If your company hires staff from overseas, thorough background screening is absolutely essential. Here is the link to an article I just read about raids that were conducted at four different locations in Kashmir, India. No….these were not counter-terrorism raids. These raids were in response to the discovery of a fake degree and placement scam in which agents are using fake credentials to place clients in jobs in different countries. The agency that conducted these raids previously received complaints about people from that region using fake medical degrees to obtain jobs as “doctors” in various countries.
This problem is not isolated to the Kashmir region of India. There have been a multitude of stories about unqualified H-1B visa hires from all over India, and there is no doubt that this problem is universal. Fake degrees are not only being used by oversees job applicants but by domestic applicants as well. Once again, thorough background screening of job applicants is essential for employers who want to make sure that they are getting someone who is qualified to do their job. It is unfortunate that companies have doctors and nurses on their staff who may only be qualified to work on General Hospital.
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