BANGALORE: Wipro Technologies has started sharing with competitors its database of job applicants who have faked information in their CVs, the first such initiative in the Indian IT industry. The database, containing the names of hundreds of individuals and recruitment agencies, is being made available to two of the top five domestic IT companies and efforts are on for a similar arrangement with many more, Pradeep Bahirwani, vice-president for strategic sourcing at Wipro Technologies, told ET.
He declined to name the companies with which Wipro is cooperating. TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Satyam and HCL Technologies are India’s five biggest software exporters. The informal arrangement will involve the exchange and review of information on CV cheats, preventing lying job-seekers who have been caught in one organisation from joining another.
HR experts say that the manipulation of resumes, especially in collaboration with recruitment agencies, is assuming alarming proportions. They estimate that 15-20% of resumes have some sort of misrepresentation, subtle or blatant. Inflated salaries, wrong designations and incorrect prior experience are seen as examples of subtle misrepresentation while falsely claiming to have worked for a company is regarded as falling in the blatant category.
Nasscom, the software and services industry grouping, is trying to address this problem by creating a registry of individuals employed in the IT and business process outsourcing sector, including job-seekers. Information in the National Skills Registry (NSR), which includes personal, academic and employment details, undergoes checks by a professional verification agency. Top employers, including Wipro and Satyam, see the registry as a long-term solution, but they are also concerned about dealing with the current situation.
“The industry initiative will take time to ensure complete compliance. Fake CVs are a here and now problem and we can’t wait for the NSR to be complete,” Mr Bahirwani said. The number of individuals and recruitment agencies Wipro has acted against is in the double digits, he said.
IBM India, Infosys and TCS, too, have been quietly dismissing employees who have been caught fabricating their academic or professional backgrounds. In March 2006, the issue became public when Wipro Technologies not just fired some employees for faking their CVs, but also filed police complaints against them.
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Gireesh Kumar Sharma // December 21, 2007 at 11:21 am |
Is such type of database not an infringement on the employee’s privacy? Yes, employers do have right to verify the job history, but this type of database can pose a legal threat of the companies who are releasing this data to public/private domain.
Rajnish Sapra // December 26, 2007 at 6:18 am |
i really recommend this comments that when a person joins inan company , there are som many things in CV there are so many data with fake.
It should be a good practice in good comany to check the referrence check of the previuos company before joining the company.
it gives a positive response to the employees that why he wants to left the previous one & joined the new one.
from this we can have some inputs like:-
1. His behaviour.
2. He is faithful to his company or not.
3. His emoluments & education which he has mentioned in his CV.
but one thing is that so many company dont disclose their employees salary I have seen when chcecking of referrence.
becasue we have seen that some of the employees have good relation with HR dept, in that case it is not easier for us to check that thing.
Rajnish Sapra // December 26, 2007 at 6:23 am |
I really recommend this comments that when a person joins in an company , there are so many things in CV with fake data.
It should be a good practice in good comany to check the referrence check of the previuos company before joining the company.
it gives a positive response to the employees that why he wants to left the previous one & joined the new one.
from this we can have some inputs like:-
1. His behaviour.
2. He is faithful to his company or not.
3. His emoluments & education which he has mentioned in his CV.
but one thing is that so many company dont disclose their employees salary I have seen when chcecking of referrence.
becasue we have seen that some of the employees have good relation with HR dept, in that case it is not easier for us to check that thing.
ramesh // January 17, 2008 at 8:51 pm |
Is wipro taking people without interview and just based on cv/resume?
They scrutinze people in the interview like hell, so there is no need to do these things. they are offering salary, designation purely based on your interview skills.
it is meaningless to have this info into public.
Frank // March 12, 2008 at 10:49 am |
Wipro is scared that the competitors will get resource who quit wipro. otherwise what is the need to service his false database to others as if it has everything correct. its purely insecurity.
Let it think about its internal process faults first.
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Laterals.., Never believe Wipro HR policies.., its like a snake.. will only bite you at the end of the day..no job security at Wipro for Laterals…
If required, they may help you manipulate your CV during recruitment (seen such cases..was also was part of selection process at times 3 to 5 yrs back, plz don’t blame me- instructions given to me are like that) this is not to help you !!!! believe me. You are in trouble if you do this and join Wipro.
When few companies use performance as basis for freeing the free pool/ firing technique with prior notice saying your project got over. But Wipro gets your old record itself to downsize their the freepool. It fired few with above 5yrs of working in Wipro not based on performance.
Now they have about 8 thousand in freepool. they fire a reasonable number for their convenience, later they will stop firing for some time. Again if the pool size goes up they again fire few more. They do BG checks before appraisals. BG checks done at Wipro are multiple…twice in every year..when they don’t need you at some particular point of time…then you are gone in next BG cycle..otherwise why after 5 BG checks they are firing now during 6th cycle? Cheap tricks.
One provide a great dinner and makes you sleepless whole night, rest of your life…
Or
One who will not invite you for dinner
Or
What do you think is an offer?
They will keep your BG in hold if you are to deliver somework for next week then after your work gets over they talk about integrity in the discussion with you…. means they don’t bother about your personal life commitments/ notice period but they do what’s convenient to them. INTEGRITY !!
They don’t mind to update incorrect reports at entry, but once they find you heavy…they talk about integrity. Where is the very word INTEGRITY..
when they are recruiting altered CVs when they require you saying “Walk in and take the offer”? INTEGRITY !!
Suggesting altering CVs for the current requirement? INTEGRITY !!
When they are making people work at onsite on B1 visas? INTEGRITY !!
Billing unutilized hrs? INTEGRITY !!
Billing leave days? INTEGRITY !!
Using WASE students for full time work along with an employee still saying employee benefits won’t apply to you because you are still a student and you are paid stipend? Suck their blood and pay peanuts!! ITS ALL INTEGRITY !!
Now…ask a goodhike for your performance or ask for onsite or ask for a release or ask for good role in the team or ask for a long leave for personal reason…. they still can do this firing action—-cheap management.
The leader has money to invest his vision get profits but no human values. I don’t know where he want to take India with profits and no human values..
I don’t want to support who do CV alterations…but
India is a developing country…The quality process you set up should balance the rate the country is developing… Only fools expect a 100% quality just overnight…it should be convincing to both parties as both involved in the fraud…under the roof called Interview process.
Mr. X is getting salary for the work he/she do AND You will be paid profits by clients for the work Mr. X has done for you.
At some point of time after few yrs if
You say Mr. X is false now and you fire/ terminate Mr. X or His career(if you believe it is legal) AND what should the client do(ing) to you? …is he terminating your contract or going to fight legal against you for the false info you provided to client about Mr. X as you are responsible here and billed Mr. X accordingly?
In any situation Mr. X the looser because Mr. X befriended with Viper(wipro)?
Don’t blame talent just for the sake of your profits/ cost cutting/ etc.
No one will remain in the organization where job security is poor. They only spend time for salary…give him job security then you will get worth of it, if you don’t understand what is its worth, don’t ask you will be there where you are now or even down.
For example: When there are 10000 specialists in a technology, already in work with different services companies. Let’s say each company got new projects offshored, and let us say all companies require about just 100 laterals. Do laterals born just because you wanted them now????? Even if you get few laterals from other companies…the same case is with other companies…so if you can understand this equation you can understand how you are encouraging a talent to do a mistake… in India we already have hell lot of problems…this is a professional way of encouraging a talent to do mistake, putting him in trouble.
Warn him before doing a mistake but don’t give him a chance to do a mistake then end his life. It is like selectively ending career of a talented Indian. What do you think he will do after this action?
I don’t blame who cook their CV….I blame only the leader who is greedy about his own company growth not having a vision ‘where he is taking his country’s talent to’…being in an inspiring position….
One who can cook his CV in just few days is equating himself with who have experience in Years….now tell me who is talented/ hard worker/ responsible?? Keep your integrity, Human values aside. cause they are said and not done at wipro anyway….they would have made to understand by everyone in high level management not just limited to poster publicity like a movie publicity. One who is working in Wipro is not happy and outside not happy. Why still talk about Human Values??
Don’t we know WIPRO was never in top 10 best employers in India inspite of its long career in IT?
Don’t spoil career of a talented Indian . Just for his food and career he is doing this not to become multi millionaire or something right!!!!
Jesus said: No One Born of God Makes a Practice of Sinning, punish who created an opportunity to make a sin.
Mr. Real…Everyone wants food for living…not just the one with filled stomach.
Stay yourself in an island, starve yourself for a yr and then talk about honesty, F***er
You don’t know how jobless talent facing problems outside and what is making them to do so.
Simply don’t make statements just because your are filled stomach and ready to rest.
He may be altering his CV to get a job…and he is doing it the best at work ..Now tell me what is your problem? You are scared of his potential? If you are challenging compete with him and prove your Real talent, what is stopping you?
In down time before 2003… IIT pass outs, BITSians, NITans, University toppers do not have opportunity to work..its not that they are not talented,,its only lack of opportunity…
Now even a normal degree student with bare minimum percentage is getting a job as a fresher. Its pure luck..and who depend only on luck is the worst of its kind, I believe.
At least Indian services companies should realize that India is still middle class…don’t expect a professional who is from middle class, give him a chance and see…he will be the best out of all.
…. Don’t spoil a talented ones with such un realistic mechanism and ultimately don’t give them a chance to become criminals…
Fight for human values but for that don’t do fight against human.
The above content may have lot of emotions in place but nothing is meant to hurt anyone.
I am the one who have very closely observed life of such talent case.
Fan of Fan Frank Abagnale Jr.
~ Catch me if you can (An inspiring movie released during 2002)
me // May 4, 2008 at 4:33 am |
first fire the mangers who takes and clears the interview….. if he cant idntify the false candidate in his interview itself then he dont have any right to work with company….
me // May 4, 2008 at 4:37 am |
companies like satyam, tcs, infosys and others should not teach people about morals and ethics, as they themselves dont have it…. they have only started practice of faking resume for the clients and then the candidates learned how to fake the cvs……..everybody knows how many times they changes the cvs as per requirement of project…..
govt should first take action against these bastards and then should look to the candidates….
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