The temptation of the little white lie!

The other day I was asked by a close friend to help her update her resume. She wanted me to help her ‘beautify’ her CV. So we commenced on the…

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Employee Background Verification – Quarterly Discrepancy Statistics

Here are the high level quarterly discrepancy statistics covering the months of January’18, Feburary’18 and March 2018. We observed that 1.5% of the overall number of cases had discrepancies (could…

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Employee Background Verification – Discrepancy Statistics for March 2018

Here are the high level monthly discrepancy statistics for March 2018. We observed that 4.9% of the overall number of cases had discrepancies (could be major or minor). Next, let…

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Protect your company’s reputation from the risk of the ‘Employee’

“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation and only one bad one to lose it.” – Benjamin Franklin We have witnessed over the years, reputations of numerous…

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Do not let your ‘guard’ down!

The urbanization of towns and cities has led to swanky office complexes, malls, restaurants and fancy residential complexes mushrooming up. They provide excellent amenities and there is a definite feel…

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Lies on your resume can ‘haunt’ you!

Did you know that according to a SHRM survey more than 53% of job applicants lie to some extent on their resumes? We have seen a reported case of Wipro…

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Employee Background Verification – Discrepancy Statistics for February 2018

Here are the high level monthly discrepancy statistics for February 2018. We observed that 0.4% of the overall number of cases had discrepancies (could be major or minor). Next, let…

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11,700 state government employees sacked

As appalling as it’s to read the above, it shocked me beyond words while I was reading up on this! It’s unimaginable to fathom – 11,700 state government employees submitted…

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Employee Background Verification – Discrepancy Statistics for January 2018

Here are the high level monthly discrepancy statistics for January 2018. We observed that 1.1% of the overall number of cases had discrepancies (could be major or minor). Next, let…

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Trends and Insights on Background Screening for 2017

A new year brings new hopes, new resolutions and newer aspirations. As it’s often said, we should let bygones be bygones. This may work; however, in my opinion times gone…

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