作经历通常意味着歪曲技能，最终这些谎言会变得显而易见。就像那些不那么蓬松的薄煎饼之间的纸板一样，只有当您承诺咬一口时，您才会知道自己被骗了！
不，那绝对不是食物
当视频显示胶水被用作牛奶时，您有何感受？现在想象一下，发现你已经聘用的候选人对他们的学位撒了谎。你认为的更常见。试着在谷歌上搜索“文凭工厂”这个词，你会惊讶地发现有多少网站提供未经认证或完全伪造的学位。我们的博客最近报道，其中为佛罗里达州议会大厦运行的候选人透露已经大手大脚谎报迈阿密大学已经获得学位，甚至张贴自己的照片的情况下，与说学位。这在医疗领域尤其成问题，因为雇用受过虚假教育的人不仅会导致监管处罚和诉讼相关费用，还可能导致生命损失。这是一个不值得冒的风险，教育验证是一个很简单的步骤，但有很长的路要走。
不要相信汤
视频中他们透露广告中的一碗汤上的装饰物坐在淹没的小模子上的部分可能是我们看到的最不令人反感的事情。但后来我们开始思考。拉面是先洗的吗？如果你进来时期待汤汁浓到足以支撑一个沉重的配菜，你最终会失望的，对吧？需要更多信息！现在你有一个候选人通过了所有的验证，他们的犯罪记录是干净的，而且他们面试得很好！但是当你雇用他们时，你开始收到其他员工对他们行为的抱怨，如果他们在面试中表现得如此出色，他们就会变得不可靠或易变。特别是在#MeToo 时代，这可能是一个非常严重的问题。但你怎么知道？许多筛选公司提供的另一项服务是参考检查。
看起来像冰淇淋，但是——
如果一切都检查出来怎么办？当我们看着那个冰淇淋蛋筒时，我们五分之三的感官完全相信，当我们谈论视频时，气味并不重要。如果您没有适当的药物测试计划，通过所有其他测试的候选人仍然可能有问题。现在我们正式处于阿片类药物危机之中，重要的是要了解药物滥用会在任何时间、任何地点影响任何人。虽然对这样一个彻底和毁灭性的问题抱有同情心很重要，但它对工作场所的影响不容忽视。如果有人受到您的员工影响而受伤，公司可能会面临严重的法律和经济后果，更不用说对受伤人员的个人影响了。就业前，合理怀疑和随机药物检测都是健全的药物检测计划的重要组成部分，对于保护您和您的员工至关重要。不要被外表所迷惑。采取额外的步骤。
很难消化（对不起，无法抗拒）这一切？如果是这样，请记住“不仅仅是表面上的”这个词的存在是有原因的，申请人筛选计划可以揭示真相。
great video floating around LinkedIn that reveals the trade-tricks of food photographers? You probably never realized that those burgers we see in ads are actually held together with sponges and toothpicks to make them look bigger and more appetizing. The video got us thinking about more than the Big Mac we ate last week. No one knows the exact percentage of candidates who use similar trickery – or just outright lie – on their resumes, during interviews, or even on job applications, but the estimates range from worrying to extremely upsetting. “But what does that have to do with food advertising,” you ask? Keep reading to find out five ways that candidate screening and food photography actually have quite a lot in common.
Smoke and mirrors; things are not always as they appear!
We don’t even want to talk about how the videographers created steam behind that potato, but it did remind us of how some applicants choose to misrepresent their criminal history. According to SHRM, about half of employers that conduct pre-employment screening ask about criminal histories directly on their job application, and while we know that honesty is the best policy, you can’t always trust that a candidate is being transparent. In some cases, this can go terribly wrong, as it did in South Carolina in 2006 when a serial killer applied for his real estate license. After downplaying his felony conviction on the application to a much lesser offense and explaining it away as a misunderstanding, he was taken at his word and granted the license. This man was not apprehended until 2016 after taking 8 lives. Needless to say, that entity now runs background checks on all of their applicants before granting any licenses. Most of the time, candidates are honest and, hopefully, that is real steam you see coming from the delicious baked potato in the commercial (watch the video to see what we mean) – but double-check just to make sure.
Padding
According to Glassdoor, a full quarter of those who lie on their resumes are lying about their employment dates, with an equivalent percentage fibbing about other aspects of their professional history. Whether it’s tacking on a few months to cover an unexplained gap, beefing up a position title, or making up a job entirely, applicants are betting that you’ll just gloss over this part. But what happens when you hire a person because they appear to have experience in your industry only to find that they can’t keep up with the work? Misrepresenting work history often means misrepresenting skills, and eventually those lies will make themselves evident. Like the cardboard in between those not-so-fluffy pancakes, you’ll know you’ve been duped only when you commit to taking a bite! Professional background screening companies will help to unpack this problem and verify the employment listed on the applicant’s background history form to check for such deceptions.
No, that’s definitely not food
How did you feel when the video showed glue being used as milk? Now imagine finding out the candidate you’ve already hired lied about their degree. It’s more common that you think. Try Googling the words “diploma mill” and you’ll be shocked at how many websites pop up offering degrees that are either unaccredited or entirely forged. Our blog recently covered a case where a candidate running for the Florida State House was revealed to have lied extravagantly about having obtained a degree from Miami University, even posting a picture of herself with said degree. This is especially problematic in the medical field, where hiring someone with falsified education could result not only in regulatory penalties and the costs associated with litigation, but possibly in the loss of life. This is a risk that isn’t worth taking, and education verifications are a simple step that goes a long way.
Don’t trust the soup
The part in the video where they divulge that garnishes sitting atop a bowl of soup in an ad are sitting atop a submerged ramekin was probably the least off-putting thing we saw. But then we started to think. Had the ramekin been washed first? If you came in expecting soup thick enough to hold up a hefty garnish, you’re going to end up disappointed, right? More information is required! Now you’ve got a candidate who has passed all the verifications, their criminal history is clean, and they’ve interviewed well! But when you hire them, you start getting complaints about their behavior from other employees, they’re unreliable or volatile when they presented so well during interviews. Especially in the era of #MeToo, this can be a very serious issue. But how could you have known? Another service that many screening companies offer is reference checks. Behavioral issues that translate to performance issues are sometimes lurking just beneath the surface, and the best way to find them is to talk to those who know the individual in a direct professional relationship.
It looks like ice cream, but-
What if everything checks out? When we looked at that ice cream cone, 3 out of 5 of our senses were thoroughly convinced, and smell doesn’t count when we’re talking about videos. Candidates who pass all the other tests can still be problematic if you do not have a proper drug testing program in place. Now that we are officially in the midst of an opioid crisis, it’s important to understand that substance abuse can affect anyone, at any time, at any place. While it’s important to have compassion for such a sweeping and devastating problem, the impact it can have on a workplace can’t be ignored. If someone is injured by an employee of yours who was under the influence, there can be stout legal and monetary consequences for the company, not to mention the personal impact on those who were injured. Pre-employment, reasonable suspicion and random drug testing are all important parts of a robust drug testing program, and can be vital in protecting you and your workforce. Don’t be fooled by appearances. Take the extra step.
Having a tough time digesting (sorry, couldn’t resist) all this? If so, remember that the phrase “more than meets the eye” exists for a reason, and applicant screening programs can reveal the truth.
