Comprehensive background checks of potential hires remains a challenge in India. However, several Indian companies have started developing vigorous screening policies.
Background investigations and reference checks are employers’ principal means of securing information about potential hires from sources other than the individuals themselves.
In the fall of 2008, 21-year-old Jennifer Lee Hampton went to Knoxville, Tenn., to train new employees at an area restaurant. She checked in to a Days Inn hotel.
