Employee background check discrepancy levels rise 48%: Report

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) Candidates are increasinglymisrepresenting information in their applications toprospective employers and there has been a 4...

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) Candidates are increasinglymisrepresenting information in their applications toprospective employers and there has been a 48 per cent rise inemployee background check discrepancy levels, says a survey.

According to AuthBridge's Annual Trends Report onBackground Screening in India, background check discrepancylevels have jumped to 15.21 per cent in 2016-17, from 10.29per cent in 2015-16, an increase of 48 per cent.

In other words, nearly one out of six cases (candidates)of background checked by AuthBridge was found to have anelement of mismatch between information supplied by thecandidate and actual, verified information.

"Increased competition and easy access to job relatedinformation, along with a dynamic job market, has led toincreased faking of information by candidates," Ajay Trehan,founder and CEO, AuthBridge, said, adding that "organisationsare responding to these challenges by developing structuredbackground verification programmes to ensure they only hiretrusted candidates with the right fit".

As job candidates are increasingly more likely tomisrepresent information to prospective employers, companiesneed to adopt comprehensive background screening programmes tokeep up the quality levels of their hiring.

The report, which looked at discrepancies with respect tofour major checks, namely employment, education, reference andaddress, said employment verification witnessed the maximumdiscrepancy.

In terms of sector, the financial services industry hadthe maximum discrepant cases with a rate of 24.99 per cent,followed by the telecom, ISP and telecom infrastructureindustry.

The discrepancy trend across genders has constantlyreflected higher discrepancy rates for male candidatescompared to females. In 2017, 15.71 per cent malesmisrepresented information as against 13.09 per cent females,the report said. PTI DRRARD.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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