A global survey of 1,700 recruiters by jobs website Monster found that 71% of recruiters struggle to fill positions because of candidate skills gaps, but 85% agree that candidates exaggerate skills and competencies on their résumés.

Only one-third of recruiters think candidates are honest about their skills through the job hiring process, according to the Monster survey.

Recruiters who are millennials are more likely to said candidates exaggerate skill competencies on their résumés, at 88%, than Gen X recruiters, at 83%.

In another finding in the Monster survey, 40% of recruiters globally said email was the best way to reach Gen Z candidates while 33% said social media was the best method. However, when looking at responses from only recruiters in North America, 38% said text messaging was the most effective way to communicate with Gen Z; the response was 23% for recruiters in Europe.