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Background screening in India

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Irrespective of rapid globalisation India is still a traditional country. People generally trust each other and unlike their Western counterparts they don’t shy away from recommending their friends, relatives, and even little-known people they seem to have a good opinion about. That is why educational verification and background check didn’t catch up as fast as it did in other countries.

But it doesn’t mean we don’t have our share of people with doubtful antecedents trying to land up plum jobs in various reputed organisations and companies.  The biggest problem is the education sector. Due to thousands of fake universities and diploma mills scattered throughout the country businesses are growing more and more conscious of hiring new employees without professional background checks.  This is more apparent in the financial and hospitality sectors where one gets plenty of chances to indulge in fraudulent and harmful activities. The most prevalent category of background checks is educational certificates and diplomas. In financial companies they also prefer to check the criminal background of the person they have shortlisted.

Fake employment certificates are another problem that is rapidly cropping up.  There are many individuals and groups that specifically provide fake employment certificates to individuals trying to grab better employment opportunities without having sufficient credentials.

It’s not just globalisation from the overseas, there is lots of movement even within different states of India and it being a big country it is very difficult for, say, a Gujarat-based company to verify details provided by a candidate who claims to have worked in a reputed Kolkata firm unless a direct connection can be established with that firm. Most of the businesses, especially small and medium-sized businesses shy away from professional background checking due to the misconception that it might turn out to be an expensive affair.  To the contrary, it is quite cheaper compared to the risk a business faces while hiring unverified individuals.

A professional background check and verification company normally has a network of resources that can be used to verify professional, educational and criminal backgrounds even from the remotest parts of the country.  Since they already have a setup it is not as expensive an affair as you might think.a professional background check service like Vinform can perform the following verifications for you  or the organisation you represent:

●      Education certificate verification

●      CV validation

●      PAN card/driver’s licence/passport verification

●      Address verification

●      Criminal records

●      Previous employment experience validation

●      Date of birth/marital status check

●      Nationality verification

●      Drug tests

You can also specify what sort of verification you want to be carried out.

Verifying an employee doesn’t mean that you distrust that person and you already believe that this person may cause harm to you, to his or her colleagues or your organisation. It is a standard, non-individualistic process which every major organisation is implementing to ward off prospective libel suits, financial losses, brand sullying and even physical harm. It is like inoculation. Make it a part of your business and you will feel a marked improvement in the way your employees perform.



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