Case one: Fake IT professionals
Prominent consulting and IT companies Accenture and Cognizant have recently discovered that they employ fake IT professionals. These programmers have embellished or completely fabricated their previous experience, falsified recommendation letters, and landed their dream jobs.
The agencies have not disclosed the extent of the damage caused by these fake programmers or the cost of verifying and rectifying their actions. However, both companies now know that cutting corners in employment verification does not pay off.
Case two: Fake pilots
Do you think that a fake IT professional cannot cause much harm? It depends on the perspective. If you hire them to develop or test something for you, the damage they could cause due to their lack of knowledge can be significant. However, most of the time, it will be financial losses that can still be resolved.
But what about a fake pilot? A commercial airline pilot who has also "improved" their resume?
A few years ago, there was a case of forged resumes for 200 commercial airline pilots in China. These were 200 successful fraudsters who obtained jobs with local airlines and flew with passengers on board. Let us hope that not only Chinese airlines learned from this and are now more thorough in verifying their pilots' history. In the case of a fake pilot, the consequences of their failure could be truly tragic...
Case three: Fake doctors
Are you afraid of planes and don't like to fly, and therefore the case of fake pilots didn't bother you?
Alright.
And what about a fake doctor or paramedic right here in the Czech Republic? Yes, it happens. Fake doctors have operated in several dermatology clinics in the Czech Republic, often from abroad. They may have studied biology or nothing at all, are not doctors, are not members of the medical chamber, and yet they perform surgeries on patients.
Are you still not afraid?
So let's go to the largest Czech hospital, Motol in Prague. And also to the ambulance service in Kralupy nad Vltavou. A fake healthcare worker also worked there. At Motol, he was trying to work as a healthcare assistant in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and at the ambulance service as a regular paramedic with medical education.
How did he prove himself upon joining? With a doctored high school diploma and a fake German diploma. He passed through, started working, and treated both children and adults...
Don't be afraid to verify employees
No, we don't want to scare you. We don't live in a perfect world, and everyone makes mistakes. But when we know about a mistake, it's important to eliminate it and prevent it from happening again.
Fake pilots, doctors, as well as teachers, welders, call center operators, or train drivers, can cause many problems and cause significant damage. Employers, clients, suppliers, actually everyone who comes into contact with them, can be affected. If you don't want the next scandal to involve you, consider a more systematic approach to verifying new employees.
A forged high school diploma really shouldn't pass through.
