Hiring – Are we asking enough questions?
There lived a king who had two sons. He loved them dearly. It was about time to name one of them as the next king to the throne. He called…
Read more »High-Life or Low-Life
Two friends, Sam and Raghav, were just starting their career at the same level, with the same package. Coming from a small town, their lives seemed to be as good…
Read more »‘High on Life’: India Inc’s drug woes
A recent Bollywood movie – Udta Punjab portrayed the grim reality of drug addiction in India’s North West province. The drug-themed crime thriller depicted the scary reality of drugs. A…
Read more »The Most Popular Profession
One day Akbar thought about professions and wanted to know which profession was most popular in his capital. He asked his courtiers about this. Some said it would be trade,…
Read more »Employee Background Verification – Discrepancy Statistics for August 2016
Here are the high level monthly discrepancy statistics for August 2016. We observed that 6.92% of the overall number of cases had discrepancies (could be major or minor). Next, let us…
Read more »Get help before House Help!
In a country where having a house help has been a norm for almost every house, doing a background check seems a bit odd. Isn’t it? I was of the…
Read more »Background screening for household staff
Recently while skimming through the newspaper, I came across an appalling article – ‘The abduction of an 18 month old child’. Can you take a guess from where was the…
Read more »Every Job is Temporary!
Love your job, but never fall in love with your company because you never know when the company stops loving you. —N. R. Narayana Murthy Long long time ago, there…
Read more »Why Self-Appraisal?
A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach…
Read more »Bell curved performance appraisals – Good or Bad?
Performance appraisals have been around almost as long as business itself. Why do we have performance appraisal systems in place? Every business needs a performance management system to accomplish three…
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