Human resource

management
Assignment 1

Utsavi pathak
tech telecom 528
Faked - An Hr Case Study

Anmol Sharma ran from pillar to pillar for a loan to be sanctioned, for
his project.  Banks were not ready to fund his project.   He
desperately needed the seed money for his new venture, of starting
his own software company. He wanted the money to be arranged
any how. He understood that there Is No Alternative. Because he
could see no ray of hope from anywhere. There was nothing that he
could do. So, he decided to sell his princely possession – his house, to
fund his project.
In 2000, he started his dream company and named it as 'Comptech',
which had 50 employees and 60 terminals. Anmol’s past experience
in various IT companies helped him learn the tactics and do’s and
dont’s of this trade.  Comptech survived the IT downfall during the
year 2002, the company kept thriving very well.  By 2007, there were
900 employees working in two branches. In India, the employability
ratio is a mere 8: 100.  In Kerela alone around 70,000 engineering
students remain jobless even 2 years after completing their course. 
Since, Comptech was relatively a small company; it did not attract
the cream of students. The number of good students applying for the
job were few. Mediocre students also applied.  However, Comptech
preferred to recruit and select applicant's with at least a year of
experience in their hand. At this juncture, a peculiar problem starred
at the HR team of Comptech.  Most of the credentials, such as the
experience certificates submitted, were faked.  There were small
companies, which sold these certificates to students who had
remained jobless over a period of time. This was done by them so as
to fill the time gap. The price, which these companies charged were
nominal. And because of the nominal charges of such companies
several availed this shortcut. The HR team was startled to know after
some peering into the documents that, most of their current
employees had also submitted fake documents. The 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 Anmol Sharma. He didn’t want to spoil the image of
the company by appointing the non deserving candidates.
Hence, interviews were re-conducted. The new recruits were asked
to go through the interview process. After analysing and assessing
the people on the basis of the results, jobs were allocated.