BLOGS
3 Tips to ace telephonic interviews
Do not lose good opportunities by ignoring these 3 simple tips for telephonic interviews: 1. Take the call in a noiseless place – No loud machines or conversations in the background. Nothing is more irritating for an interviewer. Your candidacy can take a negative...
3 Ways to identify a Bad Boss during interview stage
Bosses are either great or useless. You can grow and learn under a great boss. A bad boss is high toll on your mental health. Note these points in your interviews to identify flawed leadership: 1. What is the long term vision for your team? – The key word is “team.”...
Attrition: Consequence of powerless HR Department
Bad management is the #1 reason for high attrition rates in organizations. Contrary to popular corporate phrase “People don’t leave companies, they leave bad bosses,” high attrition rates are indications of empathy lacking in executive leadership. One cannot deny that...
Why searching and applying for jobs is a waste of time
You won’t get responses to even a fraction of your job applications (except automated emails thanking you for applying). Ever wondered why? It does not matter what credentials you possess. What matters is that you possess those specific credentials that recruiters are...
Recruiters: Do not get chained to the specific industry bias
Dear Recruiters, the assumption that prospective candidates must come from the same industry as your own, is detrimental to quality hiring. Majority of job roles are industry agnostic. For example: • A relationship executive’s priority is client satisfaction – this is...
No more visas – We are evolving into a global workforce
Except for travel & vacation purposes, all forms of employment visas in will become obsolete. True Story: An American company – aggregating accountants across the globe – had called us with a valuable proposition: We need not hire in-house CFO, and for about...
3 Certainties of your future jobs
These job trends have already started, and the next decade will witness a complete transition: 1. No more full-time jobs: With automation supplementing or replacing repetitive work that humans do, there will be no need for companies to hire full-time. The workforce...
Your personality can make or break your career
A research by Carnegie-Melon University concluded that 85% of your financial & career success is attributed to your personality. More than qualification and experience, it is someone’s personality that influences job role most. Consider these examples: •...
Do this, to make a lasting impression with interviewers
Making your interviewer introspect towards the end of discussion can influence a strong lasting impression. So what can you do to make them remember you? Throw a question on the following lines, GENUINELY: “What is it about your job role, that compels you push harder,...
How Job Descriptions are ruining talent sourcing
Overly detailed job descriptions (JDs) are written with good intention but it backfires on qualitative candidate screening. Requirements overshoot the need by a large margin. Companies are writing more and more details of qualifications, responsibilities, and...
Superhero candidates are like Superman – They Do Not exist
Ever wonder why some positions don’t get filled for months? Isn’t it ironic that in the digitized world, hiring is getting difficult, more time-consuming, while the length of job descriptions have kept on increasing? The reason is HR’s obsession over hiring the...
The Secretive power of passion in your career
What does it mean when few recruiters say “We are looking for passionate” candidates? This does not imply turning your hobbies into career. Instead, highly experienced recruiters play the passion-card to gauge how it can accentuate the efficiency of your job role....