You mean those sophisticated employers of NYC won’t be able to spot the 5, 10, 15 year etc. gaps in the resume? Won’t call the alleged former employers? Won’t spot the “parole officer” cited as a professional or character reference? Won’t require transcripts, diplomas, or licenses from cited institutions? And they call us unsophisticated country bumpkins.
One can find out a lot of dirt on potential hires using google and social media.
Many a resume hit the circular file when I was screening them based on the results of those searches.
The resume is hard to check these days. Nobody is willing to say anything about former employees except the dates of employment. Companies that went out of business do not provide even that. The applicant can also claim to be self-employed, and that cannot be checked at all (except by a test of his skills.) HR people are not professional investigators. If an applicant gives a certain phone number as a reference, there is no guarantee that it's not the applicant's friend or a relative on the line - who will say whatever, as there is no duty to tell the truth. For that reason the value of unchecked references today is near zero.