TCS shows door to techies
Bangalore: Tata Consultancy Service(TCS), a provider of IT services, outsourcing and business solutions, has asked about 20 employees to leave the company, for providing false records. Followed by the background verification, the company, identified the falsities in the CVs produced by the employees.
Being a customer-focused organisation, TCS took the step maintaining proper security measures. An internal investigation was launched to check on the impaired profiles and everyone involved in it, as stated by a senior official of the company. Every errant employee is issued a notice of vacating his/her respective posts. TCS is not the first one for such a move as there are other firms like Infosys, Satyam and Wipro who already have taken similar strong steps against fudged resumes. Wipro has even been reported to be sharing the database of the job applicants with false resumes; with other IT firms, to check on the grave problem.
Discrepancies in the CV have been in an increasing route. Ashish Dehade, Managing Director (West Asia), First Advantage says, "The percentage has been increasing. In 2006, it was 16-17 percent, for 2007 it was 30 percent and while we are just six months into 2008 the percentage is around 30 percent."
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Posted by : sumit jain - Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Posted by : Namita - Monday, July 28, 2008
As for the comment about "how do freshers [new grads]" get a job if openings require 2-3 years experience... Well, gee, guess what's happening in the U.S.? With entry-level coding jobs outsourced to India and China, most of the positions left here require very experienced developers, architects, and project managers with 8+ years experience. I don't have an answer, but faking experience is NOT a solution.
Posted by : US Sourcing Mgr - Friday, July 25, 2008
Posted by : Ishwarayya Hiremath - Friday, July 25, 2008
Posted by : Jitendra - Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Just for a namesake and to keep itself in the ratrace, it does this kinda stuff.
Dont have skilled people and doesnt even have good projects.
People working over there just know how to bullshit and are the biggest blunders in IT.
Posted by : Nikhil - Tuesday, July 22, 2008
In most fo the cases inspite of knowing the candidates are having fake experience , HR still hires them to meet their individual targets.
Why do companies forget the standards at the time of biding project by projecting fabricated resumes as per the client requirement
?
I belive that these refernce checks should be done at the recruiting level itself to aviod such situations also the comapnies should start practicing what they speak and belive .
PAPER PEOPLE , PAPER COMPANIES !!
Posted by : Russy - Monday, July 21, 2008
If something is bad, it cannot be defended just by saying that there are other people who are bad. Now dishonesty is in the core of many people and people are loosing moral values. It is dreadful phenomenon that so many people could dare to defend the culprits.
Posted by : RB - Monday, July 21, 2008
(i) Faking resumes with the client
(ii) For eg. none of these companies provide NI details in UK (National Insurance no. is must here in UK) when people are in Work permit. They even refuse to give salary slips so that they can't aooly for any other visas (also by not paying NI, they can save money (Employers have to pay employee and employer NI)
(iii) No value for enployees
These sacked employees should not get panicked and they should go legally.According to Indian labour law, any employer can sack an employee after a court type mutual trial and has to prove him guilty. If not they can sue. I bet if these employees unite and file a common legal notice, TCS HRs will shit on their pants.
Believe me I have done it for my Wife (another Big IT consultancy which talks a lot about integrity shit) and they refuse to give the experience for 3 years. I sent a legal notice (By the help of some famous Labor lawyer) and got Experience/Service certificate next week. They clearly know that is illegal and still they do coz they think IT people does not have guts to do that.
-Nalla
Posted by : cITy Boy - Monday, July 21, 2008
its not true in india certificatesand degrees dont speak the truth always
so kindly respect the talent not the certificates.if you think like that then speak after competing and winning against every one who is fake
and one more thing 3 yrs of experience for one person may be different to another person with same experience its how much grasp that is what matters
Posted by : srikanth - Monday, July 21, 2008
This is very much unfair to the Techies fired from the company ,just think why this happened ,there are few experiences i have seen in my group of friends ,some of them very much talented but when ever they went o interview ,the HR used to say the ur a 2nd Class Student so ur unfit for our company ,due to this they waste their time for 2.5 years ,bcoz where ever they go they used to see only 2-5 years exp candidates are required or "NO FRESHERS PLEASE" then where the hell the freshers go ,how can they survive so these fake exp are need to be developed ,there is nothing wrong because this is india ,even i knew some people in TCS still thery are workignw with fake exp in Hyderabad Branch,upto my knowledge there are around 5-10 of my friends if this is the case and TCS wants no fake exp in their company then ask them to start search first from project managers to lower category
Posted by : Ram - Sunday, July 20, 2008
Why fake techies:
1: Not able to get in to industries as a fresher...RT? If so then doesn’t he has the potential to work in the present IT scenario?
2: Companies know they are hiring fake techies as they want to be top 10 by 2010.Even HR & technical panel know this bcoz they have the target to fill-up as per the Company. And Company has to bid the project for its survival.
3: Where they will find the real tech candidate with 2-3 yr of exp? 90% of candidates joined as a fresher will never leave the present org/comp, becoz they will never get a good identity or position or even money within a new org.
4: Lack of techies in India forces companies to hire fresh simple BSc.graduates. Rather fack techies can be good for the org for good billing. About, which company is much more aware.
So Candidates as well the Company they both are known each-other.
Why and how this sacking:
1: If company is sacking then should do it within 2-3 month of the joining or better you do it before giving the offer letter to the candidates. This is not faire to sack an employee after 2-3 yr’s of joining.
2: The Company can’t claim that they spent more on the candidates rather company earned from client more than 100% of what it spent on the candidates.
3: If it’s about the poor performance issue and unallocation then I am in agree with the process. When It is the mater of total dedication towards work, high performance, and after that company is sacking then the org don’t know how to do the business as well n never care for the value for it’s candidates.
Just to mention that fake techies know, learned, and struggled and they came through the interview process making them able as same as a experience candidates. So you can’t ignore their talent and dedication.
4: Lastly within the organization they also forces candidates to go through a fack CV to impress the Client irrespective of his previous experience on the technology. Only to achieve the target revenue.
Here in this particular sacking process by TCS includes mostly dedicated, high performance tech candidate, who has spent 1 to 4 yr’s of his dedicated service towards the company.
A request to The Chairman of TATA group of Companies Sir Ratan TATA also to the CEO of TCS S.Ramadurai to think twice before you take such an unfair steps to sack employee having 2-3yr’s of their dedicated service towards your organization. They are stepping towards a new goal of their life at this stage such as going to get married, a new house, also a lot of responsibility. Don’t take the rice tray away from a Hungry fellow.
Posted by : sudipta - Saturday, July 19, 2008
TCS & other firm need Professional's skill? or their certificate and records of history.......
if they want certificates than there are lots of Engg. college which are distributing degrees on the cost of 4yrs & 5-6 Lacs of amount where a 3rd div. students get the IT, Comp Sc. & Elex degree ....
go and get them and than look at there performance they contribute to their Firm ....
Posted by : sandeep tiwary - Friday, July 18, 2008
's cv to bag project from client.........where they have to bag contract ahead of other vendors..................
Posted by : sonali - Friday, July 18, 2008
Posted by : Bharat Chillakuri - Friday, July 18, 2008
Posted by : Dilip - Friday, July 18, 2008
I did analysis of V.K. Rajan, he is a saddist, old crap and above 40 years who has developed inferiority complex b.cos of his overage.
Cheers!!!!
Posted by : Sudheer - Friday, July 18, 2008
Posted by : Lava K. - Friday, July 18, 2008
Posted by : Rajesh - Friday, July 18, 2008
If making a living by doing something honest has become impossible for someone, he must rather choose not to live. It is better than leading a life sustained through foul means. People with dishonest mindsets must be ostracized by the business world. They can build their own world; they already have, in fact.
Posted by : V K Rajan - Thursday, July 17, 2008
but with all due respect, Mr Mukarrum, to say that call centers are showing 10 class passes to be able to earn 40k is a little too much. Even BPOs have started hiring only graduates, and this is something I know as I am working for Convergys. The only trouble is, all the wrong things abt BPOs are highlighted in the media so much, and plus peer pressure forces youngsters to take that step.
What needs to be inculcated is an awareness at all levels. Freshers in Software companies are faced with the reality that they would be earning very less in the beginning and it takes a whole lot of years to get to a certain level. So rather than taking the hard way, lots of them prefer to take the easy way out, listening to others, and they also might be unlucky to have got caught.
In other words, the issue to be tackled here is a relatively easier channel to be able to succeed in the software industry as a fresher. Always remember that in today's times, it is v easy to find out about an employee as information is just a phone call or a click away. You might be lucky sometimes, but not all the times, especially when you want to get promoted.
Posted by : mohnish bose - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
How many of your colleagues or friends have faked their docs????
Strict Verification process drives INDIA into unemployment again. Thanks to call centers giving way to even 10th pass to earn a sal of about 40k per month. If big companies are so concerned about their employees they must have a common entrance test cell something like a CET for professional courses to have their original docs held for sometime and then returned. I completely agree with all comments given by my dear friends. But look at your own organization I am sure most of them would have faked their documents, resumes, exp and all. There are about 80% of people working in top companies faked their docs, Sometime back I had a word with a small time verification company executive, He told me while he was verifying a doc of a employee of TESCO, he found it fake and happened to have a word with the employee. While the employee offered him 1 lac rupees to seal it as verified truly otherwise threatened to be beaten by rowdies and would probably might have to shut down the company coz the employees dad was Sub inspector of Police. So my dear friends you should understand if the companies start verifying documents almost 50% of them would be caught. There is something called as a BACK DOOR ENTRY if you all IT guys know. Go and ask your managers. They charge about 50 percent of CTC the candidate gets offered to get into the company. SO I am sure it’s the senior guys problem to fill in positions to make money by giving way to all this CRAP. I would request all the mentors of big companies and the CEO’s to think about verification of the senior managers, mid level managers to know how true they are.
Posted by : mukarrum - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
There so many jobs other than S/w in India. i don’t know why people chose only s/w.
in my profession I met lot of fresh grads. Every one don’t bother abt putting fake Exp if I ask y? They say "boss industry is like that we have to fallow the people"
if a person with fake exp of 2-3 years gets into a MNC how can he survive? what about the deliverables....?
I think most of the people who got jobs in 2003 to 2007 are fake this could be coz of there is less openings for freshers.
And abt companies
As i observed most of the companies having clients in US or UK.
they know that the project got by them can be done by fresher .only for billing sake they are hiring 2+ or 3+ that’s y Fakies are surviving.
The companies know that they have fake candidates, they keep calm until the project finishes then they fire means this is not fair on companies part.
Posted by : pradeep - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Posted by : Hari - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Let me say u..I m not at all related to IT industry in any way....So does that mean if i ll be writting comments full of errors,then i m fake???
Have u ever gone to a doctor and tried to read his prescription by urself??So if he does not write properly then he is fake or if u dnt read properly..then u r fake...Either of this is the possibility according to u....
Every job has its own skill.....A software proffessional is no top journalist from whom u can expect errorless language without any grammatical errors..and dnt ever expect journalists to do programming or coding.....
All other comments were really worth reading except one which directly accuses one individual....So please dnt drag particular individuals by disclosing....
Performance is the key factor as many of us have agreed....There are so many loopholes in the companies policies which cant be changed overnight....Its not the candidates who are born fake but the situation makes them to do so....
And at last Sorry to M.Ramachandran for my grammatical errors in this comment...............
Posted by : Debaduta Mohanty - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Posted by : Janvi - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
A fresher who is just out of the college has to search for a job to feed his family and himself. When he goes through the job sites or newspapers only he can see the vacancies for 2+ years of exp candidates. No jobs for all the freshers( only jobs for candidates from only reputed colleges which are very few in India ). So what this person will do ? He will try to learn different courses from institutes paying money and his family will be supporting him from lodging and boarding. This way he will continue for 2 years struggling for money and life settlement. Then he wiil start searching for a job by putting 2 years fake experience. This way fake resumes start popping up. So just think of the root cause for this. Government should provide enough job oppurtunities for all the people who comes out of college every year. So all of you good people please think of ways to what to do to get job oppurtunities for all the freshers who comes out of college. Thanks for listening to me.
Posted by : ABC - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Now since they have to remove people they must think about the employee performance first and then for the background check. There are many employees in the company who are not performing even when they have good background. Why to keep these people? Why companies are removing people due to background only.
If the employee is bringing in the business then company should not think for such silly things. Even if the employees back ground is false but he is performing very good then company should reward him but now a days they are taking reverse actions. I dont know why?
Posted by : Ravindra - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Y always fired s/w engg programmer ,y not HR Manager IT Recruters and all ,
Posted by : RAJ - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Baghya - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
We know bangalore is the boom city for all IT'S Job in india.And also we know that IT market carries a major fake employees.But If company wants to do the varification .. so plz do beforte issue the appoint ment letter.After 1 year and 2 years of joining, i believe there is no point to check BG.
As per my knowledge 2006-2007,TCs,Wipro hires a hale lots of candidate.And i am sure out of 100 there is 99% are fake having 1-3 years of experience in various domain.Then how they are in the system.only 20 members are fake in TCS.Can TCS is going to check all the employees BG.I am eagerly waiting to hear that news.If not then plz don't fire these 20 members.
Posted by : Asiq - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
One such guy is Pratap Rudra Nayak earlier working in Diginet(a training provider of English and some software course) as Business Dev. Ex. showed his fake experience and in TCS Now..Probably Bangalore or Chennai.
He was having liason with a Senior officer of TCS...
So he found himself through.......
Has TCS detected this person as fake...............
This is my challenge
Posted by : Kumar - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
second why don't these companies do the BG Verification before giving offer letter.. This is my view that the BG Verification should be carried out this way..
HR guys should think about it...
Posted by : kapil - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : ABC - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
I hang my head in shame.
Mr.Arjun Singh you have done a great job.
Posted by : M.Ramachandran - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : xxxxxxxx - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
i know its seems strange but think abouts some of of following points-
1) Most of the top IT companies like TCS , Wipro, Infy , IBM etc hire more than double against requirements as they have to show it to grab the project.
seconly, once they have got the project, after 8 months to 1 year, management sits togethere to cut down the manpower, and for this they try each and every way out. this is one of them.
Again when they have to grab a new project, they will hire nearly 500 more freshers and experienced persons and will come in newspaper headlines that they have hire such a huge amount of people.
but now i think govt . of INDIA should make some strict rule for this to save the future of the youth of INDIA.
and we should also seriously think about it. i think all the youth specially working in IT industry should join hands together to launch a mass movement on net and other ways so that govt. should listen us.
i know that it seems quite funny to some people, but believe me if some action is not taken up today, then definately we are going to suffer a lot in future and then it will be to late!!!!!!!!
Posted by : kapil - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Thanks
Posted by : Matt - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
by facke resume only..........
Posted by : MDH - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Gunjeet - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Guyz just all other companies having unions, why dont IT prof's have one just like the policies n unions in abroad, we follow west in every thing else why dont we follow and cover this gap as well n have a union which bind us together to fight against these kind of situations(firing after giving the company good performance n getting fired after 2/3 yrs of work), if the employer doesnot like the person he can remove within the probationary period and any findings after that period should not be stated as fake, but he can ask the employee to leave with suitable notice period.
why dont we have policies and unions just like the IT companies have somthing called NASSCOM.
Posted by : Ash - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
I hope all HR people are Foolish and typical politicians.....may be top level guys also....
I request IT guys please don't join these type of companies and other firing companies who are firing frequently. Please select some small companies, with consistent and steady growth.
Posted by : Uday - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
One more fact they increase their market capitalisation through fudged accounts.
haaahaha what a hypocrisy.
Posted by : Ram - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Michael Joseph - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Michael Joseph - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
I think every firm should make a policy that if someone is talented but doesnt have degree. They should take him because if you have degree and if you dont perform i am sure they are not going to keep you. If they have cleared the interview i am sure they were capable to handle the job.
But i agree that lot of forgery is been done and it would effect the company in some or other ways.
Posted by : Srinivas - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Rahul Arora - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
DOES ANY ONE QUESTIONS WHY THESE COMPANIES DO BACKGROUND VERIFICATION 2 YEARS AFTER JOINING.
MOST OF THE CANDIDATES BEING THROWN OUT HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE COMPANY FOR MORE THAN 2 YEARS.
WHY NOW?
DID IT REALLY TAKE SO LONG TO DO THE BACKGROUND VERIFICATION?
OR IS IT AN EXCUSE OF JUST REMOVING PEOPLE FROM THE ORGANIZATION SINCE THEY CANNOT STOP RECRUITING FROM THE CAMPUS (WOULD SEND WRONG SIGNALS TO THE MARKET...SAHRES WOULD COME DOWN).
COMPANIES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO COURT FOR TAKING SO LONG TO DO A BACKGOUND CHECK AND MAKING MOCCERY OF THE ENTIRE EXERCISE
Posted by : Rakesh - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
90% of the employees in Wipro, TCS and Infosys are fake. Why they are firing only few people? The reason is, the project is over and now, they cannot pay them due to the company's cost cutting policies. Through this post, I challenge Wipro, TCS and Infosys that if they are so genuine and real, remove all the fakies from their organizations including the HR Managers, Project Managers and other top level VPs who are all fake. The management of these organization is worst. Don't keep the fakies in the organization just because they are relatives of VPs or HR Managers or Project Managers. Remove all the fakies whether he/she is a relative or whatever. I am 110% sure that if these companies remove all the fakies without any partiality and polities, the very next day they will be closed.
So, now they should accept my challenge and remove all the fakies if these companies are real and genuine. Before blaming some fakies, they should think what they are and where they stand in this market.
Posted by : XYZ - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
out 100 people in SAP 70 are fake
if the compant show so much of integirty remove all the 70 people, that they dont want because they will loose the business
all big comapnies (TCS, Satyam ,wipro) simply remove 20 people to show that we have good candidates all bullshit - no room for good people
Posted by : Anil - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
This is really sad to know that the so called Indian origin software companies are firing people based upon their past fake experiences. Why only Indian bullshit black listed companies like Wipro, TCS, Infosys are interested in this? These companies have a cost cutting policy where when they need people for projects, they hire anybody from the crowd and when the work is over, they do all this nonsense.
I personally know that in Wipro, TCS, & Infosys, if you have a reference, you can get a job very easily. Instead of removing the experiened and skilled techies, they should first remove the HR Managers and all the Big profiles people in such companies. According to me, the Management in these companies is worst and all of us are aware of this. So first of all, these Indian companies should change their administration.
Why the US Based companies like HP does not do this nonsense. The reason is, they want work. If you are capable enough to satisfy their working requirements, they will not consider these politics based bullshit decisions. If these Indian companies want to remove fake experience from the market, they should hire the freshers. Why they post vacancies with atleast 2-4 yrs experience in every wednesday Times Ascent??
The only solution for us techies is to avoid companies like Wipro, Infosys and TCS. There are so many companies, who want talent capable enough to do their job. They do not apply bullshit politics like Wipro based upon the past experiences. Guys, do not join Wipro, Infosys, TCS and other Indian origin companies and put all of them to a black listed companies list in your mind's knowledge base.
Posted by : Dharmendra - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Sree - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
IT is a cash cow right now and as long as the Clients are paying on effort basis - this problem will continue, the day the clients start paying "on success" of the project, the local IT giants will also start strengthing the selection processes, adding more than just aptitude tests and interviews- with more of psycho somatic tests and rigorous follow ups.
IT industry should follow the model used by the Shipping industry where EVERY person working in this industry has to have completed a basic level of training and has a kind of log book which is the PASSPORT to working in this industry and also serves as a VALID and AUTHENTIC record of the persons work.
This cannot be faked and NO ONE can ever get 2 such books.
Its time the IT giants of india woke up to this problem and started something like this under the ageis of NASSCOM or some common industry body.
Posted by : Upendra Watwe - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Sheshadri - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
they have to be more serious in getting poeple from good sourceses
Posted by : ramakrishna - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Simple.
Just turn back and you will be the leader of the whole world.
Work smart not hard.
PratapSamarjit Patnaik,
Writer
Posted by : PratapSamarjit Patnaik - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Rajsathish - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
You may consider the case of mine itself, I am Masters in HR from Bhavnagar University, in addition to 10 years experience of Pharmaceutical Marketing as First line manager and 2.5 years core HR & admin experience. But the condition is no good company is ready to hire me. To be honest a thought had sown in my mind of manipulating the CV but the conscious does not permit and am afraid of insult.
This is the fact, whom to curse.
Posted by : Sanjay D Sharma - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Seeing this news I am surprised to know that in a big IT company like TCS, where there are thousands of employees they found just a handful of 20 employees, whose CVs were fake. Quite Strange !! I would suggest the agency of TCS, who could trace these fraud, to recheck thoroughly and I am sure the numbers would be shocking !!!
As many of the friends in their comments said - I would support the statement why to judge the person by his past performance, past employers comments, relieving letters ( Genuinely no employer would ever feel like loosing a prospective employee from his company and would definitely try to hold him back by initially trying to convince him or else atlast by threatning. In this Scenario no employer would ever be ready to give the good comments about the employee in the relieving letter.) Therefore employees are forced to produce the forged documents to support the cause.
I say, when the candidate is in front of you and is undergoing so many screening tests like aptitude, logical reasoning, Logical Mathematics, General Knowledge, English etc., other than the normal technical rounds ( in written as well as personal rounds), then iit is clear that the person who is sitting in front of you with nothing but his active brains, which is helping to clear the rounds and emerges as the eligible candidate, then why the hell is somebody bothered about few useless things of his past. This way the system is forcing to do millions of people to take on the wrong path as the wrongly projected things are easily accepted.
The only way to weed out such wrong practise is that do not give weightage to what he was in the past, see how is he at present ( By his performances in the tough interview rounds in your organisation) and how would he be suitable for your organisation. To really judge a person( other than technical aspects) one can also take the help of certain tests, created by psychologists which will map the characteristics of the person and then decide his suitability for the organisation.
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Posted by : akhilesh - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
the same thing applies here also.......There are so many problems a person is associated with getting a job and ultimately when he find his road ending,he tries to resurrect giving some fake certificates or degrees.......there may be some financial pressure or anything that compels him to do so....the ultimate reason to earn some bread and butter for him and his family.........
Many people have given their views on the HR quality of these IT organizations.....What do these HR guys do at their work stations when they cant find out the authenticity of a candidate and his certificates at the first place???? and after a while when the pressure comes fron the top management to restructure the manpower...then these so called heroes comes to the frame.........and do things which are unjustified and malagnious.....and give excuses of a cnadidate being fake...........
My 9 out of 10 friends are working in the top 4 IT companies and are all fake as per my knowledge.........and some even had frequent onsite assigments(they call it trips).....So what sort of process was followed while recruiting them or even while sending them abroad???If the VISA process was tat much transparent...i wonder all would ve been working over here till now...........isn't the company policies forbid the HR's from indulging in unfair means to get a VISA for a candidate????
So how come this issue is creating such a big problem in such big companies??? Just figure out what ur need is...where the candidate fits into...n after due diligence recruit him..And if ur all purposes are solved..then why this stuff???
People are talking about Nasscom....Leave aside Nascomm..give it to good private 3rd party verification agencies or create ur own inhouse one......companies should try to restrict this from their very own end before hiring........if all is being followed,then the question of firing due to faking will never arise..........
I admit fake is fake....m not telling its gud..........but the procedure adopted to fire candidates on the basis of faking is really bad.............
As a foundation of a building is the most important factor for its strength...so as this case too....Make the policies strong.......Apply to all and adopt urselves too......
Posted by : debaduta mohanty - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Its just playing with the future of the poor people.If somebody gets into in your system by clearing the interview with the help of fake CV that means the recruitment process is fully faulty. This is not the 1st time happened couple of my friends were also fired some companies.Those people worked there for 1 year and at the end of the Project they were for showing such stupid reasons.If they had given the fake CVs then how did they worked for your company for completion of Project successfully? Its all take advantage and throw employee policy.
Posted by : Sanjay - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Dinesh Singh - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Its just a game what IT companies plays as their strategy to make money nothing else.
1) How many B.com, B.Tech(Mech) , B.Tech(Civil) ( I mean non IT background personnel) are working as software professional across the world. Just after doing some training on some technologies from a road side institute, they are able to get on to the top companies like TCS, WIPRO, INFOSYS etc.
2) If these big companies are particular about the candidature of the people working with them, then why they are not asking for only Certified candidates on Technologies (For Ex: SAP Certified, Oracle Certified, Sun Certifies, Microsoft Certified) for every position they fill in. Why it is not compulsory that a candidate must have a Computing education in his background ( For Ex: BCA, MCA, BE (comp), ME(Comp) etc) , why people from other backgrounds(Non IT: B.Com, MBA, B.Tech(Mech), Civil etc) plus some training from a road side institutes are allowed.
3) A gentleman says “The percentage has been increasing. In 2006, it was 16-17 percent, for 2007 it was 30 percent and while we are just six months into 2008 the percentage is around 30 percent” --- Is he not aware of the fact that if fake resumes has gone up by 30% , same the professional colleges who produce technical guys have also gone up by 50%. ( Just in Andhra Pradesh there are 494 engineering colleges, producing whopping 1.6 lakh of engineers in an Year ( see the link if you don’t believe http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/13/stories/2008071359260500.htm ) 1,60,000 engineers from a state , and in India we have 28 states and 7 union territories , just imagine how many engineers would get churn out in just 365 days , India churns 4,00,00,000 engineers i.e 109589 per day !!! where the premier institutes like IIT and REC pass out population would be equal to a Days population of entire Engineers get produced in India.
4) Policies of big companies like Infosys, SAP Labs etc
a. Throughout 1st class from 10th to the masters degree attained
b. No Gap in the education, and there should be no gap the employment.
c. These days, a new concept has cropped up i.e Domain expertise , a person who has worked in Retail Domain will not be considered for positions in Telecom.
d. Initial written test, (in some companies Group Discussions too), 3 rounds of technical Interview, 2 rounds of HR Interview. And prior to these there will be several rounds of evaluations from the recruiting agencies.
Now, If above mentioned is the scenario of Indian IT Job market, then below are the facts
1) If any candidate who undergoes several test gates and secure the position , then will it be wrong to consider that, the candidate is real fit for that position.
2) If the candidate is real fit, and he proves himself in all these pre employment tests which he has undergone, then does it really matter what was his past and present employment and which graduation degree he holds and what masters.
3) When the companies select a candidate with all these procedures and then say that they are fake techies, as their past record is not correct. What do you call such companies
a. There is a flaw in their selection procedure, where a person who is unfit made his way to the position, then the policy what these companies adopt is wrong. So before sacking the people so called fake guys, it becomes important to sack the Policy makers, who have paved a path to such a useless system.
b. If the policies were correct and the person who got hired was a right fit, then where the question does arises for backdrop check and all these bull shit. When the person is perfectly matching your requirement and capable of getting the job done assigned to him, then why a big hue & cry on his education & experience checks. If Education and Experience really matters then (refer my point 1) how come NON IT background chaps are working in IT. ( Is it not true that An engineer cannot treat a patient, to Treat a decease a qualified doctor is required – this is a case where an authentic education is required, But I don’t see the similarity in IT industry where we can see so many NON IT graduates working in IT companies – this proves that IT Industry really doest require a IT Education, any person with logical and Mathematical acumen can pursue career in IT arena, and that’s how even SAP Labs and Oracle labs sell their Education packages, if you get some time speak to Siemens or Oracle University.)
c. With these above discussed points, I don’t see any requirement of a backdrop check for the candidates who actually go through long procedures of pre employment tests. Candidate is in front of you, his talent is exhibited and proves that he can get the assigned job done, then why do these companies really bother about what he did in his last employment and what was his record at education.
4) We have lot many scientists and Nobel prize winners who are actually college drop outs, Bill Gates is a classic example of a school dropout ( he is dropout from Harvard) today he is a big shot in IT Industry.
5) Say, If I was a performer in my earlier job, does that guarantee you that I will also be a performer in the job offered. When there is no such guarantee then why the hell this backdrop check is required.
6) A real Check is required about a person’s criminal background. Please tell me which organization is actually asking for this report. None to my knowledge, They don’t check on this important factor, but yes they harp on all the other useless things. How far it is fair on the part on so called Bigges in IT market
Posted by : Karan Bharadwaj - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Dear All,
I completely agree with the above Comment of Mr. Bhardwaj. When the companies select a candidate with all these procedures and then say that they are fake techies, as their past record is not correct. It shows nothing but the wrong selection criteria of these companies and these companies should be black-listed.
Posted by : Aryan - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : akhilesh - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
I think there is a need to go to the root cause of this kind of situations... it is something like trying to stop crimes by arresting few criminals....
Posted by : Ashwin Vairu - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
only way to survive "TCS guys should know which side of the Bread has got more Butter " sadly these things works
Posted by : Sneha - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
If the candidate's knowledge is really good enough, what is the need for them to remove..? its really absurd..
Its seems the politics have been entered and playing like whatever they want in MNCs. Why Big Icons are not removing their fake employees. I can strongly urge that there are 40% people in MNCs with no work no knowledge just through reference they are getting jobs and getting settled.
And moreover, when they are removing such candidates first of all they should remove the concerned HR employees from their duties, who recruited such people.
And I strongly agree with my friends opinions like almost 70-80% of the employees in MNCs are fake experienced..why aren't they getting removed from their duties (bcoz they have strong background (not in knowledge) in references ).
I strongly feel that the companies should ban the campus recruitment first of all. And should give chance to the people with good knowledge and no working experience...
regards,
SAI SATYA
Posted by : saisatya - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Srigiri - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
1.If quality of the candidate is good even though he/she is fake experienced,companies should keep the people.
2.Keep the candidate if he/she is good by reducing the salary matching with actual experience which will reduce the cost of hiring new candidates.
Posted by : Manoranjan - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : kumar - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The best advice for all those 20 guys with false CV’s is that world is BIG and if Icons reject you, you can find employment in another smaller company. “After all a company is nothing but a Business Entity”. If The corporate India wants to function like a kinder garden school you have the challenge to go out and start a small business. I wish Corporate India to send more people out so that they will follow their gut rather than follow the masses like sheep’s.
Barath Surendran is a Budding Entrepreneur and runs a blog http://jobhoppers.blogspot.com and www.techemate.com
Posted by : Barath Surendran - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Its just a game what IT companies plays as their strategy to make money nothing else.
1) How many B.com, B.Tech(Mech) , B.Tech(Civil) ( I mean non IT background personnel) are working as software professional across the world. Just after doing some training on some technologies from a road side institute, they are able to get on to the top companies like TCS, WIPRO, INFOSYS etc.
2) If these big companies are particular about the candidature of the people working with them, then why they are not asking for only Certified candidates on Technologies (For Ex: SAP Certified, Oracle Certified, Sun Certifies, Microsoft Certified) for every position they fill in. Why it is not compulsory that a candidate must have a Computing education in his background ( For Ex: BCA, MCA, BE (comp), ME(Comp) etc) , why people from other backgrounds(Non IT: B.Com, MBA, B.Tech(Mech), Civil etc) plus some training from a road side institutes are allowed.
3) A gentleman says “The percentage has been increasing. In 2006, it was 16-17 percent, for 2007 it was 30 percent and while we are just six months into 2008 the percentage is around 30 percent” --- Is he not aware of the fact that if fake resumes has gone up by 30% , same the professional colleges who produce technical guys have also gone up by 50%. ( Just in Andhra Pradesh there are 494 engineering colleges, producing whopping 1.6 lakh of engineers in an Year ( see the link if you don’t believe http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/13/stories/2008071359260500.htm ) 1,60,000 engineers from a state , and in India we have 28 states and 7 union territories , just imagine how many engineers would get churn out in just 365 days , India churns 4,00,00,000 engineers i.e 109589 per day !!! where the premier institutes like IIT and REC pass out population would be equal to a Days population of entire Engineers get produced in India.
4) Policies of big companies like Infosys, SAP Labs etc
a. Throughout 1st class from 10th to the masters degree attained
b. No Gap in the education, and there should be no gap the employment.
c. These days, a new concept has cropped up i.e Domain expertise , a person who has worked in Retail Domain will not be considered for positions in Telecom.
d. Initial written test, (in some companies Group Discussions too), 3 rounds of technical Interview, 2 rounds of HR Interview. And prior to these there will be several rounds of evaluations from the recruiting agencies.
Now, If above mentioned is the scenario of Indian IT Job market, then below are the facts
1) If any candidate who undergoes several test gates and secure the position , then will it be wrong to consider that, the candidate is real fit for that position.
2) If the candidate is real fit, and he proves himself in all these pre employment tests which he has undergone, then does it really matter what was his past and present employment and which graduation degree he holds and what masters.
3) When the companies select a candidate with all these procedures and then say that they are fake techies, as their past record is not correct. What do you call such companies
a. There is a flaw in their selection procedure, where a person who is unfit made his way to the position, then the policy what these companies adopt is wrong. So before sacking the people so called fake guys, it becomes important to sack the Policy makers, who have paved a path to such a useless system.
b. If the policies were correct and the person who got hired was a right fit, then where the question does arises for backdrop check and all these bull shit. When the person is perfectly matching your requirement and capable of getting the job done assigned to him, then why a big hue & cry on his education & experience checks. If Education and Experience really matters then (refer my point 1) how come NON IT background chaps are working in IT. ( Is it not true that An engineer cannot treat a patient, to Treat a decease a qualified doctor is required – this is a case where an authentic education is required, But I don’t see the similarity in IT industry where we can see so many NON IT graduates working in IT companies – this proves that IT Industry really doest require a IT Education, any person with logical and Mathematical acumen can pursue career in IT arena, and that’s how even SAP Labs and Oracle labs sell their Education packages, if you get some time speak to Siemens or Oracle University.)
c. With these above discussed points, I don’t see any requirement of a backdrop check for the candidates who actually go through long procedures of pre employment tests. Candidate is in front of you, his talent is exhibited and proves that he can get the assigned job done, then why do these companies really bother about what he did in his last employment and what was his record at education.
4) We have lot many scientists and Nobel prize winners who are actually college drop outs, Bill Gates is a classic example of a school dropout ( he is dropout from Harvard) today he is a big shot in IT Industry.
5) Say, If I was a performer in my earlier job, does that guarantee you that I will also be a performer in the job offered. When there is no such guarantee then why the hell this backdrop check is required.
6) A real Check is required about a person’s criminal background. Please tell me which organization is actually asking for this report. None to my knowledge, They don’t check on this important factor, but yes they harp on all the other useless things. How far it is fair on the part on so called Bigges in IT market
Posted by : Karan Bharadwaj - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
should to do it; This kind of action must be taken so that right candaidate can get the opportunity.
Posted by : Kavitha.K - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Sooraj R - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Fake record are the most common practice not only with the individuals but also with many companies including the big names and MNC's too.
If fake credibility certficates are unfair.. most of the companies balance sheetstoo are unfair and none of such companies can make a fair bid and win any big deals....
Posted by : Raghavendra - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
After doing so hard labor they need to go one place to other for interview and still no employment. Parents pressure also increase with time. But it is also a problem when a two years experienced person do found to be experienced. In this case making team becomes a problem.
Company should do something for freshers. At least they should give some chance to all the freshers and then it can decide who can be employed or not. Then person can find the suitable place.
Posted by : Satya Prakash Karan - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : jawani.janeman - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Murali Saranadhi - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
It is no Intelligence that such action taken after employing a candidate
initiative should be made to avoid such happenings
the recruit parameters have to be modified in such a way that one is not forced to provide false history of employment
Though one is not able to express himeself to the maximum the probation period should be the measuring parameter where every initiative should be made from the management in taking the right decision on the employment.
It is bad to provide false history on employment
But
it is also worse to induce one to do so.
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Posted by : raman - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : ratikanta - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
- its crap... u get opportunity to work atleast in other courties if u put exp.... if u dont prove then only they ll remove..
-- but here u dont have chance to work at all...
-- if any 1 gets job in campus place ment as freshers then only they tend to work....
-- what about other talented people who cant get in campus placement... they hav awesome knowledge but no chance to work.... this is only tjhe way...
-- even few senior level managers in mnc have taken the same steps in there earlier age...
-- please give chance to all the talented guys to work... else ur shortage of sill work force which ur facing.... will multiply and u cant fill ur positions even after next 100 years...
Rambo.
Posted by : rambo - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
A test could be conducted...it is not uncommon to find several "below" candidates faring exceptionally in company tests.
As someone rightly said...u find fault with candidates faking credential...would u find fault with companies faking credential? May I ask one fundmanetal question how companies secure projects in first place? Are their statements really true? Obvirously not...as a long as someone doing thorough in the job 'excuse' of fake should not be made issue or else the biggest frauds are the companies themselves...
Posted by : Raj - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Ram - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : sharath - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
In the same way all the one who use fake resumes are not dumb , 90% of us do it only to get a job as there are some idiotic exceptions by idiotic HR like
- if you got a gap of one year from pass out year you are not allowed , then obvious use a fake exp
- No freshers allowed
This is not problem of ethics and integrity , this is because of supply and demand ..
simple - More Techies less demand than less salary than less jobs then fake exp and its happening in Hyderabad becoz we got highest Engg Colleges thats it
Posted by : sharath - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : aniruddha - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The IT-BPO industry is becoming increasingly alert on fake biodatas. India's largest IT serivces provider, Tata Consultancy [Get Quote] Service, has recently asked close to 20 employees at its Kolkata centre to leave after the company, during the background verification, found that these employees have used fudged resumes to get jobs.
"As a customer-focused organiaation, security is of paramount importance to us. We have a stringent background verification process in TCS. We take this process very seriously and have issued action against the errant employees. We have launched an internal investigation to identify the entire ecosystem and all involved in the racket," said a senior company official.
In the recent past all the major IT firms, including Infosys [Get Quote], Satyam [Get Quote] and Wipro [Get Quote], and many mid-sized firms have taken a hard stand on fake or fudged resumes. However, the incidents continue. First Advantage, a leading background screening firm, in its recent report states that 30 per cent of all the resumes they have screened have discrepancies.
In 2006-07, the company screened over 2 million applicants across industries.
Ashish Dehade, managing director (West Asia), First Advantage says, "The percentage has been increasing. In 2006 it was 16-17 per cent, for 2007 it was 30 per cent and while we are just six months into 2008 the percentage is around 30 per cent."
TCS is not the only firm doing this. Earlier Infosys had asked close to 100 employees to leave in FY07 due to discrepancies found in the resumes.
Same goes for Satyam and Wipro Technologies. Some time back it was reported that Wipro would be sharing with other IT firms the database of job applicants who have faked information in their CVs.
Satyam has put in place a system that does a background check even before the candidate actually comes and joins the firm.
"Well most of the companies have put in place some procedure to tackle this. We started this process two years back and 100 per cent of our associates joining come through this system. This has dramatically brought down the number of resumes with discrepancies," says Sucharita Palepu, Satyam HR MyHR Frameworks head.
IT sector is the second most affected vertical, banking sector has the highest discrepancies, when it comes to fudged resumes. One in every four CVs received by the IT services firm has some kind of discrepancies. And one in every six CVs in the BPO industry in fudges states the First Advantage report.
The problem is not just at the fresher level, it goes up to the senior level as well. "One of the leading IT firms was hiring a practice head. But after his background check it came to light that the gentleman with over 20 years of industry experience had fake IIT certificates," says a spokesperson from a leading background screening firm in India.
To tackle this problem industry body Nasscom, created the National Skills Registry, which has a candidates personal, academic and employment details and undergoes professional verifications.
The registration numbers towards the end of 2007 was 160,000. However, despite the actions taken by IT firms Dehade feels that the problem will persist in India. "Education and employment discrepancies in BFSI, ITeS/BPO sectors have seen the highest increase in the past 15 months.
Posted by : ashwin nallari - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Phani - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : sridharun - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Pallavi Mathur - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
I Think the first group of people would be some institutes who are ready to provide such fake certificates which can be used by the candidates to apply in these companies. I saw a lot of discussion around what's being wrong or right in providing fake certificates, I being a recruiter in reputed company there is some value that one should carry which is honesty and integrity. As an individual, one could do brilliantly on their job but what about those values? That I think should come from within. I also don't agree to the fact that the firms are not recruiting freshers as I have my two friends who got recruited as a freshers and they are joining soon..........
Posted by : Aravind - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Having read the comments of my friends on the TCS issue, My comments are as follows
1. Sambhit represents the present gen and we have to empathise with them and more companies need to create opportunities for easy entry of freshers and strictly on merit and also validate their project papers,blogs and give instant test to judge their communication skills, presentation skills,analytical skills and befriending skills.Here Sambhit TWO WRONGS DOES NOT MAKE ONE RIGHT , WHAT IS FAKE IS A FAKE,accept do not give amitabh deewar justification.Have guts to face truth and be with it
2.Fire those H.R's who have recruited and encouraged fake cv's and blacklist their careers
3. http://www.freewebs.com/s9consulting/dollardreamsh1visainfo.htm - click on this link or cut paste I have been creating awareness in Hyderabad and A.P at most of the Engg/MBA/MCA Colleges to stop doing fake cv's as max number of fake cases originate from hyd according to us/uk/aus /nz consulates.I am pursuing this cause with single minded devotion and managed to make inroads to certain extent but I would be glad If any of you are interested in taking this awareness session further .Visit my site for details
4.Biggest problem in Hyd is this area called Ameerpet and I have coined the word America via ameerpet types for our hydbadi quick gun murugans.99% of engg colleges buy their projects for rs 5000/- and as recent as may2008 when I was doing prescreening interview for a bangalore based company , 75% of the freshers could not name their project.
5.I have come to know through another H.R Consultant , that its the same in Tamil Nadu and Kerala .
6.What all of us - HONEST INDIANS have to do is form a group under silicon india and first blacklist the AICTE for granting approval for these colleges and take the officials to task , create a massive awareness drive on fake cv's to these institutions & create awareness drive to all company h.r's and top honchos to give a break to freshers in an ethical manner and give a proper career succession plan
Anyone can join me : ashwinnallari@gmail.com and also visit me at http://ashwinnallari.blogspot.com
Posted by : ashwinnallari - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by : Arunava - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
And if companies are serious about this, they should first fire the persons who took interviews and to the HR who recruited these candidates.
There is no judgment, in firing the employees, after a long working life in companies, showing the reason of false background.
Posted by : Sambit - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
This is something deabetable....as every one in this industry is sometimes doing some false or u can say unethics to get what they are looking....considering this...providing false exp is not wrong....what matters is how is doing his job correclty and productively. Is TCS is not gettting project by proving false resumes to client...or telling lies to customer????
Posted by : Vasantha - Monday, July 14, 2008
Posted by : Natarajan Sankaran - Monday, July 14, 2008
Posted by : Poonam - Monday, July 14, 2008
Posted by : ravindren - Monday, July 14, 2008
Actually, it doesn't matter if it is a downsizing strategy or
they really are into an action of throwing techies who provided wrong records (they should value ethics),
(fake techies is not a proper word because they are interviewed before getting in).
Indeed NASSCOM has taken wise step, I dont want to write about it as NASSCOM initiative impacts
either sides (employe and companies).
Posted by : rohit - Monday, July 14, 2008
Raju
Posted by : Raju NN - Monday, July 14, 2008
Freshers moving out of college in their final sems must be given orientation sessions to go against this practice and refrain from faking resumes. Its all the more crucial for students who have not been able to make it through campus drives. Examples like these must be highlighted prominently in college notice boards just like campus recruitment by TCS would have been highlighted.
Posted by : Arindam - Monday, July 14, 2008
Posted by : Ram - Monday, July 14, 2008
Hope this initiative works effectively.
Posted by : ibrahim - Monday, July 14, 2008
Similar incidents will be happening more in an Hyderbad based IT firm and they are trying hard to controll this type of incidents..
Please change the Tittle . make it
" TCS shows door to fake techies"
this will be relevant for this ..
Posted by : harish - Monday, July 14, 2008
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