by Jason Morris

This idea would never ‘cut it’ in the U.S., too many EEOC and other Federal and State implications.  However, our friends in India seem to be having some success with it. Could you imagine a daily updated database of citizens who have already had a background check?  This initiative begs a lot of questions.  I am interested to see the debate ensue!

National Skills Registry a ‘great first step’

Bangalore, June 16 Two years after its launch, the National Skills Registry, a Nasscom initiative boasts of a database of over 2.5 lakh ‘clean people’ in the industry.

But with over two million employees in the current IT/ITeS workforce in the country, can the registry really enhance the country’s reputation as a ‘trusted outsourcing’ destination?

“Though there are moves to make it popular, it has to reach a critical mass to actually catch on with the industry,” says Mr Gautam Sinha, Chief Executive Officer, TVA Infotech, an IT recruitment firm.

The tipping point will be when large IT firms make it mandatory for all job aspirants to be registered on the registry, he says.

Mr Mohandas Pai, Director, HR, Infosys, says that though the company has mandated a background check for all its lateral recruits, “we cannot reject a candidate if he or she is not registered with the NSR”.

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