While obvious it is mostly a LLM generated article, the premise is not false.
1. Con artists socially engineer for resumes for valid data (citing the North Korean worker influx into the gig economy, and various credit scams)
2. Many staffing agency positions are inconsistent with corporate postings. They do this as our corporate legal agreements have an encumbrance requiring we toss duplicate applicants. Thus we can't directly hire anyone also using the same service. Personally I learned this very early in my career, when you find out you are the lowest paid sucker in the room because you entered through agencies.
3. Roughly 23 out of the 350+ local staffing agencies are actually licensed in my town. Its a thread no one wants to tug...
4. unethical research: most wonks don't tell site users their intent is misrepresented. Under the local privacy laws it is a crime to farm data, but folks building goofy "AI HR filters" will waste strangers time too. Only sociopaths get excited hitting people when they are vulnerable.
5. I think it is funnier when former employees/peers leave for bigger opportunities, and people just use their resume reference contact section to identify you as a possible hire.
CVs are often not used as intended friend... it is often illegal... but few care... =)
