Best Ways to Avoid Identity Theft

Identity theft is rampant and can be difficult to detect. Follow these steps to protect your money. Majority of fraud cases in retail financial transactions are due to identity theft. These accounted for about 77% of all detected fraud cases in the first quarter of 2015, according to a report, Fraud Report 2016, by Experian India, a credit information agency. Experts agree that as use of Internet increases in day-to-day financial affairs, cybercrime is also Read more

E-Commerce & Merchant Verification

Phones worth Rs 1 crore stolen and sold on Flipkart, Police sends notice to e-tailer Delhi Police on Tuesday sent a notice to e-commerce giant Flipkart following the arrest of six persons and recovery of stolen high-end mobile phones worth around Rs 1 crore, many of which were allegedly sold through the e-tailer’s website. The notice, addressed to the CEO of the company, asks the company to join the probe in connection with stolen phones Read more

Sitting on a fake CV time bomb: How India Inc is identifying discrepancies in resumes

Rahul Sinha’s ‘hard work’ finally paid off in 2005. A native of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Sinha graduated from Delhi University in 2001, went to Pune in 2002 for an MBA from a top private institute and after struggling for a year, landed a job in the human resources (HR) department of an IT consultancy company in Gurgaon, on the outskirts of Delhi. After a decade of smooth sailing, Sinha was fired in March 2015. Read more

Checks Corporate India is Putting-In to Catch Fake Resumes

Sitting on a fake CV time bomb: How India Inc is putting in checks to identify discrepancies in resumes Rahul Sinha’s ‘hard work’ finally paid off in 2005. A native of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Sinha graduated from Delhi University in 2001, went to Pune in 2002 for an MBA from a top private institute and after struggling for a year, landed a job in the human resources (HR) department of an IT consultancy company Read more

Social Media For Market Research

With the likes of Facebook boasting close to 1.6 billion users every month, social media platforms are the barometers of public opinion today – as well as the medium through which new public preerences are formed. The social conversation may take in what people are saying about your brand and the performance of your competitors, or contain the roots of valuable ideas for improving your products and services. Social media are potent tools allowing businesses Read more

Finding your Background Verification Vendor

What’s most important to you when finalizing your vendor? Field Coverage. Do you find yourself being let down frequently by your existing Background Verification Partner hearing ‘out of coverage area’ as the reason to not complete verification? Speed & Quality. Is the committed Turn-Around Time in SLA from your existing Background Verification Partner only for talk and work done is only to meet minimum standards? Authenticity. How many times in the last year did you see red flags in candidates’ reports? Is your BGV Read more

What is Pre-Employment Drug & Alcohol Abuse Testing?

Now-a-days candidates/ applicants are required to go through the process of Drug & Alcohol Abuse Testing as a standard part of the job application process than it ever was in the past. A lot of organizations in-fact have a policy to routinely check their employees after they join and do so unannounced at regular intervals. There are a variety of employment-related drug and alcohol tests that employers carry out on their hires and employees. The Read more

Using Social Media to Screen Background of Candidates

Ever heard of someone who was fired for inappropriate comments about his organization on facebook or shopping picture they posted on instagram while being on sick leave? Or maybe how just a casual tweet about that female colleague over Twitter resulted in HR review. Though these are true stories, chances are that you would not have come across such an incident as they are not so common yet. Another area of such an application is Read more