Employers have a big job of sifting truth from the avalanche of fake CVs floating around in the job market. Good jobs are scarce, and people have lost their scruples due to sheer economic conditions and the need for jobs. If fake CVs help, so be it. In the long run, the lack of ethics will prove costly to the nation.
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Some of the common frauds often cited by job applicants include highlighting short-term diploma courses from premier institutes as the main qualification and lying about dates of work experience. Moreover, people also produce false certificates on company letterheads, including salary certificates, lie about bonuses earned, reasons for leaving previous jobs, and produce false references—people who reinforce part of the lies.
"With intense competition for limited opportunities, people have started creating rogue resumes, lying about facts, hiding information, or bloating up achievements. This goes right up to the senior-most levels," executive search firm Grassik Search Director Rajeev Thakur said.
Background screening company First Advantage Head of Marketing and Communications, Shreya Krishnan said: "It is not hard to get fake documents in India. There are close to 7,500 companies in India, which operate just for providing fake employment and educational certificates."
My view:
HRs have to be really stringent in their checks.