Comments on: Corporate and Personal Liability for Fake Consultants http://www.r3now.com/corporate-and-personal-liability-for-fake-consultants SAP implementation ROI, SAP architecture, & SAP business solutions Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:26:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hemen parekhhttp://www.r3now.com/corporate-and-personal-liability-for-fake-consultants#comment-2512 hemen parekh Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:02:32 +0000 http://www.r3now.com/?p=310#comment-2512 Background Screening Trends -- India [ DNA Money / Feb. 02. 2011 ] First Advantage is a background screening company. For the resumes that got referred to them for background screening during July – Sept 2010, their findings are as follows :  10.8 % of these resumes contained some or other discrepancy  39 % of these provided false info re: company name / employment status / reasons for leaving  35% gave incorrect tenure  13 % inflated their designations  11 % received negative HR / Supervisor feedback  2 % inflated their compensation If the idea is to impress the recruiters, why don’t jobseekers simply customize their resumes instead of faking the data ? With regards hemen parekh Jobs for All = Peace on Earth Background Screening Trends — India
[ DNA Money / Feb. 02. 2011 ]
First Advantage is a background screening company. For the resumes that got referred to them for background screening during July – Sept 2010, their findings are as follows :
 10.8 % of these resumes contained some or other discrepancy
 39 % of these provided false info re: company name / employment status / reasons for leaving
 35% gave incorrect tenure
 13 % inflated their designations
 11 % received negative HR / Supervisor feedback
 2 % inflated their compensation
If the idea is to impress the recruiters, why don’t jobseekers
simply customize their resumes instead of faking the data ?
With regards
hemen parekh
Jobs for All = Peace on Earth

]]> By: Karthik Viswanathanhttp://www.r3now.com/corporate-and-personal-liability-for-fake-consultants#comment-107 Karthik Viswanathan Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:25:52 +0000 http://www.r3now.com/?p=310#comment-107 A lot of times, there is not even a savings involved because even though the cosultant is paid peanuts, the firm representing them charges what that resume would actually command. Translation: Everyone loses except the consulting company who is making a killing for no work delivered. A lot of times, there is not even a savings involved because even though the cosultant is paid peanuts, the firm representing them charges what that resume would actually command. Translation: Everyone loses except the consulting company who is making a killing for no work delivered.

]]> By: Bill Woodhttp://www.r3now.com/corporate-and-personal-liability-for-fake-consultants#comment-33 Bill Wood Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:16:36 +0000 http://www.r3now.com/?p=310#comment-33 Truth is, I don't know. Some of it I chalk up to plain old ignorance. I've worked with a lot of well meaning senior IT folks, including some executives, who take on very expensive SAP projects and rely heavily on recruiters or on implementation vendors to do some of the up front background checking. Truth is, I don’t know. Some of it I chalk up to plain old ignorance. I’ve worked with a lot of well meaning senior IT folks, including some executives, who take on very expensive SAP projects and rely heavily on recruiters or on implementation vendors to do some of the up front background checking.

]]> By: Markhttp://www.r3now.com/corporate-and-personal-liability-for-fake-consultants#comment-32 Mark Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:05:06 +0000 http://www.r3now.com/?p=310#comment-32 Why don't firms just do the good old fashioned thing, hire talent, and then nuture/train that talent into the roles/positions they desire? Sure seems to be a lot cheaper than hiring a bunch of foreign H1-B workers with falsified resumes, simply to save a few bucks. Why don’t firms just do the good old fashioned thing, hire talent, and then nuture/train that talent into the roles/positions they desire?

Sure seems to be a lot cheaper than hiring a bunch of foreign H1-B workers with falsified resumes, simply to save a few bucks.

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