This is one battle you cannot fight alone. In a show of solidarity, three IT services companies, faced with the challenge of fake resumes, have decided to wage a joint war against the scourge.
Wipro Technologies has taken the initiative to team up with two other domestic IT services majors to create a database of ‘fake CVs’ that have being the rounds in the last four months
The modus operandi of the people involved in the racket is extremely professional. There are people who create shell companies and let loose candidates in the industry who are supposed to have worked for these companies.
The faking happens at all levels: companies worked for, experience, customer projects and sometimes academic qualifications.
In the four months since the three IT firms have started to share the database, they have unearthed names of over 100 candidates and an equal number of fake companies.A BL Report