by Shriram Shanmugham | Mar 30, 2020 | Human Resource, Recruiter Insights
Barring exceptions, it is NOT a good idea to let younger people manage older workforce. Consider these 2 scenarios: 1. The ideal case – Where a younger person is in charge, however, things sail smoothly. 2. Experience justifies numerous cases of ego clashes, where... 
by Shriram Shanmugham | Mar 21, 2020 | Human Resource, Recruiter Insights
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... 
by Shriram Shanmugham | Mar 16, 2020 | Human Resource, Recruiter Insights
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... 
by Shriram Shanmugham | Mar 3, 2020 | Career Insights, Human Resource, Recruiter Insights
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... 
by Shriram Shanmugham | Feb 29, 2020 | Human Resource, Recruiter Insights
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... 
by Shriram Shanmugham | Feb 24, 2020 | Human Resource, Recruiter Insights
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...