Request for pay slips

[No But]

They would just lie about the candidate being "insuitable" in some other way. Why on Earth would an applicant's parental info be relevant, in any case?

[name]

They would just lie about the candidate being "insuitable" in some other way. Why on Earth would an applicant's parental info be relevant, in any case?

Which is why I wonder why candidates bother putting useless information on their CVs, such as:
 - father's name
 - product descriptions for projects they've worked on
 - what primary school they went to
 - passport number

Instead of useful information like:
 - year of graduation and degree classification
 - how much they paid for their qualification (for Indians only)
 - subjects for qualifications
 - actual contributions to projects

[dumb mum]

My husband's company was recruiting someone recently.  He was asked to interview the guy (an Indian national) and thought he would be ideal for the role.  He had first degree from India and MBA from a good European university and spoke about 5 languages.

HR rejected him on the basis that he had lied about his previous salary (he had said it was $6000/m instead of $5500).  The company lost out on a potentially good employee because HR had to tick their boxes.

[Vic]

I have worked as an external compensation & benefits consultant as well in house HR for nearly 20 years.  Sorry to say but most HR are still very admin and ops centric without strategic / business mindset.  The way they look at an offer is what the candidate is earning plus 10-15%, instead of what the right package (base, benefits, etc...) should be for this new hire to stay, grow and contribute.  Requesting for a pay slip is a good start and makes their lives easier.

HR prefers to do less, follow the pre-defined salary increment / offer to new employees policy, as a result, the new hire resigns after a short while for another better offer.  

Talent development and retention will remain the top HR issue for years bc the current HR people (particularly in Asia) dont have a clue on how to tackle this.