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July 19, 2007

'Tackling Staff Fraud and Dishonesty: Managing and Mitigating the Risks'

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File under "Know thine enemy."

Wait a minute, joe — whose side are you on, anyway?

Yours, booboo.

Anyway.

I happened on the above-titled document in the course of reading Richard Donkin's June 27, 2007 Financial Times story headlined "Would-be Employers Grapple with Dodgy CVs."

In it he wrote, "A recent handbook published jointly by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and CIFAS, the UK's fraud prevention service, recommends that all job candidates complete an application form that can be compared for discrepancies."

Well, guess what, UK joeheads (and whomever else is interested)?

You can download that application form right here.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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Just don't tell anyone where you heard about it.

Wait a minute....

This sort of advance knowledge always makes me muse about whether, if I'd been in a fraternity in college with the perk of access to the files of previous tests, things might've gone a tad easier.

Next time through I'll go that route, then let you know how it turned out.

By the way, the 2002 film pictured up top, based on a 15-page-long Philip K. Dick short story of the same name, is well worth seeing.

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Oh Snap! :)

Posted by: NotCreativeEnough | Jul 19, 2007 10:17:32 PM

You know, as a hiring manager -- resumes and CVs are bullshit.

Sure, the academic work might show something -- I don't look at grades or coursework, but publications might catch my eye. Easy to verify, and as I'm an eff'n knowitall, I'll probably know at least SOMETHING about their research to assess their involvement in it.

Beyond that, it is all about the interview. Most of my best employees were never in a position where I put them. I had one student studying finance that I threw into computer programming because his attention to detail made him a natural match with another programmer that didn't quite care bout the end results (and the finance guy ended up running the programming department of some large bank because of it). It isn't what you put on your CV, its about being able to get into an environment running, wanting to learn, and being self reliant enough to get through the day, one way or another.

And if someone is going to lie on their application, they will be lying through out the interview process. It is easy enough to thank them for their time and let them know you will get a hold of them if you decide to accept them for the position, knowing that you'll never hear from them again.

Posted by: clifyt | Jul 19, 2007 12:46:26 PM

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