Hi, I do support sunder's article. Part of the reason can be traced to some decision by the HR industry.
1. The scheme of refernces 2. Inadequate Interview screening
The scheme of references has the potential not to allow candidates who are genuine to be dismissed since most companies conduct walkins which are organized on the basis of references.
One of the problems in this process is the proliferation of HEAD HUNTERS who have special tie-ups with certain HR personell who hire such people.
This causes lots of genuine resumes to be rejected. One excuse given that people get too many resumes in a day. My answer would be that It is a responsibility for which HR professionals are paid. if they cannot do this what are they paid for ?
The ability to cross-check with previous employesr is also not fool proof. If one person leaves a company there are normally genuine reasons for it.
i.e. not enough salary bad working realtionship
etc.
Hence checking references is not the ideal way since it is easy for the previous employer to provide bad feedback becuase of disgareements with the individual.
Therefore proper interviews are the best measure for an employee.
