Is SG so Lucky to be spared of fake Indian CV's?

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[h=2]Fake certificates widespread in India[/h]

January 19th, 2014 |

Author: Contributions

You need degree Certificate? Don’t worry, you can simply buy a certificate for Rs 5,000 (S$103) in Bangalore! A Delhi police official showing fake degree and certificates which were seized by Delhi police crime branch in New Delhi.


TRE reported an article from AFP that job applicants in India are so desperate that they have resorted to all kinds of sophisticated scams to get a job. This is the first 3 para of the article in TRE,

‘AFP published a news report on 12 Jan highlighting widespread use of fake CVs flooding the Indian job market.
In fact, the scam is so sophisticated that even when companies attempt to call the previous companies listed by the errant job applicant who said he had worked there before, there will be people answering calls and giving illustrious testimony about the person.
The scam was uncovered when an IT company in New Delhi was puzzled that 30 of the job applicants had listed the same employer which they said they had worked in….’
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Singapore is so lucky that all the Indian job applicants coming here used genuine certificates and CVs. I am confident, 101%, that all those employed here are worth every cent they are paid. I have not heard of a single case of false CVs from India been discovered here. I swear.

With our first world talents and the sophisticated technology and smart people in charge, if there are any cheats, they would have been caught. The fact that practically none is caught is testimony to the good credit of our regulators and the authenticity of all the India graduates working here.

We shall celebrate this clean record and bring in more talents from India that used only genuine certificates and CVs. Maybe the Indians know that we are an honest and clean society, so only the honest and qualified Indians would want to come here.

Well done Sinkies, for having the top and genuine talents from India working here. Only the frauds and cheats remained in India or elsewhere. We have an excellent and dependable system and talents to fall back on. I really feel very good, very safe that we are in good hands. It is a good feeling to know that we are not cheated by 3rd World cheats.

The MOM must be credited for the clean record.

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean

* The writer blogs at [url]http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com[/URL]

 

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If have the govt also wont dare to say or they might cover up

 

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[h=2]Rampant use of fake CVs & certs in Indian job market[/h]

January 14th, 2014 |

Author: Editorial

News agency AFP reported [Link] on 12 January 2014 that fake CVs are flooding the Indian job market.

In fact, the scam is so sophisticated that when recruiting companies call the companies where the errant job applicant claims to have worked before, there will be people answering calls and giving an illustrious testimony about that person.

The scam was uncovered when an IT company in New Delhi was puzzled that 30 job applicants had listed the same previous employer.

Feeling suspicious, the company hired a professional firm to check. What emerged stunned them. The “employer” turned out to be the owner of a dingy one-room mobile repair shop who was pretending to be an HR manager of a fake IT company. In return for a fee, he would answer verification calls and describe how the candidates had worked for him previously.

AFP reported that desperate job applicants in India are resorting to all sorts of tricks to land jobs in a tough employment market as the Indian economy slows. This includes forging qualifications, faking experience, and inventing companies.

India’s economic growth virtually halved in 2 years to 5% in the last fiscal year – the lowest level in a decade – and most economists surveyed by Reuters in 4Q 2013 expect 2013/14 to be worse [Link].

Facing a weak economy at home, Indian job applicants are desperate to find work overseas, particularly Singapore since Singapore has a free trade agreement with India called the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA). CECA requires Singapore to give greater access for Indian professionals to work in Singapore.

According to AuthBridge, a firm which screens candidates, as many as 51% of Indian job applicants submit fake education documents.

“With many people competing for the same opening, the temptation to fudge is quite strong,” M. Aswathi, an HR manager of a leading IT company in India told AFP. “They know that extra years of experience or a diploma from a top college could make it easier for them to grab a job or help them get a better pay package,” she said.

Those faking their CVs are mainly looking for lower entry-level jobs, although those seeking top positions have also been found resorting to fraudulent tactics, said Aswathi.

Another professional firm which helps screen candidates, Rezource, has even compiled a list of 1,500 Indian companies that do not exist but give out employment letters to candidates for a price.

A spokesman of a screening firm said, “One bad hire who gets through the system because the firm does not have a background check process in place will attract more entities with false and exaggerated claims.”

In Singapore, some Indian nationals with fake degrees have been caught.

One such person is Gursharan Singh (‘Indian FT uses fake BA degree to work as assistant manager‘). He worked as an assistant manager on an S-Pass at laundry company R&R Express Services, drawing a monthly salary of $2,000. He used a forged Bachelor of Arts degree from Punjabi University to apply for the S-Pass in October 2011. The Ministry of Manpower only found out in 2012 that his degree was forged.

Singh also worked part-time as a cleaner in a Bugis shopping mall. While working at the mall, he was caught molesting a woman executive. He was later fined $4,000 for making a false declaration using a forged degree and $2,000 for molesting the executive.

In an astonishing article ‘How did Indians end up dominating SG’s IT sector?‘, TRE reader Dico shares his many years’ experience in the IT industry:

Fake certificates and dubious working experience

I have a friend in HR showing me a long list of Indian IT application letters stating fabulous credentials in their CVs which are too good to be true. They have graduated from top universities, have good working experience in big firms and testimonials from reputable companies.

Fake certificates and overstating work experience are rampant in India. It is very difficult for HR to verify these claims as related bodies may not be helpful or there is no avenue for HR to verify.

First, there are too many ‘dubious universities’ in India. Even the top ‘genuine’ universities in India may not be forward in helping Singapore HR to verify the authenticity of their certificates. These bodies simply don’t bother to reply.

Fake certificate makers have also upped their game and some fake certificates are so good that they beat the counterfeit money printers. Fake certificate makers are making good money and they run a lower risk in comparison with printing counterfeit money.

I have also heard that there are many ‘professional exam/test takers’ in India and the Philippines due to the lax control of the exam and test centers in these countries. Employees of the exam and test centers are most willing to let the ‘professional exam/test takers’ take the test with a little under-table money.

My HR friend also told me that he has great difficulty verifying the working experience stated in CVs. Again, you get no reply from companies that the applicants claim to have worked for before. I am told that HR in companies in India are either too lazy to bother to reply or they are simply overwhelmed with enquiries from HRs all over the world.

Many applicants who falsify their working experience also like to name the same few ‘preferred choice’ companies due to their reputation. There are easily millions of Indian IT workers working outside India. It is a huge burden to the HRs in those ‘preferred choice’ companies to respond to requests for verification.

My HR friend once told me that 146 out of 160 Indian applicants for only one job position stated that they had worked for IBM India! I pity the HR of IBM India.

Many Indians are aware that it is very hard for HR in Singapore to verify the claims in their CVs. So why would the Indians worry about overstating or falsifying their credentials?

Maybe Singaporeans should also learn to ‘think out of the box’ like the Indian IT workers in order to compete.
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Currently, there are about 200,000 Indian nationals in Singapore, working in IT, finance, scientific research and other industries. It is not known how many (if any) of them landed their job with a forged degree or fudged CV.

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