A recruiters spends no more than 30 seconds in reviewing your profile.
These are the 6 things they look for subconsciously:
1. Industry2. Sub-Industry3. Subject Expertise4. Skills5. Tools/Software proficiency6. Language
It is imperative that job seekers clearly specify these Read more
Over expectations and judgments are the root cause of inefficient recruitment.
The following 3 points are indicators of bad recruitment practices:
1. Expecting too many competencies from one candidate – Job descriptions have evolved into scripts. In reality, there Read more
More years of experience is NOT a reflection of quality talent.
Example: An agile project manager (PM) who has delivered 700 projects in 3 years would have better expertise than another PM who handled 400 projects in 10 years.
Who demands it and does it really happen in large volumes?
The need for employee background check (BGC) has been widely publicized in the last couple of decades. This has been an important topic of discussion for major HR Read more
The short answer is NO.
Disclosing your capacity to pay higher salaries can compromise efficiency of hiring process because:
· There will be overwhelming applications · Qualifications and experience can be exaggerated (see our previous posts for justifications) · Read more
Budgets allocated for quality talent sourcing across companies is highly polarized.
Few companies with deep pockets splurge their cash, while the rest operate with little to no budget. The correlation that high budgets improves probability of quality recruitment is Read more
HR experience levels varies depending on the size of the organization.
It is flexible because the VALUES people bring in specific domains is prioritized. Prominent HR domains include:
· Administration · Talent management · Recruitment
In most cases, the Read more
Many recruiters associate jobs hopping candidates with distrust and unreliability.
Many genuine candidates who could have been highly talented and resourceful, get ignored without being given a chance to explain themselves. The age old adage, “Never judge a book Read more
HR will be the MOST influential department in an organization over the next decade.
However, there is a catch! Either HR will completely empower a performance-oriented culture or they will be insignificant to the organization. There will be NO Read more
A micromanager is utterly incompetent – be it their expertise or communication.
A good boss does not micromanage. So why do bad bosses micromanage? It is usually one of the following reasons:
1. Taking credit for other people’s work Read more