Are you faking your resume think twice there are eagle eyes to catch you..
As per the information from various sources, one out of five resumes contains fake information.
In IT industry at any given point in time up to 10% of the existing workforce in companies would be caught for exaggerating their qualifications
Following are the commonly found fake information in a resume
- Fake work experience
- Fake educational Information
- Overstating their work knowledge
IT industry joined their hands to address this serious issue with the help of Nasscom forming a National Skills Registry (NSR) started over five years ago
More than 120 large companies in India are part of this Industry body, which currently has a database of 1.1 million candidates, according to Nasscom. Of this, nearly 8 million candidate profiles have been vetted, so far, with the help of some 17 third-party background verification agencies.
Top Companies in India like IBM, Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro and TCS made NSR as mandatory for all their employees
Apart from the NSR, companies also do strict background check on various aspects like previous employers, criminal check, education check, social media check document check and senior executive screening
Big companies in India almost spend 30,000 – 40,000 rupees for background verification on their employees, there are so many background verification companies in India which does this work.
Be cautious what you write in your resume