ALOR SETAR: About 200 guests, including several VIPs and retired civil servants from various states, attended a four-hour investiture ceremony at a hotel here which saw 95 people being awarded various medals and titles. It was all fake. Soon after the “investiture” ceremony, police raided......
In the competitive era, it is important for the companies to hire the right candidate who can help to ensure the company’s success. Good candidates means the company can easily achieve its goals. In the last few years, more and more companies have started collecting......
Bank Negara has proposed rules to tighten the financial industry’s employee screening FINANCIAL regulators are talking about apples quite a bit these days. Actually, it’s “rolling bad apples” that they refer to and often in a cautionary tone, conjuring up an image of fruits bobbing......
All the companies prefer to employ a big workforce and it is important to collect information about the past of the candidates. If the candidates are reliable, experienced and highly talented then it is good, but there are some who share incorrect information about themselves.......
There are many reasons that help a company to grow. You will always notice that the best companies have a reliable workforce that contributes to the growth of the organization. The noted companies hire the employees very carefully and in the modern era, the trend......
KUALA LUMPUR: People desperate for employment or better salaries have resorted to buying fake degrees. Checks by theSun showed some 9.6 million hits on Google which displayed various methods of buying the certificates needed. Using aliases, the seller would display a Gmail account for “those......
PETALING JAYA: A syndicate operating in Puchong, Selangor, has been selling fake academic scrolls to the public, according to an expose by the China Press yesterday. A reporter from the newspaper went undercover as a potential buyer and contacted the syndicate that had been blatantly......
IN 2004, Laura Callahan, then the Senior Director and Chief Information Officer of the United States’ Department of Homeland Security, stepped down from her position after she was exposed for purchasing her bachelor’s degree, masters, and PhD doctorate through online transactions. The incident raised questions......
PETALING JAYA: E-hailing companies have their own methods to screen potential drivers, where they are required to submit copies of their MyKad, driver’s licence and vehicle insurance for verification. A spokesman from Uber said all its driver-partners must undergo a screening process, which includes......
MALACCA: The police and Higher Education Ministry are investigating a scam in which students used faked SPM results to gain admission into Egyptian universities. At least 61 students who allegedly forged or altered their 2010 to 2012 SPM results to qualify for their tertiary studies......
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence) – The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s $1.25 million fine levied against a J.P. Morgan Chase & Co unit for lapses in background checks shows the importance to compliance of ensuring proper employee screening. FINRA fined J.P. Morgan Securities for......
KOTA KINABALU: Two people held over the Sabah Railway graft probe who were released on bail yesterday were rearrested the same day over a new case involving railway projects worth about RM56 million, according to a source. The source said they were rearrested between noon......
KUALA LUMPUR: The Higher Education Ministry is seriously taking steps to curb the usage of fake academic titles such as Dr, PhD, professor and Ir, among university lecturers. Its minister, Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh said the importance of integrity should continue to be maintained in......
It is important for which company to hire the right candidate. In fact, only such companies grow that have the best workforce. A bad hire can affect the performance of the company. It can also reduce the productivity of the company. All companies have a......
THE issue of pre-employment background checks has taken centre stage following the murder of a 17-year-old girl by her 20-year-old boyfriend, who was a security guard at a primary school in Penang. The tragedy invites these questions: why wasn’t this individual, who had a criminal......
This is true that all the companies want to hire a trustworthy candidate. If the workforce is trustworthy, surely, it will help the company to grow. Many companies have different cultures and they want the candidate to follow the same culture. In the last few......
“I don’t know how it is in your jurisdictions, but in Austria and Germany, there’s a good culture of trust,” said Bernhard Maier, CII, director of BM-Investigations E.U., at the 2017 ACFE Fraud Conference Europe. “We prefer to trust people. And it’s a convenient way,......
When you receive a job offer there is often a line in the offer letter that says, “This offer is contingent upon completion of a successful background check.” Just what is involved in that? What can you expect to be uncovered? Many people are concerned......
In the modern era, the employers want to hire the best candidates who are well-versed with the modern trends of working and who are reliable as well. So, when you are looking for a job, it is important to remember that your background will be......
In the modern age, almost everything is changing and so is the trend of employment. All of us want to have the best job, but it is important to note that the companies also want a good employee. Hence, there are many companies that collect......
It is important for all the companies to hire the right set of candidates. Hiring the right candidate means cross-checking his or her resume, ensuring that he or she is competent for the job. If you are the hiring manager of a corporate world, it......
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