Background check and Credential vertification

It was really exciting to launch twitter account verification service sometime back which was our first step in ensuring that you can own your own identity in social networks like Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, Myspace and Orkut .Twitter account verification process is hassle free and easy. We are using dynamic knowledge-based authentication (KBA) as part of the verification process to verify your identity and then it is linked to your Twitter account through a twitter application. One of the celebrities who have used our twitter verification service to put a verified Crederity seal on his genuine twitter profiles is @jimcarrey

We are planning to launch identity verification Linkedin, Facebook, Myspace and Orkut as well soon.

Verifying your twitter account using Crederity is a simple three step process

1. Register with Crederity
2. Verify your identity
3.Connect your twitter account and get a verified seal

We launched it for twitter because the imperosnating issues in twitter was much more than any other service. Twitter is particularly attractive to interact with celebrities and other famous people as we get their updates in real time. But alongside its rising popularity, twitter also brought to light identity crisis issues. Not so long ago, the American rapper, record producer, author and singer Kayne West was heard accusing the portal for having let someone misuse his identity. Dalai Lama surprised the world by tweeting under the name ‘ohhdl‘; only, it turned out to be the prank of an impersonator, leading to the cancellation of the account. There was another instance—the celebrity impersonation of Dr Robert H. Schuller, the famed televangelist.

And then there was the case of Tony La Russa. Manager of St Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball franchise, La Russa is now suing Twitter, claiming that someone is pretending to be him on the site. Tony claims that he had warned Twitter of this fake account and asked them to suspend it, but they took no action. The other side of the story says that Tony, characteristic of him as it is, went ahead and sued the portal without any notice. Whatever the truth is, the damage has been done: to both the individual’s identity and to the portal’s credibility.

This poses a question to the everyday web user.  How secure can they be of their identity? How can they defend themselves from their identity being hijacked? We all may not be celebrities, but each individual is unique—and in this day and age, no one can shut themselves from the cyber world.

Fake Twitter users pose a conundrum for the portal. Social networking now assumes a prominent role in the lives of people and there ought to be a concrete solution for such hijackings, which are nothing but identity theft. Such thefts could cost your life much more than a million bucks stolen from your account!

Fake accounts—especially so if it’s in the name of a celebrity (not to mention the thousands of followers)—and impersonators are turning out to be a major threat to twitter users. It can tarnish the image of a person, even that of a common man.

There’s a border line on which people can expect social networking sites to make sure you’re the real person…what with millions of people registering and that is where we hope our service of identity verification will help users like you in certifying the genuinity of your account to tweet away with authority of a Crederity verified seal. If you’re Crederity approved and let your friends and Twitter followers know to look out for your verified seal, your followers can rest assured knowing that you are in fact who you claim to be!

With a dedicated team entirely focused on such fraud issues as identity fraud and impersonation, Crederity is striving to help minimize, and eventually prevent, this identity crisis that Twitter faces today. Do try out our twitter verification service and let us know your feedback.

Resume verification has achieved unforeseen importance as the number of job seekers exceed the number of jobs by a large extent. For every given job there are hundreds of applicants vying. This has given rise to unhealthy competition and hence a practice of giving incorrect information in the resume.

It is indeed troublesome to realize that the person you have employed actually does not hold the requisite caliber. It is a great disappointment and you may have to repeat the whole process again. But then, if you do not take care to verify resume, you may end up repeating the whole process again and again.

Though nobody has ever found out a foolproof resume verification process, some precautionary and common sense measures will prove beneficial in this regard.

1. Get details: Instead of the name of the university, ask for the year of passing out, percentage of marks and roll number. In case of professional degrees and diplomas from lesser known institutes, ask for the detail of the institute, viz. address, contact numbers, enrolment number, name of the head or dean, etc. Contact any or many of these to verify the facts.
2. Ask for references: Ask the candidate to mention as many references as she can, with their details, addresses and contact numbers. Do contact these people to find out the truth about the candidate. Do ask for behavioural traits.
3. Contact previous employers: If you are enrolling experienced candidates, your job becomes a bit easier. Ask the candidate to furnish information about previous employer. Then get in touch with the previous employer and enquire about working aspects of the candidate.
4. Devise a test: If you are looking for any specific skill or trait, then device questionnaire or a test. Put very specific questions in the format that can garner more information about the candidate and his skills. If needed, seek professional help to devise such test.
5. Verify original documents: Do ask the candidate to submit original documents for verification. Check the genuineness of these documents with the issuing authority.
6. Get identity proofs: Ask the candidate to furnish documents that support his identity. It may be his college identity card, driving license or any club membership card. Do cross check whether the address mentioned is correct, original and matches with the one given in the resume.
7. Interview techniques: Interview of the candidate is very crucial tool to get to know the candidate. It is not a mere formality. So, frame your questions in order to get to know the candidate to the best. Do cross question to verify data mentioned in the resume. In case of doubts, get deep into the facts until he/she makes all facts clear.
8. Learn from your own experience: If you have been ditched by any candidate earlier or found out later that some of the facts mentioned by your employee are wrong; do take remedial measures this time. From your experience learn to catch the weak points of the candidates.
9. Get experts on board: There are experts who can identify whether the facts mentioned in the resume are correct. There are psychology experts who can make out whether the candidate is lying. There are recruitment specialists who can pinpoint the right candidate. Get these kinds of experts on your board.

These methods of resume verification are quite cumbersome in the beginning; but save a lot of troubles later.