The 2026 Trust in Hiring Report

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We surveyed 1,500 Americans who recently applied for jobs and asked them directly about their behaviors, motivations, and attitudes toward screening. What they told us goes well beyond resume padding. The data documents a system-wide pattern of misrepresentation that spans every generation, demographic, and experience level.

The report introduces careerfishing: the systematic fabrication of professional identity across resumes, interviews, and references. It also documents, for the first time, the scale at which AI tools are being used not just to assist candidates but to impersonate them.

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