Salary negotiations are critical to everyone going through the recruitment process. They not only determine the actual pay executives take home at the end of the month and the perks that come with the job; they also build a person’s confidence, self-worth and social position. Although this fact is true for both…
The title of this blog post is inspired by Colombian author and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novella No One Writes to the Colonel. In this famous novella, Garcia Marquez (who passed away last month, and is remembered as one of the greatest literary figures of modern times) narrates the story of a retired …
End of June usually marks the conclusion and consolidation of employee performance appraisals for Indian companies. In this regard, the last few years have been difficult for Indian corporate and business houses, compelling them to align employee compensation packages to the economic downturn. This year, with a new…
Decisions on hiring talent aren’t easy to make. In spite of meticulous planning, research, interviews, reference checks and selection processes, mistakes do happen. Once in a while, organisations do hire the wrong candidate for the job or position. Sometimes they hire the right candidate, credentials- and…
In an article titled International Recruitment firms getting out of comfort zones to find right fit for their clients (The Economic Times dated 25 April 2014), business journalists Sreeradha D Basu and Anumeha Chaturvedi wrote about the challenges that executive search firms in India are increasingly facing while…
“The cost of hiring someone bad is so much greater than missing out on someone good” — Joe Kraus, partner, Google Ventures Every company for which we recruit has a special set of requirements and a unique story of its inception. Large organizations like Unilever sell differently than giant fast-food places…
The world of job recruiting has changed drastically in recent years. Decades ago, the route to securing employment was simply getting your resume together and responding to advertisements – or even getting approached by a headhunter. In the past 5 years we have seen much of the recruitment process happening on the…
India is now seeing the phenomenon called “Brain gain”, and that too of the top-of-the-line Silicon Valley variety. Top Indian talent is moving from globally iconic American technology companies to India’s star startups across India’s geography. Homes are being shifted from Bay Area to Bangalore and from…
For any organisation, engaging an executive search firm has long-term implications. That’s because, at the heart of every relationship between an organisation and its executive search firm, there is mutual trust and respect for each other – built over seasons of working together to make the best choices in…