The job market is tough, and more people are responding to the increased competition by falling for — or knowingly using — diploma mills that offer fake degrees and false education credentials. According to Verifile Limited’s second annual Accredibase report, there was a 48 percent increase worldwide in the number of known fake diploma mills in the past year. These are mostly online entities that lack valid accreditation and recognition but somehow coerce unsuspecting — or desperate — people to pay good money for useless degrees.
According to the 2011 report, the United States remains the world’s fake college capital. Last year saw a 20 percent increase in known diploma mills in this country, up from 810 to 1,008. While more than 40 percent of the diploma mills operate in California, Hawaii, Washington and Florida, the report reveals that Washington D.C. has seen the sharpest increase among US states, rising from 19 to 33 mills over the past year.
As employers are getting hip to the trick and instituting broader processes for education verification, some of these diploma mills have gone so far as to create fake accreditation agencies to give the fake schools false verification.
Be sure your employment screening service has a thorough education verification process in place, so you can be sure your candidates have the credentials and educational background they claim to have.
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