“Business analytics is one of the few careers that has shown resilience against recession and will see a greater demand as enterprises try to utilise all available data to recover from the downturn,” says Dr Bhat NMIMS’ Centre of Excellence in Analytics & Data Science initiated admissions in Mumbai for its widely esteemed MBA (Business […]
Category: Hiring Right Talent
Talent management strategies and HR policies need to be relooked and should be inclusive of the current situation counting the recruitment process, onboarding phase, employee engagement as well as retention and performance management.
Technology will dominate every department to leverage the right mix of technologies and adopt them accordingly.HR leaders must choose froma range of platforms and leverage technology that fits in to innovate and improve the hiring process, candidate experience and attract the right talent pool.
The CXOs are the brain and soul behind every company decision. It is their expertise, knowledge, and capabilities that can either take the organization to new heights or hamper the growth of the company. Choosing a CXO is a tough and tiring task for any organization. There are a lot of factors to be considered […]
Generation Z (Gen Z) defines the generation succeeding the millennials. With the new batch of talent entering the workforce, its imperative that the workplaces are prepared to ensure that their relationship with Gen Z talent is meaningful. While human psychology at a basic level still aligns with the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, every generation entering […]
The business world is gradually opening up its doors to people with disabilities which is bringing diversity to the workplace and bringing a class of people into the mainstream. Recently, we have covered a similar story where we have mentioned how job fair for people with disabilities is about to held in Chennai. The fair […]
Normally we have heard candidates and job seekers complain when they don’t hear from prospective employers or recruiters. These days employers are increasingly seeing that prospective job seekers / applicants abruptly cut off communication. The term ghosting refers to the case when the job seekers go silent on the employers. We have seen this happening […]
What are the essential skills for an effective recruiter ? What makes a great recruiter ? If you are a recruiter – be it a search consultant, or an in company recruiter or a hiring manager, these skills are essential to ensure you do a great job, and get great talent for your business or […]
So you have just stepped into a recruitment services firm, fresh from an engineering school or a business school campus. Accept it – most probably you are here because you could not land up any other job. While you have started working as a recruiter, you secretly hate the job, and you wish to dump […]
Here are some quick tips for those who are not very comfortable interviewing or who feel that their interviewing skills need some degree of polish. To start with – a simple advice – Be confident. We assume you have 15 minutes to plan for and prepare for the interview. Step 1: Have a quick look […]
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 […]
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. […]