by Shriram Shanmugham | Feb 27, 2021 | Career Insights, Futuristic Job Trends, Hiring / Recruiter Insights
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... 
by Shriram Shanmugham | Feb 13, 2021 | Career Insights, Hiring / Recruiter Insights, Human Resource, Recruiter Series
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... 
by Shriram Shanmugham | Oct 27, 2020 | Hiring / Recruiter Insights
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. Unfortunately, recruiters analyze quality... 
by Shriram Shanmugham | Sep 19, 2020 | Career Insights, Hiring / Recruiter Insights
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 (Human resources) administrators across... 
by Shriram Shanmugham | Aug 28, 2020 | Hiring / Recruiter Insights
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) ·... 
by Shriram Shanmugham | Aug 28, 2020 | Hiring / Recruiter Insights
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...