Training Recruiters is Smart Business: Get Busy!

This article is for those who want to be professional Recruiters and it`s a wake up call for all other agencies, search firms, in-house recruiting departments, and business owners who want to benefit from the expertise of their recruiter(s). There`s a vast range of skill and understanding at play throughout the recruiting industry today. Fundamental, basic recruiter skill training is painfully absent. The only way to tell the skill level of someone who claims to be a Recruiter is with an inte...
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Job Design vs. Job Analysis

The job design and job analysis have different purposes. The job design is about designing or re-designing a new job profile and setting the correct organizational structure. The job design is about using several theoretical approaches to bring the balance between creative and routine part of the job. The job design uses several techniques and they are quite known to the HR Professionals: 1. Exploration of tasks and the tasks are sorted, evaluated and optimized. 2. Based on tasks, ...
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American Express to eliminate 4,000 jobs

American Express said Monday it is eliminating about 4,000 jobs as part of a plan to slash another $800 million in costs for the remainder of the year. The layoffs represent about 6% of the New York-based credit card issuer’s current global work force. Many of the affected workers were notified in recent days and the remainder will be notified in coming weeks, said company spokeswoman Joanna Lambert. Lambert could not specify how many US workers would be laid off, but said the cuts will be ...
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Psychometric can be considered Along with Aptitude..

Most of the Companies when recruiting for a Position Even to Managerial Cadre go with Aptitude Test as a Basic Test for Getting Through. But Aptitude Tests are Basic Confirmation for a Candidate to Check on his Communication or Transformational Level. Along with Aptitude When Go to Manager Level We can Consider Psychometric as a Major Test. By Psychometric We can analyze the Persons Capability to Handle a Situation and Confidence. When Compared to Aptitude psychometric have Advantage...
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The Head Hunting Story

We decided to hire a Technical Manager. This was a critical position & we did not want to take any chances. So we decided that money should not be a factor. We decided to give a Newspaper advertisement, publish the Jobs in Job boards, and allocate the assignment to Talent Search Partners. We received 100’s of resume. After a pain staking shortlisting process, we identified 5 people who were promising. We had a telephonic & called them for Interview. After the interview, we were buoyant ...
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Forget Passive Candidates. get Smart Candidates instead!

(Blog for Tomorrow) Forget Passive Candidates… get Smart Candidates instead! Passive Candidates are not looking for Jobs. They are happy in the existing company. It is not because of salary (which they will never be satisfied with). It is more because of the culture, the responsibility, the challenge & their ability to deliver in a particular company that make them not look out for Jobs. Are we right going behind them? Will they actually gel into your company ecosystem?...
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Where are your Jobs..? Where are the Candidates???

Where are your Jobs..? Where are the Candidates??? "I’ve seen them on Job sites Few consultants have called me up with your Job vacancy In fact, I have also seen a few Advertisements of your Jobs in Newspapers But, when I visit your website, all I find is Couple of pages informing about how great it is to work with you & asking me to send my Resume to an email id." This was Stated by a Deserving Candidate................ Aren’t we missing something here? Candidates want ...
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the Six Steps for Recruitment followed in Industries with Low Attrition.

As soon as a Requirement Arrives we Search for Candidates and try to fill in the Place – But should think about the Decision we take Is that a Right one or will end up in a long term Process ….. Here are Some Steps / Methods Can be Followed to Make Recruitment Fair. Requirement Analysis Creating a job description that is complete and detailed is crucial. In order to find the perfect candidate Identification A network of relationships enables us to discreetly target exceptional can...
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Tarkshya’s Virtual Captive Center (VCC)

Tarkshya’s Virtual Captive Center (VCC) If onside operations have become expensive and tiresome and they tend to reduce your profit margins, you can consider our VCC Service to increase your profit margin and to reduce all hassles. We have world-class infrastructure to meet your specific needs. We will manage the entire operation to provide you all facilities you need to run your entire operations at a much lower cost. You do not have to spend y...
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Laid-off local workers find new jobs quickly

Laid-off local workers find new jobs quickly By Zakir Hussain and Lim Wei Chean SEVEN in 10 locals who were retrenched in the third quarter of last year found new jobs by December, despite the downturn. It was an improvement compared to the three-month period before that, when just over six in 10 Singaporeans and permanent residents who were retrenched found work over a comparable period of time. The Manpower Ministry (MOM), which disclosed these figures yesterday, said the improveme...
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