Planning to hire? Here’s a website for due diligence

Fourth Force is an online platform that enables investigation and verification of the background of an individual that can help pre-empt and reduce fraud and criminal intent during recruitment and marriage. Dr. Kassim Saleem Ali, Chairman & Managing Director, Fourth Force speaks to Krishna Bahirwani about the need for Fourth Force.

What inspired you to start Fourth Force?
In a complex country like India, background verification is a key factor to avoid bad hiring across various sectors. The proportion of the background verification sector is very wide and has its impact on the economy given the number of employment opportunities that are created. A bad hire is a loss to the economy and also to the nation. It is not good for the organisation to be populated with a wrong set of people. Hence we felt that there is the need for an organisation that can bring competencies, capabilities and technology to arm the employer with 100% goof-proof background information that will help them make 100% goof-proof hires.

Why the name Fourth Force?
India has three forces which guard the nation against all odds. Fourth Force is the fourth force which will guard the nation against goof-proof hires. Our core strength of the organization is its human resources which comprises of very highly qualified and experienced retired police officers with proven integrity who have worked in premier investigating agencies of the country like Central Bureau of Investigation, RAW, IB as well as State Police for a period of over 3 to 4 decades.

How does the process of verification work? 
 It is a web based verification process where details for verification will be sent to the concerned territorial verification officer. The territorial verification officer after verification shall upload the result of verification which after scrutiny by concerned state head and zonal head sent to the customer. With a complete team of experienced ex-police officers who have served a minimum of 35 to 40 years is what makes Fourth Force effective in thorough background verification. Having a Pan-India foot print, the process of authentication is more solid and effective in mapping recruits across key industries like BFSI, Telecom, Corporate, Retail, etc.

Are individuals made aware of the fact that they are being verified?
Yes they would be aware. What kind of a team do you have in place in Mumbai and Maharashtra?
We have zonal head at Maharashtra looking after Maharashtra and Gujarat. We have state heads for both the states and corresponding number of territorial verification officers in both the states.