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Some thoughts on Candidate experience

June 9, 2015 at 9:37 am / guest blogging, Talent Management

This is our last post on our ongoing series Your thoughts, our blog and today we are going to share what some HR and industry practitioners think about the topic. What makes a great candidate experience and why it matters? Let’s hear from experts What a candidate takes away during the process makes him/her evaluate and presume a lot about the organization. First conversation, pitch, wait time, subsequent communication and even how a candidate is greeted and treated at reception […]

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HR in a Startup!!

February 24, 2015 at 7:25 pm / HR Initiatives

Recently one of my meetings with a young entrepreneur made me reflect back on last couple of years when I have been working in start up space. Working with highly ambitious first generation entrepreneurs is like walking on a tight rope. At one place where they have vision to take their enterprises to next level , human resources still remains to be there perpetual pain. Human resources no matter how easy it sounds is actually a mix of complex behaviors […]

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Recruiters’ Round Table with The Recruiting Animal Crew

September 24, 2014 at 10:35 am / Employer Branding, HR & Social Media, Interview, Live Show Schedules, LIVE Shows, Quality of Hire, Recruitment, Social Media, Social Recruiting, Talent Acquisition

The recruiting industry is always evolving and highly competitive than ever before. The question is how can you excel in what you do – which is attract, connect with, engage and hire the right talent. Well, there is a saying, “Being around smart people makes you smarter” It is true in the case of recruiting as well. Being around smart recruiting professionals and learning from their experience will help you become smarter than before. And I recommend every recruiter to […]

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Quality of Hire & Retention – HRs KPI or Recruiters KPI

August 27, 2014 at 4:00 pm / HR & Social Media, Human Resource Development, Quality of Hire, Recruitment, Retention, Social Media, Social Recruiting

There has always been a disconnect between HR and Recruiter even as the profession evolved. On one side we have Sourcers and third party recruiters who have a hacker mentality who focus on bringing that purple squirrel, using the boolean search strings and social search tools. But on the other side we have HR and hiring managers who focus more on bringing those talents that will be a great culture fit for their organization. What’s the reason for that disconnect? […]

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Three mistakes of a Job Hunt!!

June 26, 2014 at 7:25 pm / Hiring, Human Resource Development, Job Search, Networking, Recruitment

Hunt itself is a word which makes any job difficult. Now it’s neither easy for a recruiter to get to the right talent and nor the otherwise. Gone are the days when one would update resume on a popular job portal and walk out of the organization with three to four offers in hand. As organizations have become choosy and selective in hiring, job search is no more a cake walk. A hunt is only successful if it leads to […]

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WhatsApp as Social Recruiting Tool!! You must be kidding!!!

May 14, 2014 at 8:00 pm / Blog Post, Gen Y, Recruitment, Social Recruiting

Before you start laughing and shoot down this idea, do read some of the stats that might interest you. – 500+ million monthly active users – 16 billion messages per day on average, receiving 32 billion, and sending 500 million images per day. – 1 million join platform every day – Number of Video Messages sent daily : 100 million So, are these number interesting enough for you to continue reading!!! Thought so. Lets now start with some questions. Do […]

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Right panel with choose right!!

April 2, 2014 at 9:00 pm / Hiring, Human Resource Development, Interview, Recruitment, Talent Acquisition

Onboarding the right Talent has been an ongoing concern and undoubtedly plays a crucial role in taking an organization towards its vision of growth & success. As important as it get the ones who choose the talent cannot be ignored either. They are the ones who on behalf of the organization have agreed to recruit the best. Haven’t They?? Many times in order to fulfill the urgency to onboard people we by-pass the quality check and one such is the choice of […]

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Top 5 Indicators – Candidate will NOT JOIN!!!

October 24, 2013 at 3:19 am / Hiring, Interview, Recruitment, Talent Acquisition

Is there a tool to know that a candidate that has been offered will not JOIN!!! All the recruiters would be more than happy to get hands on such a tool. Well, sorry to disappoint you all, there is no such tool available. But there are certain indicators that can help recruiters to find out if the offered candidate will join or not. So what are you waiting for!! Let’s find those Top 5 Indicators. A Recruiter completes the entire […]

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Future of Hiring!! Are you ready!!

September 19, 2013 at 3:17 am / Blog Post, Employer Branding, Hiring, Recruitment, Social Recruiting

I apply to a Job Opening via a Mobile App by the company and get a notification to attend an interview. I walk into the company reception and get a tablet. I was surprised to see that all those who had come for the interview were getting a Tablet. I pinched myself, but soon realized that it was for the online test that was about to be conducted. On the home screen they had their company logo, and a Video […]

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Naukri, Monster, Dice are Job Portals. What about LinkedIn?

September 9, 2013 at 1:51 am / Recruitment, Social Recruiting

Naukri, Monster, Dice are Job Portals. Well this was a no brainer, right!! So how about LinkedIn!! Sounds fairly simple to answer this one. LinkedIn is a Job Portal!! LinkedIn is not a Job Portal!! But is this so simple? Well, let’s take a look at this question and try to decode it from the angle of a candidate and a recruiter. As it depends on the users who are using LinkedIn. Just to make things more interesting, let me […]

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