While your organisation may already be having an Internal Job Placement (IJP) process, it is very likely that it’s not robust, effective and possibly it does not add real value to the business as well as people. Of course, it might have helped you close a couple of positions through internal referrals, and it might […]
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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 […]
“How to register with top executive search firms ?” – We have heard this question a number of times, and in this post we try to place our thoughts on the question and related aspects. It’s quite easy to answer this question. Let’s follow a simple structure: Step 1: Identify the concerned search firms. Step […]
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A job is not just about money.
This post is directed at “fresh from campus” job seekers and may be read as a continuation of our earlier post – Why should I take up a Rs. 10,000 per month job ? For starters, the thought to skip any supposedly low paying offer make sense if you are mature enough to weigh your […]
“Why should I work for Rs. 10,000 per month ? “ We will relate the above statement to that of a fresh MBA, an engineer or any fresh graduate who now aspires for a professional career. In case you have not been able to land up a job from campus considering either poor market conditions, […]
The rankings don’t matter much for most of you as a normal job seeker. In your typical tenure with an employer you may not be able to make the best out of all the “goodies” on offer, the work place etc. Most of the employees have a typical tenure of 2 – 3 years with […]
Keep yourself updated on what’s happening around. This is important. Most of the time when you proceed on a sabbatical, it’s like an endless holiday with a professional life perspective. You may never realise that you are loosing connect with the industry, and it may be a couple of years before it dawns on […]
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The case of Boomerang CEO’s.
Boomerang CEO’s – it’s time that the term becomes a quite common in the industry. We have recently seen some high profile come backs by some top business leaders, who have been called back and who have stepped in to steer their faltering businesses. “Procter & Gamble brings back former CEO to fix company” “ […]
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Hiring lessons from Ramayana
This may sound odd, but the first thoughts on talent acquisition that comes to my mind are drawn from Ramayana. The episode that I find most relevant is how Rama came to lead the Banarasena to his own victory. Rama found an ally in the exiled Monkey-king Sugriva and his contingent lead by, among others, […]
Our sales desk got a query from one prospective participant for one of our training workshops – the training concerned a functional theme in Human Resource Management. The lady on the other end of the phone asked – Will I be an expert on the subject matter if I participate in your training?
There are times when a senior level business executive is fired and he is still not fired. Well, a conflicting & contradictory thought. Let me explain – Have you come across an organizational announcement saying that .. “ Mr. New Smarty has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer effective 1st March. He will take […]
When social recruitment pioneers advise companies to build and promote the concept of Talent Communities, the thought behind the whole effort is to be able to facilitate the building of a community of talent (read – prospective job applicants), that is engaged enough to voluntarily communicate to show case their knowledge, support other members of […]
Definition of Work Work is not just about “doing” some thing using your hand, head or pen paper or a computer. Waiting at the reception, waiting to meet your boss, waiting for a meeting, waiting whole day at a clients reception etc. All of this also classifies as work. Depending on your role , job, […]
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 […]
I was reading a report on Economic Times, this morning (Infosys trimming up to 5,000 staff to scissor costs) and well i see the phrase – “employee unfriendly” being used for the company’s decision to trim up the organisation by letting go the poor performers. I wonder, why is it – “employee unfriendly”. It’s just […]