Employee disciplined for fake résumé sent to own employer

An employee submitted a fake résumé to his own employer to test whether the hiring process used automated bots or human recruiters, motivated by frustration over conflicting narratives regarding labor shortages and automated rejections.

He generated a fictitious identity, changing his name, profile photo, and email address for the application.

He overlooked an active link to his personal portfolio embedded in the document, which contained his authentic work samples.

An in-house recruiter identified the employee by clicking the portfolio link during a manual review.

Human resources initiated a formal disciplinary review against the employee.

HR accused the employee of wasting recruiting resources and unauthorized corporate espionage.