The Ugly Truth of Appraisals
In an organization where there is lack of transparency, the entire appraisal process is an eye-wash. This is the ugly truth. Middle-management suffers most during appraisal season. Due to lack of clarity from top management, they resort to painfully stretching their budgets to give hikes to a fraction of the workforce. However, they still bear […]
ATTN Recruiters: Career Gaps are not a sin
Resumes do not tell full truth. Inexperienced recruiters avoid profiles with gaps in career progress. They correlate work-experience gaps with unreliability, bad performance, incompetence, etc. This is not only unfair to the candidate in review – for being penalized with wrong judgement despite the latter being honest – but they lose the opportunity of possibly […]
MUST read book for all, especially HR folks
It’s no coincidence this book remained in Top 100 best-sellers list from 1936 to this day! Dale Carnegie’s “How to win friends and influence people” is a MUST read for everyone, however, it is those representing HR department that will benefit most. What the book teaches can be summarized as follows: 1. How to become […]
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 people leave bad bosses, but how did management even allow such people to lead teams […]
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 looking for. This is why applicant tracking systems (ATS) have been colossal failures […]
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 personality centric • An engineer’s responsibility is fail-proof function – this is knowledge centric […]
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 competencies that candidates must possess. They do this to avoid large volumes of job applications. Reality is that no […]
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 perfect candidate! Somewhere they read that “A wrong hire can cost you in […]
The Secret of successful firms with happy employees
Empowering a culture-centric workplace is the secret that many companies overlook. Consider these points about your close friends: • Are you both close because of their educational qualification? • Is it a relationship based on the pedigree of the companies they worked for? • Do you like them because they have an impeccable resume? Obviously […]
6 Credential’s that 100% of companies look for in Candidates
Companies / Recruiters prioritize these requirements for shortlisting candidates for interviews. 1. Industry: What major industries do experienced represent? Example: Information Technology, Automotive, Education, Chemicals, Healthcare, etc. There are 20 prominent industries. Fresher candidates need not worry about this. 2. Sub-Industry: Example: Under Healthcare Industry, some prominent sub-industries include dentistry, biotechnology, hospitals & clinics, health […]