How to Identify Fake Resumes?

 
1. OPT Students or L2 EAD or H$ EAD
2. H1B Candidates (These folks are either OPTs who are recently
converted to H1B in last 2 years or folks who traveled from India with a
H1B with 2-3 years of experience or none. You never know.)

 What is the pattern of the fake resume?

1. Resume with no Last Name
2. Resume includes employer’s phone number not the candidate's
number
3. A Bachelor’s Degree without year of graduation
4. Resume includes 6-8 years’ of experience with first 3-4 years’ of
experience in offshore and the rest in United States.
5. The offshore companies they put up in the resume are either banks or
some companies with fictitious names
6. The project timelines are lengthy typically 1.5 to 2 years
7. Roles and responsibilities look very similar in almost all the projects
pattern is as follows in case of a recent H1B or someone with 2-3 years’
experience,
9. Resume includes 9-12 years’ of experience with first 4-5 years’ of
experience in offshore and the rest in United States.
10. First 2-3 projects look OK but after that the projects follow a very
similar pattern

What do they claim when they speak to you?

1. They say they traveled to United States on a L1 or H1BVisa
2. They claim they are currently on H1B or an extension
3. Their availability for a phone call is typically after 2:00 PM Mon-Fri or
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. But, if you arrange an interview with short notice
they won’t take it because their PROXY might not be available at the
time.
4. They say they can provide references but these references include
consultants working for their employer at a client site or who has some
relation with candidates firm.
5. Few claim they started working full time when they were  in the 3rd
year of their college, just to make sure the experience adds up to 7-8
years (as mentioned in resume).
How to understand these fake profiles?
1.      Start with the resume word document properties, check for the
name of the author, if it isn’t candidates’ name then something is
fishy
2. Look out for typical resume formats and responses mentioned
above
3. Check their online presence, primarily LinkedIn (this might not
work all the time). Most of the candidates with fake resumes
doesn't have any online presence (Facebook, Linked, Twitter,
Instagram)
4. Ask the names of the project managers they are currently
working for and look up their names on LinkedIn (This holds good
for OPT candidates but not for the recent H1B candidates)
5. Ask for the copy of highest degree
6. Ask for candidate's 1-797 copy (when first applied) and make a
note of the receipt number. Cross check I-797 status
usinghttps://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do.
Plug in the receipt number to find the date of approval and is fool
proof since the information obtained is directly from USCIS.
7. VerifyI-94 information
usinghttps://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/request.html. You need to get the
passport copy and the consent from the candidate. This is again
fool proof since the information obtained is directly from
Department of Homeland Security.
8. Verify Divers License or any photo ID
9. Finally, cross check dates from each document.