Overcoming key recruitment challenges in the it sector

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Overcoming Key Recruitment Challengesin the IT Sector

Meenakshi Gour, PHRManager, HRHR@EmployWise Webinar seriesDec 01, 2011


Experience Sharing

• Why is it so difficult?

• Challenges faced by IT Start-ups & IT SME’s– Aspire to work for Infosys, Cognizant etc– Transition Jobs– Expect similar perks, working environment

This is one end of the spectrum.


Biggest Challenge

• Finding People• Finding People • Finding People• Finding People• Finding People• Finding People • Finding People• Finding People• Finding People• Finding People …


Top recruiting problems encountered in India @Candidate level

• Quality of candidates• Communication Skills• Jobs vs. Career• Skill Set• Candidate Screening• Pre -hire Testing• Lack of Standardization in

Schools & Colleges


Background Verification & Reference Checks

40%

20%

30% 40 % of applicants lie

about work histories & educational backgrounds.20% of applicants falsify credentials & licenses

30% of applicants make misrepresentations on their resumes


Hazards of Hiring

@Corporate Level• Hire After the Need, Not Before• Hiring Is All About Probabilities• Get a Variety of Opinion• Hire Developers , Not Programmers• Education is good

– (The “very best” people never stop learning)– But too much is a Yellow Light

• Hire the Very Best (Pull vs. Push Strategy)

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Checklist

Can this candidate bring something to the team that nobody else has? Is this candidate constantly learning? Is this candidate aware of his/her weaknesses & comfortable about

discussing them? Is this candidate versatile and willing to do “whatever it takes” to help

make the product successful? Does this candidate have a good degree from a good college? Does this candidate have experience on a tam building skills? Does this candidate write good code? Does this candidate love programming so much that he/she writes code

in spare time?


My philosophy on Hiring

“I want to build the most effective team that can build. When I hire another person for my team, my goal is not merely to make the team larger. And each person I hire should be chosen to make my team better in some specific way . I am not looking for someone as talented as me. Rather , I am looking for someone who is more talented than me, at least in one significant way.”



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