Liar for hire? Fake CVs flood Indian job market

[OhioChick]

By AFP | 12 Jan, 2014, 09.35AM IST

NEW DELHI: Managers of an IT company in New Delhi were puzzled as they sifted through a pile of CVs -- as many as 30 job seekers claimed to have worked previously for the same employer.

Unwilling to take any chances, the managers approached a firm of professional sleuths that specialises in screening background information given by prospective employees.

What emerged left them stunned. The "employer" turned out to be an owner of a dingy one-room mobile repair shop who was pretending to be an HR manager of a fake IT firm.

In return for money, he answered verification calls and described how the candidates had worked for him previously doing data entry.


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[IADEMO2004]

1. Read story at link and I still don't know what a "CV" is.

[cyberswede]

2. "Curriculum Vitae" - like a resume.

[enlightenment]

3. Usually used to describe academic resumes in the US -

it's a more general term in the rest of the world.

[IADEMO2004]

4. Up to speed. Thanks to all

[jsr]

5. The best place to outsource your personal info

[Skittles]

6. when they accidentally vary 20,000 devices OFFLINE

their solution is to...........duplicate the command and change to ONLINE! When asked did they really think every one of those devices were online before that first command was issued they draw a complete blank. Perhaps this article can shed some light on the eternal question: WHY, WHY, WHY????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Thor_MN]

7. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, to find that lies are being told in Indian resumes.

Actually I have known some great IT workers from India. And I have also met some absolutely horrible ones. On average, probably about the same as US IT workers, but I'd say that the standard deviation for Indian workers would be higher. Part of that would be language issues, but it does not come close to explaining all of it. I believe that there is a much higher probability that a resume from India is puffed up. Fortunately, I work for an employer (finally) that does not believe in H1b Visas, but we have many employees that are first generation Americans, a very diverse crowd.