Is your safety employee really what they say they are?

It is of great concern to me that people can become members of our professional body without proving their competency and dedication to safety with qualifications!

Now it is becomming obvious that a lot of those people haven't been honest in their experience either and even if they had 20 years experience they most probably would have been useless at the job for 20 years but can lie on thier C.V. and with the SIA failing to adequately screen the information they get away with it.

Just makes sense as to why all the focuss on behavioural controls as they have no idea and follow the sheep. But just to prove how corruption is rising in people's C.V. development, the following article is posted, this also show's how the Safety Institute of Australia is responsible for bringing disrepute to the profession and actually having people as members without qualifications makes this an unprofessional organisation and destroys any notion that safety is a profession.

One in five job hunters 'lie on CV'

From correspondents in London

October 09, 2006 09:08am
Article from: Reuters

IF you want to get ahead, be careful just how creative you are with your curriculum vitae.

A study of CVs submitted for jobs in Britain found that as many as a fifth contained "significant lies", consultancy The Risk Advisory Group (TRAG) said on Monday.

"This year's results have yet again brought to our attention how unscrupulous candidates can be when applying for jobs and highlight their apparent lack of conscience," said TRAG's head of employee screening Sal Remtulla.

Those significant lies might include failing to mention court judgments, not declaring directorships as well as providing inaccurate academic qualifications.

TRAG's survey of more than 3700 CVs submitted by job applicants in 2006 also found more than 50 per cent of them included one or more inaccuracy.

"People are lying more and more," added Remtulla. "That is a reflection of how competitive the job market is and that encourages people to massage their CVs.

"The serious nature of these discrepancies emphasises the need for heightened attention during the recruitment process."