Let’s say, you are working for a start up or you are the promoter for a start up. Over a period of time, you realise that it’s difficult to hire quality talent – specially for a new company, small company or start-up. You have tried multiple ways to get good people – You sign […]
Category: Insights For Employers & HR Professionals
This section contains insights related to workplace processes, hr policies and practices.
We hope most of us hold a good deal of restraint during official discussions, meetings and arguments. There are times when talks turn ugly and we are not much in sync with the proceedings. As reported in a leading daily – it seems that some senior executives in State-run Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) […]
Pankaj Dutt, Managing Partner,India, Alexander Hughes presents his thoughts on some key questions that had surfaced in our earlier post– Do you need a retained executive search firm for leadership hiring’s? . Why should a business look at engaging a retained search consultant/firm ? Senior level specialist (such as nuclear scientist or aviation expert) positions […]
Most of the time we end up conducting job interviews, just for the sake of “doing it”. We are sure, that if we get a feel of a capable candidate , we can easily identify him or her based on our experience and expert judgement. Now, we are told to plan our interviews well and […]
“Executive Search” is a fancy term. Use of this term while referring to ones portfolio of services, makes a recruitment services firm look fancy and appealing to clients as well as to the job seekers. Before proceeding, it makes sense to clarify what we mean by “Executive Search”. For our reference in this post – […]
Normally employers spend decent amount of time and money putting in place processes and systems , for the sake of – “me too”, and “feels good” to have a great process. One aspect that gets missed out , most of the time is – the effectiveness of the process, and whether the implementation is meeting […]
Now that every one is talking social , and almost every one is on Facebook, we are gradually seeing a number of corporates setting up a Careers page on Facebook. We had a look at some of these pages and have been wondering as to how these pages may be adding value to the business. […]
In last few months we have read about a number of companies that have initiated some kind of organisation restructuring or re-alignment leading to job redundancies and job cuts. While these situations are painful for people who get impacted , its not a great picture for the organisation either. Most of the time these decisions […]
If you are building a great company and a well recognized brand, its important that you also focus on employer branding as a key ingredient that helps you capture the attention and desire of talented professionals and highly energized fresh talent. The way you define your message to prospective employees is as crucial as […]
A business focussed CHRO ‘s role these days assumes utmost importance. There is a high dependence of any business on people capability & a performance driven work culture. For almost over a decade now, business heads and HR heads keep talking of “business focused hr” and “changing role of hr function” etc. Here are some […]
Every CEO is responsible to lead a business to growth & profitability. They are supposed to think business strategy, operational efficiencies, and focus on sustainability & scalability of the business. They are expected to understand business financials, products, branding, sales and other drivers for better business performance.Considering that people and talent are the foundations to […]
The need for productivity, better utilisation of time, and efficiency of the processes: If you are a businesses that is serious on bringing efficiency in your business processes, automation and leveraging technology is no long just a “good thing” to do, but its an essential. Automation of business processes and thereby HR processes is an […]
If you ever thought of benchmarking your compensation levels with the industry, we have prepared a compilation based on analysis of compensation levels from across Telecom, BFSI, Media, Manufacturing – Auto, Engineering, IT sectors. The compensation ranges that can be representative of most sectors / industries and companies in India. The From – figure can […]
Almost every corporate web site these days has a – Careers Page, either as a part of their main navigation menu or some where down on the footer menu. But is the career page on employers website being used effectively and is relevant to their business needs. Is it just a norm or a nice […]
If you are a Job Seeker – you can have a look at the check list, and get a better understanding on how to build your resume, and what mistakes to avoid, so as the resume is seen in a positive manner by hiring managers. If you are a Hiring Manager – you can identify […]