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Conducting Background Checks on Your Indian Employees

UMBAI: In the wake of BPO employee Prakash Jadhav’s alleged involvement in a multi-crore credit card fraud, BPOs and ITeS companies are once again in the limelight for data security practices.

With the rising number of such cases coming to light, outsourcing companies in the country have now resorted to conduct infinity screening — background screening more than once for the employees — as a measure to strengthen security.

Jadhav, a Mumbai-based BPO employee was caught on Friday by the local police in an alleged credit-card scam. The focus has also shifted to transport personnel who are increasingly being subjected to regular background checks. While some companies are content with mere address verifications, a few others are conducting sting operations on cabbies to ensure the safety of their associates.

Infinity screening process entails conducting background screening more than once during the year. Background screening typically happens when the employee joins the organisation. According to First Advantage managing director (West Asia), Ashish Dehade, Indian companies are the only ones practising infinity screening. “It helps in checking criminal records as these are dynamic in nature. Previous employment and education records remain static,” Mr Dehade says. First Advantage is one of the largest employment screening and verification companies.

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The article reflects but one aspect of the need for conducting background checks on Indian employees. In this case they are describing criminal background checks for employees at outsourced services. But with so many skilled workers actually employed in the United States these days you should consider conducting the International Education Verification and the International Employment Verification for your Indian and other International workers.

Most companies have seen where a pre-employment screening program is cost effective and an excellent resource in determining the better job candidates. So now with the world going global, it is only logical to run background checks on your international employees. It makes sense. Corra makes it easy for you.

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By Gordon Basichis

Gordon Basichis is the Co-Founder of Corra Group, specializing in pre-employment background checks and corporate research. He has been a marketing and media executive and has worked in the entertainment industry, the financial, health care and technology sectors. He is the author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. He is the author of the Constant Travellers and has recently completed a new book, The Guys Who Spied for China, dealing with Chinese Espionage in the United States. He has been a journalist for several newspapers and is a screenwriter and producer.