Right now it seems there is a mad rush to milk the 'general boom' that our Industry is supposedly having...and that to me-is seemingly self destructive!!
As a recruiter, I feel there is too many jobs chasing too little skills-and there is an ecosystem being built up -for all the wrong reasons?
And to think -at the supply end, India doesnt have enough engineering professors in the college to educate the software/hardware engineers of the future.
An interesting viewpoint was put forward by tejbir as a comment to the post as he says
One of my friends on joining this "very reputed" MNC tech firm was sent on an international project by showing him as an expert on SAP with 2 years experience while my friend had not worked on SAP till then!I know of certain "technical writers" in an Indian IT firm whose job used to be buffering up the resume of the software engineers which were to be sent to prospective clients. However, I thought that the practice kind of died down after the Y2K scare. Apparently, as Tejbir's comment shows, that does not seem to be true.
Even Forbes had an article on most common resume lies.
So why do people do it? Why all the fiction? Simply put, in today's environment, where unemployment is low and people change jobs often, fear often leads to desperation, says Challenger.But whether you get caught in the interview, on the job or years down the road, Bermont recommends heeding his mother's adage: "Whenever you tell the truth, you don't have to remember what you said."
Gautam interesting blog.
ReplyDeleteI do not agree with AK Menon that it has anything to do with the boom in opportunity. As someone who has hired in the pre-boom era, let me assure you that people padded their resumes even then.
I feel it has more to do with the belief that one can get away with it. Also as Indian society fractures,"shame" as the force that puts a limit on our actions is less potent. People therefore no longer fear the stigma of being detected doing wrong.
I strongly advise my clients to avoid resume padding/ falsification, as lies on a resume have a habit of blowing up on one's face as this headline highlights;
“RadioShack CEO resigns amid resume questions.”
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/02/20/1390228.htm
People do it for the same reason that they don't pay as much income tax as they should.
ReplyDeleteFor the same reason that they jump red lights.
For the same reason that they don't pay the credit card bills.
They do it because they can. Because no one is watching.
For example, if somebody lies about the previous salary, the lie can be caught if you look up the tax returns. But most companies don't care to check. Why? I think you can tell us that.
its a question of hiring an individual and not only the resume. This is the bottomline. `To be or not to be, its in the works'.......Can your interview process define this old age phrase.
ReplyDeleteIf a Corporation has spent 7 yrs hiring resumes.Well i am sure the process need to be relooked
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hi gautam, on a related note,
ReplyDeleteI found out about another job portal which makes sure you are not cheating on your resume.
Here is what I think about it.