the percentage of CV’s that contain AI

Yesterday I saw a post stating that 81% of social media posts now contain AI-generated phrases – which got me thinking about the percentage of CV’s that contain AI.
Depending on the survey I read, around 75% of CV’s in the UK are now AI-generated in some way. Amazingly this number is lower than in many other countries. But what’s even more striking is the trend of embellishing or outright lying on CVs.
I found an old survey dated 2018, from CV-Library that said that 54.8% of candidates admitted to lying on their CVs.
Again depending on the survey you read in 2024/25, that number has jumped to 63-70% with 90-96% of respondents saying their employer never discovered the lie.

I know you have to take stats on the internet with a pinch of salt but there seems to be a definitive trajectory which, is going in the wrong direction.

So what’s driving this?
Is AI making it easier to fabricate CV’s?
The cost of living pushing people to inflate their experience?
Is it peer pressure – to keep up with friends/next door?
A lack of access to affordable training to gain the necessary skills?
Is it desperation? Greed? Or something else?

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