Borderless Background Verification

‘Responsible screening is same for the shop room floor as for the executive suite’ We have seen the great technological revolution and advent of the information age. We are still…

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Time for Action – Background Verification

Once a frog fell in a vessel full of hot water. The vessel was on a gas stove. The frog still did not try to jump out of the vessel,…

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Background Verification is the new Hippocratic Oath

“Only constant thing in life is – CHANGE.” – Heraclitus Once upon a time there was a land where the whole community lived under one big glass dome. For generations…

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Hiring – Are we asking enough questions?

There lived a king who had two sons. He loved them dearly. It was about time to name one of them as the next king to the throne. He called…

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High-Life or Low-Life

Two friends, Sam and Raghav, were just starting their career at the same level, with the same package. Coming from a small town, their lives seemed to be as good…

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The Most Popular Profession

One day Akbar thought about professions and wanted to know which profession was most popular in his capital. He asked his courtiers about this. Some said it would be trade,…

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Get help before House Help!

In a country where having a house help has been a norm for almost every house, doing a background check seems a bit odd. Isn’t it? I was of the…

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Every Job is Temporary!

Love your job, but never fall in love with your company because you never know when the company stops loving you. —N. R. Narayana Murthy Long long time ago, there…

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Why Self-Appraisal?

A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach…

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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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