Is the Person You Hired the One Doing the Work?

Recruiters used to worry about padded resumes. Now the bigger question is whether the person you interviewed is the one actually doing the work.

Fraud is rising fast

According to SIA’s 2026 Workforce Solutions Buyer Survey, 72% of staffing buyers have encountered candidate fraud, up from 41% a year earlier. As Beeline CEO Doug Leeby put it, risk has overtaken cost and talent access as buyers’ top priority.

The most common threats:

• Identity fraud: someone other than the interviewee shows up and gets system access
• Qualification fraud: a real candidate without the claimed skills
• Ghost work: the job is quietly handed to a third party, often in another state or country, creating legal and tax exposure

AI tools make deepfakes, proxy interviews and location masking easy, so a background check alone is no longer enough.

How InnoSource helps

For almost 30 years, InnoSource has built verification into every step of hiring:

• Screening and skills testing through structured phone screens, AI-assisted review and SHL assessments
• Background checks
• Verified identity and work authorization
• Dedicated account managers who stay close to every placement

Hire with confidence

Candidate fraud is a business risk. Contact InnoSource to learn how we verify identity, skills and work location from the first screen to the last paycheck.

Sources: SIA, Workforce Solutions Buyer Survey: 2026 Americas Results; SIA, Identity theft, ghost work now among key concerns