Sharad Agrawal's Story
Current Job Profile
I'm the CEO of Hire Resources. While enjoying this position, I am:
Looking after all operations of the Organisation including Resourcing/Staffing, Operations, P&L Responsibility, People Management across Pan India – 5 locations;
Business Tie ups, Business Development, Negotiations, Client Interaction, Delivery, Follow up, Co-ordination – Clients/In-House were the key elements;
Business set up, Infrastructure, Technology, In-house recruitment, Training, Learning & Development were the focus areas;
Successfully & proudly initiated, ventured & had business tie ups with the top 500 fortune clients in various IT/ITES, BPO/KPO’s, Service & Manufacturing segment;
Handled positions/profiles across all levels – CEO/Directors, VP/GM, Mid Manager & Junior Middle Management levels (Top to Bottom);
Worked out various Volume hiring plans, incentive plans, walk in drives for the client & for our in house team
Challenges in recruitment process
Attrition;
Trust/reliability with the Hiring Partners/Vendors;
Mis-matched job being offered at large;
Bogus/fake/bulk cold calling/mailers to the job seekers by multiple recruiters/vendors
Qualities looked during recruiting people
Consistency;
Stability;
Commitment;
Quality;
Adaptability;
Owing the Organisation, s/he is recruited for;
S/he feels part of the organisation;
Growth for both the company & the employee
Attracting good people
Through understanding of the Role & the Co's culture;
Finding the right talent & hire them;
Ensure best fitment in terms of compensation/benefits
Ensure Growth for both - the employee and the organisation
Upcoming Trends in Recruiting
E-Recruitment;
Referral Programmes;
Social Networking sites
offering a strong talent pool with lowest cost & quick results.
My family background
I come from a family of Professionals from the industry.
My father served few of the top Co's as the CEO during his reign.
I have served few of the MNC's/Large Indian Groups in the past for over 10+ yrs.
Past 15 years, I have been into HR consulting role.
I'm 49 years young, married with school/college going kids.
Recruitment Approches
While you are doing a talent search for a suitable profile, usually you have a pool of candidates available who fits the bill.
However, as a Recruiter you play a significant role in identifying the best, most suited candidate for the position.
Few essential parameters to be looked into could be:
Check on the pre-requisites in terms of the desired education, skills & experience. Ensure the candidates meets all the parameters specified in the JD.
Industry specific experience is an important criteria, ensure the candidate has relevant experience;
Job location, salary benchmark are equally important essentials. Ensure that the short-listed candidate meets those benchmarks.
While screening, give due consideration to few significant factors viz. Stability factor, consistency in the job, committment, attitude & his approach & sincerity to his present assignment.
Companies opt for Reference checks, background verification checks too.
Ensure that the candidate passes all these checks.
Importance of E-Recruitment process
E-Recruitment is a wonderful tool for recruiters to work on. I firmly believe that in the next few years, e-recruitment would be the best possible option for all recruiters merely for three basic reasons:
1. The mechanism is cost effecive;
2. The Recruiter has a wider choice of talent availability, screening and search options;
3. The system works very fast, round the clock 24*7
I'm of the opinion that this model which even exists in the current scenario is being widely used by most of the Recruitment companies & the Recruiters would be the "Best possible Option" in the years to come. Globally this is the only medium used.
In India, I personally recommend al job seekers to be very precise & accurate while sharing their details, experiences etc since as it says "Garbage in, Garbage out" it would be a junk if the contents are not correct & accurate.
Let's respect this system & give it full value for recruiters to optimize & utilize it correctly & effectively.
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