Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Fake resumes - An Indian Recruiters Nightmare

You feel elated ..you have spotted the perfect resource for the job.. the profile speaks of years of experience with Multinational firms ..degrees from reputed Colleges ..only to find out-if you are lucky- after rounds of interviews that it is Fake .

How severe is it ?- It is estimated that close to 30 % of Profiles available in the Job market within the IT steam in India have some element of falsification

So what is the way out? The most common answer I have heard -"We need to build Information databases at a National level....." .

In this country being a Freshman is a curse .. Most people I have talked to say they do it out of necessity - You dont get job till you show a few years of experience on your resume . This is the root cause ...we should work towards tackling this