Category: Recruitment

Being in the recruitment industry, we have witnessed many half fake or completely fake resumes where candidates lie about their qualifications, skills and proficiencies. If we analyze the reason, rejection or fear of rejection in the interview is the biggest reason for such lies. The term we use is ‘ Resume solecism’, and it is one of the most common problems nowadays in the Job market. But we need to eliminate such resumes to achieve our desired success in the industry. A thorough resume verification process should include certain checks that cover each and every aspect of the information provided in the resume

Below are some ways to validate if the candidate is being honest with the resume

1. Background/Reference check: We need to approach the candidate’s immediate manager of the previous company to cross verify the skills mentioned by the candidate. Generally, all the major companies do this practice with previous companies and Education institutes to crosscheck the overall background and many hire third-party verification companies for this type of verification too but in this practice, the chances to skill verification might miss out. To overcome this problem, we can directly call the immediate Manager of the candidate to verify the skills and area of expertise mentioned by the candidate.
2. Detailed interview on doubted parts: Smartly detailed interview on the information provided by the candidate is always a smart move to verify a resume one on one. HR should be smart enough to identify such questions related to the skillsets in the 1st screening round of interviews only. Our HR usually cross verify the skills and other information provided in the resume but barely put a question on the provided skillsets or qualifications, if we start this practice, half of the fake CVs would be eliminated.
3. Skill test or assignments: Pre-interview assignments are on-trend nowadays, as it has their own advantages and disadvantages. Pre-screening assignments and test verify a candidates’ skill sets and qualifications for the role as well as the resume of the candidates. But we need to customise such assignments or tests according to the claims the candidate is doing on their resumes.
4. Professional Social media verify: though social media are not a reliable source to verify a person’s professional and educational background, Professional social media platforms (in this case LinkedIn) come to the rescue. Usually, A genuine candidate would not lie about work experience and qualifications on LinkedIn, so we can verify resume information on the LinkedIn profile of the candidate, we also can check for the immediate manager of the candidate in the previous company.

 

The main aim of HR is to find the right person for a given profile. Therefore, checking the candidate’s profile is essential. Following the above processes, we can certainly get the right candidate for our client/Company.

Seeking upward in the career ladder is the most desire of a professional – whichever career stage be he/she is Or getting a new job/dream job at any point of the career and this is completely natural for human beings to look for upgrading all the time.

But during the significant change in our career, we all need that moral push/ motivation or guidance to help us find the right path but is it easy to get such needed guidance without investing money?

The Answer is YES, From ancient times BOOKS have been one of our best guides/motivators and friends.

There are many motivating books that offer inspirational guidance about career advancement and that can help guide anyone through a career transition.

Here we are listing a Few of such books

1. The 2-Hour Job Search by Steve Dalton: This book is a step by step manual for career seeking to get through the first interview, in a systematic tech-savvy way.

Author Steve Dalton explains in the book how to absorb information from the  Internet and search for jobs using mainstream technologies like Excel, Google, Linked In and database, create a list of potential employers and contact them directly without relying on job boards. Thus securing a job with only 2 hours of effort. This book is a must-read for freshers or those who just want to climb the ladder of a career.

1. Love your Job by Kerry E. Hannon : We should not or need not wait for our retirement days to enjoy our life to the fullest, we instead can reinvigorate our workday, transforming the monotonous drone of endless tasks into a daily dose of enjoyable activity. This motivating book is designed to help us find ways to love our job, how to make it fulfilling and fun again by remotivating and re-engaging ourselves.

Love your Job is all about how our daily routines, work and thought patterns that, over the years, can turn our dream job into a hated one but changing these habits and mindset is not that hard and by simple some simple technique how we can adopt the attitude that will keep us happy and that might just lead to bigger and better things.

 

1. What color is your parachute (Job hunter’s workbook) by Richard Nelson Bolles: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers Quotes. “Always define WHAT you want to do with your life and WHAT you have to offer to the world, in terms of your favourite talents/gifts/skills-not in terms of a job title.”

Richard Nelson explains in the book how to identify our personal interests and turn them into a career out of them.

How would we achieve that? Bolles has written in the book that through a simple series of worksheets, we can identify our goals, values and transform them into a career path, we will have a clear vision about our dream job and can land on one.

 

1. Moving the Needle by Joe Sweeney: We can not gain 100% satisfaction by getting only Professional success, right? Personal growth and gain are equally important to set an equilibrium in life.

We sometimes blindly goes behind our goals without having any systematic, actionable plan Jow Sweeney has given a detailed system in ‘Moving the needle’ that will help us to achieve our professional as well as personal growth. This highly practical guidebook outlines a process or system giving us to make concrete plans to achieve big goals.

• Find what “moving forward” means for your career and life
• Ditch the monotonous routine and go all for an ‘innovative’ culture
• At Every level, Improve your productivity on a consistent basis
• Get going in the right direction

We definitely can hit our goals for life by following these practices.

1. Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg: The Author, Sheryl Sandberg ( COO- Facebook), continues her TED talk in this Book describing how Women unintentionally holding themselves back from being a leader in the professional world and offers techniques and process how for women to get professional success along with personal fulfilment.

This book is about how women can take charge of their own careers and push forward and become leaders at a time when gender bias is still there. This is a must-read book for all career-oriented women who are handling family at home too.

The book also includes Success stories of young professionals around the world who have achieved their career goals.

 

Time spent with your nose in a book is never wasted – it’s always productive and comforting. Whether we read to escape or pass the time, we’re doing ourselves and our career a favour.

Whether you’re running a two-person workshop or employing hundreds of workers, streamlining your hiring and selection process is essential. You need to use profitable strategies to find candidates, filter searches, and attract new employees. Smart Hiring boils down to one question: How much is your time worth?

The more time you spend on recruiting, the more money you will invest in hiring your business. Are these funds spent to simplify your recruitment methods and attract quality candidates? If not, it may be time to think about new strategies for recruiting and selecting employees.

You can save time and money by including technology in your recruiting efforts. Technology can speed up the hiring process while also opening the door to more qualified candidates.

5 Ways Technology Positively Impacted Recruitment

1. Efficiency and Increased Productivity

The modern workplace has seen a complete change in the way we use our time. Time management has been optimized and the effort spent on daily tasks has been reduced. Employee productivity and effort have improved, allowing them to focus more on more important things like accuracy and creativity.
The level of expectations from customers and colleagues has also changed as workplace technology allows people to stay connected. Based on this evolution in workplace technology, results are expected faster than ever.

2. Improved Cost Management

The bottom line of any business is to make a profit. With the advent of technology in the workplace, financial productivity is enhanced. Businesses operate much more efficiently with the advent of technologically advanced equipment and software in the office sector.
When employees are encouraged to optimize their time through such technology, much less time is wasted and more time is used to focus on the beneficial tasks at hand. A productive workplace is a profitable workplace, which is just one of the main ways technology has improved our work environment.

3. Targeted Job Posting Ads on Social Media

There are over 660 million users on LinkedIn and that number continues to grow daily. With social media platforms, employers can reach large audiences, which can be overwhelming. This is where targeted advertising comes in. Employers now have the option to use targeted social media advertising to attract candidates with specific skills and backgrounds that are right for the job.
A sample targeted ad may show less than you think. Have you ever received a LinkedIn Inmail from a recruiter? This is a great example of a targeted social media ad.

4. Remote Interviews

Technology allows companies to interview candidates without requiring them to come to the office. In the past, the reception area of ​​an office had dozens of applicants at once waiting for an interview. With Skype and other video conferencing tools, a “face-to-face” interview can be conducted without travel or long waits, providing a convenient and cost-effective way to screen a candidate. With the ability to interview job seekers via the web, employers also have access to global talent who may be ready to switch jobs.

5. Online Recruitment Platforms

Online job postings have been around longer than you think. Before there were online job boards, people had to scour the web for jobs. And yes, that also means people have to send their resumes and cover letters by regular mail or in person at the company.

Today, recruiters can expand their network through job postings by posting them on various platforms such as online job boards and company websites. Then, job seekers from around the world or country can apply for jobs instantly by submitting a digital CV.

CONCLUSION

The implementation of technology in the recruitment and selection process of the organization has gradually evolved for many years. Now in recent years, it has reached the advanced level of technological uses in the recruitment process.

The main reason for the use of technology in recruitment and selection is the change in the human mindset. Now a day, every individual wants tasks to be done which can save time, cost, provide efficient quality results and achieve the required quantity that they want.

Hence, the organizations are moving towards technologically advanced recruiting techniques which will save their time and cost. At the same time, providing them efficient employees and the desired number of candidates that they want for the job profiles in the organization.