バックグランドチェック、塀の外の懲りない面々、
くどい様ですが、またまた履歴書詐称の話。
過去２回、当ブログに登場した、詐欺師同然の見事な履歴書詐称をする人の話です。実はこの人の調査依頼が、また・また・またあったのです。
このブログを時々覗いてくれているお方はもしかしたら記憶にあるかと思いますが、「東京の開成高校から東大法学部を卒業し、通産省にキャリア採用されると同時に、ハーバード大学大学院に国費留学し、法科大学院を修了して帰国。以後、一流企業を渡り歩き、現在は外務省の特別通訳をしている」という人のことです。
この人の調査依頼が最初にあったのが５～６年前だったと思う。
調査結果は学歴職歴、全て嘘で、実際は高卒で４０歳余の今も独身で親の脛をかじっている甘ちゃんであった。
実は、この人物の調査依頼が、別の企業から２～３年前に再度あった。その時の履歴書も、やはり学歴は同じ東大からハーバード大学であった。職歴は一部違っていたが、最終の勤務先は実際に部長職で勤めていた。ところが、入社３ケ月頃からボロガ出はじめ、不審を持った上司がバックグランドチェックをしたところ、履歴が全くデタラメである事が発覚。ところが事は既に遅しで、本人は数百万円の横領を働いており、クビにしたと云うこと（調査結果）であった。
この人物の調査依頼が、最近またまた有った。ところが今回は以前に詐称していた学歴や職歴とは全く違い、今回は、在阪の高校からアメリカのワシントン州立大学に学び、以後一流企業を２．３変わり、現在は経営コンサルタントをしているというものであった。
同じ人物でありながら、履歴は全く違い、同じなのは氏名、生年月日、現住所だけ。
全くもってであるが、世の中にはこんな人も居るのである。
しかも、こうした人が大手を振って王道を歩けるのが今の日本である。実は、今回の調査でも、新たな最後の勤務先では部長職で採用されていた（３ケ月で解雇になったが）。
ここで私が云いたいのは、今の個人情報保護の流れと、厚労省が行う行政指導（採用時の身元調査はしてはならない）です。
事実は小説より奇なりで、こうした履歴詐称を繰り返し、企業にキャリア採用され、横領などの不正行為を働きながら大手を振って生きていける、援助、保護をしているのが厚労省の指導であり、個人情報保護の流れの弊害があるという事です。
バックグランドチェックを専門に行う弊社の調査員が苦労に苦労を重ねても、今の個人情報保護の壁を乗り越えて、履歴確認を行うのは中々ではないのが現状です。ましてや、面接やペーパー試験だけで、履歴詐称を見抜くのは至難の業でしょう。にも関わらず、行政も企業も第三者の履歴確認には協力しない（自分のところは何とかして確認してくれと云うが）。このような履歴書詐称を助長させるような社会風潮で良いのでしょうか・・・。個人情報保護法の目的を履き違えないで、運用面も確りと考えて頂きたいものだ。
微力ではありますが、今年もこんな事をつぶやきながら、一隅を照らして行けたらと思っております。
I don’t mean to be rude, but I’m talking about resume fraud again.
It’s the story of a brilliant resume scammer who has appeared on this blog two times in the past. As a matter of fact, I was asked to investigate this person again, and again, and again.
As those of you who have been following this blog from time to time may remember, he graduated from Kaisei High School in Tokyo with a degree in law from the University of Tokyo and was hired by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) for his career, while at the same time studying at Harvard University on a government-sponsored scholarship and completing law school before returning to Japan. Since then, he has moved through top-tier companies and is now a special interpreter for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
I think it was five or six years ago when I first got the request to investigate this person.
The results of the survey were all lies about his education and work history, and in fact, he was a high school graduate who is still single at the age of 40 and is still chewing on his parents’ shins.
In fact, another company had asked me to investigate this person again a couple of years ago. My resume at that time also had the same educational background from the University of Tokyo to Harvard University. My work history was partly different, but my last place of employment was actually in a department head position. However, around three months after joining the company, he began to get raggedy, and when his suspicious boss did a background check, he found out that his resume was completely untrue. However, it was already too late, he had embezzled several millions of yen and had been fired (according to the results of the investigation).
I’ve been asked to investigate this person again recently. This time, however, it was completely different from the academic and work history that he had previously misrepresented; this time, he said that he had studied at Washington State University in the U.S. from a high school in Osaka, and had since changed a couple of top-tier companies and was now a management consultant.
It is the same person, but the history is completely different, only the name, date of birth and current address are the same.
It’s a shame, but there are people like this in the world.
What’s more, these people are able to take the royal road in today’s Japan. As a matter of fact, even in this investigation, at the new and last place of employment, he was employed in the position of department manager (although he was laid off after three months).
What I’m talking about here is the current flow of personal information protection and administrative guidance from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (no background checks at the time of hiring).
The facts are stranger than fiction, and it is the guidance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare that these people who repeatedly falsify their histories, get hired by companies, embezzle and other malfeasance, and make a living at the top of their game, which is the harm of the flow of personal information protection.
Even though our investigators, who specialize in background checks, have gone through a lot of hard work, it’s still not easy to overcome the current barrier of protecting personal information and perform a history check. In fact, it would be very difficult to spot a fraudulent resume based on interviews and paper exams alone. In spite of this, neither the government nor the company is willing to cooperate with a third party to check the history of the company (although I am told that my company has to check it somehow). Is it a social trend that encourages this kind of resume fraud? It is important that the purpose of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information is not misunderstood, and the operation of the Act should be carefully considered.
Although it’s only a little, I would like to light up a corner of the world by tweeting such things this year.
