HR Case Study
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Oct 23, 2024
Oct 23, 2024
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In 2005, a passout of college Mr. Avin had started a software company and christened it as 'Softech', which had 15 employees and 25 systems. Avin's past studies of various IT companies helped him learn the nuances of this trade. 'Softech' bloomed during the IT boom era during the year 2005-06, the company kept thriving very well. By 2009, there were 300 employees working in one branches at Noida.
In India, the employability ratio is a mere 8: 100. There are around 2,00,000 engineering students remain jobless every year after completing their course. Since, Softech was relatively a small company; it did not attract the best of the students. Mediocre students used to apply. However, Softech preferred to recruit and select applicant's with at least a year of experience in their kitty.
At this juncture, HR team of Softech faced a peculier problem of resourcing. Most of the resumes, such as the experience certificates submitted, were faked.
The HR team revisited into the documents of old employees as well, they came to know that most of their current employees had also submitted fake documents. Candidates, who had applied, had also quoted false details about their work history, in their CV's. The HR team realized this was a common problem faced by the entire industry.
How do we stop fake resumes doing the rounds, was the question in everybody's mind.
The HR team alerted the chairman Mr. Avin about it. In an ad hoc meeting that was hurriedly convened, some suggested that the offenders must be flushed out, while others were afraid of finding replacements if that was done.
The company had a policy of selecting candidates with at least a year's experience. It was decided that the company's policy of selecting people with prior experience alone, be scrapped, save a few key designations.
1. Do you think that tampering the company's policy will solve the problem?
2. What are your suggestions to stop fake CV's doing the rounds?
3. What company should do with the old employees who submitted their fake documents?
-CB
In India, the employability ratio is a mere 8: 100. There are around 2,00,000 engineering students remain jobless every year after completing their course. Since, Softech was relatively a small company; it did not attract the best of the students. Mediocre students used to apply. However, Softech preferred to recruit and select applicant's with at least a year of experience in their kitty.
At this juncture, HR team of Softech faced a peculier problem of resourcing. Most of the resumes, such as the experience certificates submitted, were faked.
The HR team revisited into the documents of old employees as well, they came to know that most of their current employees had also submitted fake documents. Candidates, who had applied, had also quoted false details about their work history, in their CV's. The HR team realized this was a common problem faced by the entire industry.
How do we stop fake resumes doing the rounds, was the question in everybody's mind.
The HR team alerted the chairman Mr. Avin about it. In an ad hoc meeting that was hurriedly convened, some suggested that the offenders must be flushed out, while others were afraid of finding replacements if that was done.
The company had a policy of selecting candidates with at least a year's experience. It was decided that the company's policy of selecting people with prior experience alone, be scrapped, save a few key designations.
1. Do you think that tampering the company's policy will solve the problem?
2. What are your suggestions to stop fake CV's doing the rounds?
3. What company should do with the old employees who submitted their fake documents?
-CB
