How Do You Spot Fake Certificates in Your Organization? Share Your Experiences

How to check the fake certificates?

I want to share your views and practice in your organization.

Regards,
Sandy

India has become a global hub of adulteration, contamination, and fake goods and materials due to the poor law and order situation. You may find that everything is adulterated, contaminated, or fake. Even commercial professionals, politicians, mafia, businessmen, industrialists, and bureaucrats are difficult to differentiate from criminals as they exploit the poor judicial system and law enforcement agencies for their benefit and have no fear of the law.

So, education is a challenge, as it is difficult to determine which institutes are affiliated with universities from Australia, the US, the UK, France, Canada, or deemed universities, or many so-called commercialized private B-Schools. Differentiating them based on grading is also challenging due to the lack of credibility, benchmarks, or evaluation criteria today. The multiplicity of the education system has confused this entire industry.

In the US, it is a common practice to run a background check on a candidate before hiring. There are several third-party companies that specialize in background checks, including educational, criminal, and employment background verifications. Some even conduct credit history and driving record checks. I do not believe there are such companies, or even the infrastructure in India to support such a thorough background check. However, I am hoping the following methods would reasonably verify someone's credentials.

1. Look up the certificates and call the institutions that issued them. They usually keep student records dating back to whenever.

2. Ask for references (at least two), call them, and have a 5-minute conversation about specifics. Any reasonable person could determine if the reference is real or fake.

3. Running a criminal background check would be a little easier (I presume). This happens to anyone who applies for a passport.

4. Claims of any foreign travel are also quite simple to verify (look at their passport!)

These are a few things I could think of. Maybe there are more ways?

Cheers,

--Som G