In this episode of HR Heretics, Nolan Church talk to Danielle Mathis, Vice President, Global Talent & HRBP of Clari, revealing how fraudsters orchestrated an elaborate recruitment scam, deceiving 12 job seekers with fake offers while harvesting their personal data. The shocking conversation exposes the dark reality of deepfake candidates infiltrating hiring processes and why traditional recruitment methods are dangerously obsolete in our AI-manipulated world.

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Danielle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathisdanielle/

Nolan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolan-church/

Kelli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellidragovich/

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LINKS:

Clari: http://www.clari.com/

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Intro

(00:58) The Fraud Discovery

(02:38) The Scale Emerges

(03:55) Victim Impact Assessment

(07:24) Silver Lining - Hiring from the Chaos

(08:31) The Criminal Motive Revealed

(09:54) FBI Investigation Process

(11:13) Law Enforcement Response

(11:54) Second Wave - Text Message Scams

(13:22) Industry-Wide Problem Recognition

(14:14) Sponsors: Planful | Metaview

(17:18) Mitigation Strategies Implemented

(20:18) Enter the Deepfake Candidates

(21:27) Firsthand Deepfake Experience

(22:36) New Defense Protocols

(24:12) The Inbound Application Dilemma

(26:26) Adding Friction to Combat Fraud

(28:27) Future-Proofing Against AI Threats

(29:03) Wrap

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