Bell curved performance appraisals – Good or Bad?

Performance appraisals have been around almost as long as business itself. Why do we have performance appraisal systems in place? Every business needs a performance management system to accomplish three…

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Employee Background Verification – Discrepancy Statistics for June 2016

Here are the high level monthly discrepancy statistics for June 2016. We observed that 6.41% of the overall number of cases had discrepancies (could be major or minor). Next, let…

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Resume and the Lies

“Résumés are marketing tools designed to do one thing: make the phone ring,” Mr. X applied in a small company and lied on his resume about his work gap. He…

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‘Weed out the black sheep’ – stringent background screening systems

More and more businesses are turning to background verification lately. There are quite a few reasons behind this trend, including an increase in the need for security when data is…

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Employee Background Verification – Discrepancy Statistics for May 2016

Here are the high level monthly discrepancy statistics for May 2016. We observed that 5.99% of the overall number of cases had discrepancies (could be major or minor). Next, let us…

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Motivating people: Going beyond money in the Indian scenario

“Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business.” –John Maxwell When you wake up in the morning, what is the passion that fuels you to start your…

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Employee Background Verification – Discrepancy Statistics for April 2016

Here are the high level monthly discrepancy statistics for April 2016. We observed that 5.05% of the overall number of cases had discrepancies (could be major or minor). Next, let us…

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Never judge a book by its cover – background screening of utmost importance!

‘Never judge a book by its cover’ – a common saying that’s been around for many generations. In today’s ever competitive job market, individuals are more prone to embellish or…

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Talent acquisition – the biggest HR challenge

Let us begin by understanding what ‘talent acquisition’ is. In a layman’s language, it is the process of finding and acquiring skilled human resources for an organizations needs. It is…

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Employee Background Verification – Discrepancy Statistics for February 2016

Here are the high level monthly discrepancy statistics for February 2016. We observed that 6.07% of the overall number of cases had discrepancies (could be major or minor).   Next, let us…

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