Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Bribe HR personnel and get through MNC job
27 Oct, 2006 TIMES NEWS NETWORK
HYDERABAD: Sarita (not her real name) is cursing herself these days not because she failed to make the cut for a job at an international bank, but for blindly believing an 'insider' who offered the back-end job for Rs 10,000.
The insider - who happened to be a human resource (HR) person in the company - told her that there was no way that she would not get the job after the payment. But that was three months ago. After the anxious wait, Sarita has lost hope of getting the money back or the job. Sarita is unlucky because many in the city are able to land jobs with companies after paying up either to an HR guy or to job consultancy firms tied up with companies. While it is difficult to even put a guesstimate on the number of back door entries, companies privately admit they are grappling with such problems.
Probably this is the reason why many top MNCs go in for third party investigations on chosen candidates. Many job consultancy firms in the city are raking in the moolah as they charge anywhere between Rs 10,000 to Rs 60,000 for getting a job with an MNC. "In small IT companies for a requirement of 10 employees, we can easily push in six candidates. If we charge a candidate Rs 50,000, we make around Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000. The rest goes to the HR guys," said a job consultant.
He added that likely questions during interviews are leaked to candidates of the consultancy. According to consultancies, getting a job through the back door is easier in BPOs. It is difficult to push in candidates for hardcore jobs like software engineers and programmers. But this is happening in major MNCs with the connivance of insiders, they said. The word is that company representatives engaged in such transactions regularly change their mobile phone numbers. "I got a Rs 15,000 per month job with an MNC in Jubilee Hills after paying Rs 25,000. In hindsight, it appears to be a profitable gamble.
I approached the company insiders directly. If I had gone through a consultancy, they would have charged Rs 60,000," said an employee. Some employees who have made it on their own steam do not object to the back entry. "Despite people getting in through back door, candidates can still get jobs on merit. The cut off mark to get employed in top companies is 60 per cent," said V S N Mastan Rao, a software engineer. "The macro-economic reasons for back door jobs is the gap between dearth of resourceful candidates that companies want and the abundant manpower available in the job market," said Tarun Singh, director with Kenexa, a global employee process outsourcing company.
The insider - who happened to be a human resource (HR) person in the company - told her that there was no way that she would not get the job after the payment. But that was three months ago. After the anxious wait, Sarita has lost hope of getting the money back or the job. Sarita is unlucky because many in the city are able to land jobs with companies after paying up either to an HR guy or to job consultancy firms tied up with companies. While it is difficult to even put a guesstimate on the number of back door entries, companies privately admit they are grappling with such problems.
Probably this is the reason why many top MNCs go in for third party investigations on chosen candidates. Many job consultancy firms in the city are raking in the moolah as they charge anywhere between Rs 10,000 to Rs 60,000 for getting a job with an MNC. "In small IT companies for a requirement of 10 employees, we can easily push in six candidates. If we charge a candidate Rs 50,000, we make around Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000. The rest goes to the HR guys," said a job consultant.
He added that likely questions during interviews are leaked to candidates of the consultancy. According to consultancies, getting a job through the back door is easier in BPOs. It is difficult to push in candidates for hardcore jobs like software engineers and programmers. But this is happening in major MNCs with the connivance of insiders, they said. The word is that company representatives engaged in such transactions regularly change their mobile phone numbers. "I got a Rs 15,000 per month job with an MNC in Jubilee Hills after paying Rs 25,000. In hindsight, it appears to be a profitable gamble.
I approached the company insiders directly. If I had gone through a consultancy, they would have charged Rs 60,000," said an employee. Some employees who have made it on their own steam do not object to the back entry. "Despite people getting in through back door, candidates can still get jobs on merit. The cut off mark to get employed in top companies is 60 per cent," said V S N Mastan Rao, a software engineer. "The macro-economic reasons for back door jobs is the gap between dearth of resourceful candidates that companies want and the abundant manpower available in the job market," said Tarun Singh, director with Kenexa, a global employee process outsourcing company.
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