Pre-employment screening is a critical step in the recruiting process. Employers want to know exactly who is being hired. Needing legal and proven means of doing so most organizations turn to background screening firms. A leading provider of pre-employment screening solutions today, AuthBridge announced a comprehensive solution to customers to significantly streamline their pre-employment screening process.


Background checks verify identification in several ways. Verification of address, education and employment records, court checks of criminal records are commonly used.


The issue of background checks for Indian technology job candidates arose after 12 people were arrested for allegedly defrauding four Citibank account holders in New York of more than $300,000. Three of those arrested were former call center employees of Mphasis BFL Group in Mumbai.


Mukund B Kaushal (ex-Secretary to Home Ministry on Internal Security), with years of experience in successfully managing large anti-crime outfits contributes to AuthBridge's think tank. He understands limitations of the information available in public domain and is working on structuring information coming in from various channels.


Reports of fake resumes are plenty. Reasons for incorrect information are plenty. Photo identification such as driver's licenses is effective since the user must at least resemble the picture. However, if an applicant can present false paperwork, obtaining a card which has their photo, but someone else's background information, is not an impossibility.


"Much has been said about the ways identification can be falsified but considerable verification technology is available, too", according to Ajay Trehan, CEO AuthBridge. "What India lacks is centralized national databases. In fact, it wasn't until 2004 that Credit Information Bureau of India Ltd. was formed to gather data on Indian citizens."


Companies nationwide, from small businesses to Fortune 500's, can rely on AuthBridge's exceptional service, fast turnaround, legal compliance and accurate reports. AuthBridge is keenly working towards a strong reputation for providing exceptional service and fast turnaround of information, as well as ensuring its screening practices are legally compliant.

M K Zutshi(ex-Director General, Directorate of Economic Intelligence Bureau) has invaluable experience working in the revenue services domain. His presence on the Board of Advisors gives AuthBridge a great advantage as it builds risk assessment products in financial security domain.


"It's important to remember that a person gives false information because he wants to hide something," states Ajay Trehan.

Security and privacy fears are the focus to curb outsourcing to Indian companies. After rushing to shift telemarketing and back-office work to India in recent years to tap low wages, U.S. and European companies are under growing pressure from regulators and legislators to guarantee the privacy of their customers' financial and health-care data. India's $3.6 billion BPO industry is eager to defuse the issue. NASSCOM is to launch a pilot program of an employee registry to allow tech workers, to voluntarily register in the database. The registry will be administered by a third party that will hire a professional reference-checking company to conduct background checks.


About AuthBridge

AuthBridge a leading provider of pre-employment background screening services combines human resources, public records and legal expertise in providing employers with fast, accurate and cost-effective employment pre-screening nationwide. AuthBridge's mission is to bring professional consulting resources to an industry that largely focuses on providing data as a commodity. The company's background verification enables organizations to consistently hire the right candidates. Many of the country's most innovative and successful companies have selected AuthBridge due to its technologically advanced, industry leading offering and superior customer service. By selecting AuthBridge, human resources and security professionals' gain the peace of mind associated with partnering with the industry leader.


From its headquarters at Gurgaon, India, AuthBridge serves employers across the nation from start-ups to divisions of Fortune 500 companies.


For additional information, contact: enquiries@authbridge.com