How to Identify a Fake Experience Certificate

The use of fake experience certificates is increasing in the job market. This generally happens when the candidates don’t have enough experience, skills, and abscond from their previous jobs without any notice

In such cases, they will prepare fake experience certificates using tools like Photoshop or by taking the help of companies that issue counterfeit (copied) certificates for a fee.

It is becoming a headache for the companies. Here, you can know the complete details about identifying fake experience certificates in companies.

Letterhead Doesn’t Prove a Certificate is Real:

MNCs Can Easily Identify Whether the Experience Certificate is Fake or Real:

MNCs often hire candidates from popular companies repeatedly, and they have a database of experience certificates. 

So incae they get any doubt, they will verify and compare with them and identify the fake experience certificates.

They also have strict background checks, so with just a phone call to the previous employer, they can know whether the experience certificate is genuine or not. 

For them it is a continuous process.

Small & Mid-Sized Companies Face More Challenges in Identifying a Fake Experience Certificate

Small and mid-sized companies don’t have experienced HR professionals.

They  hire candidates from a wide range of companies, which are unpopular, some of which may not have any online presence, like websites, social media profiles

Even the phone call doesn’t work.

In such cases, the candidates use those company details for experience certificates.

So the only way to identify fake experience certificates in small & mid-sized companies is by doing a proper background check and making calls to the previous employer.

Here are some important points about fake experience certificates;

Genuine Experience Certificates Also Have Mistakes

Most of you think that only the fake experience certificates will have spelling, grammatical, and incorrect dates. But in reality, even genuine experience letters can also have:

• Grammatical errors
• Incorrect joining or relieving dates
• Formatting issues

Some time after receiving the experience certificates, employees notice these mistakes and ask their previous HR to correct them. So if you are an HR, don’t assume a certificate is fake just because it has one or two small errors.

The best way to identify a Fake experience certificate is “Calling the Previous Employer”

In the present situation, the most effective and reliable way to check the experience certificate is:

Call the HR or the employer of the previous company and verify if the person worked there.

Ask for the following details:

• Employee ID
• Designation and department
• Joining date and relieving dates

Fake Experience Certificates are Easy to Create Today

With tools like Photoshop, it is easy to copy or edit an original experience certificate and replace names, company details, dates, and designations. Anyone with basic design skills can do it.

That is why, just seeing the experience certificate, we cannot decide whether it is genuine or fake. You need to verify it from the source, i.e. previous company

Advice for Job Seekers Who Want to Use a Fake Experience Certificate:

If you are applying for jobs with a fake experience certificate, dont’ do that:

1. It is a fraud, and if the company catches you, they will take legal action; in most cases, you will lose your job.
2. You will always have fear and stress in your mind
3. You won’t feel confident, because you know it is wrong
4. It is time-consuming and risky to edit a certificate and create fake documents

Instead,  be honest a bout real experience. If you want to change your field or career, then learn new skills, add them to your resume, and explain clearly to the employer why you left your previous job and why you want to shift your career.