3 in 10 people lie to get a job: research
Lies are fast becoming the ladder for India's corporate climbers. And India Inc is slipping.
Three in every 10 job-seekers lie to prospective employers about themselves, reveal three all-India surveys carried out between January 2007 and March 2008.
The dishonesty ranges from lying in resumes and inflating current salaries to submitting fake certificates, including fudged university mark sheets. This dishonesty contributes, directly or indirectly, to India Inc losing an estimated $40 billion (Rs 1.72 lakh crore) annually through corporate fraud carried out by company insiders, says a survey by background check firm India Forensic Research.
"We have seen that people who lie on their CVs are more prone to committing larger frauds later on," said Ashish Dehade of First Advantage, a US based multinational background check firm which has studied 1.5 million cases over the past 15 months. "Recently six employees of a multinational bank committed a major credit card scam. It was found that all six had lied on their CVs about their employment record. In fact, all six had lied even to get their previous jobs!"
Infotech giant TCS runs background checks on all recruits within seven days of issuing offer letters. "Information security is key to our industry We cannot afford any compromises," said K. Ganesan, company vice president.
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Three in every 10 job-seekers lie to prospective employers about themselves, reveal three all-India surveys carried out between January 2007 and March 2008.
The dishonesty ranges from lying in resumes and inflating current salaries to submitting fake certificates, including fudged university mark sheets. This dishonesty contributes, directly or indirectly, to India Inc losing an estimated $40 billion (Rs 1.72 lakh crore) annually through corporate fraud carried out by company insiders, says a survey by background check firm India Forensic Research.
"We have seen that people who lie on their CVs are more prone to committing larger frauds later on," said Ashish Dehade of First Advantage, a US based multinational background check firm which has studied 1.5 million cases over the past 15 months. "Recently six employees of a multinational bank committed a major credit card scam. It was found that all six had lied on their CVs about their employment record. In fact, all six had lied even to get their previous jobs!"
Infotech giant TCS runs background checks on all recruits within seven days of issuing offer letters. "Information security is key to our industry We cannot afford any compromises," said K. Ganesan, company vice president.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the epaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
Labels: check, CVs, dishonesty, fake certificates, India Forensic Research, infotech, Job, Job-seekers, lies, TCS, university mark sheets
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