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Blog Post: Department of Labor looking to crack down on independent contractor misclassification: Added by Tracey Friend at 1:16pm on April 7, 2010

Blog Post: Dude. Your Candidate Has a Medical Marijuana Card. Now What?: After setting up a round of interviews for an open drafter position located in Los Angeles, CA, the hiring manager left me a concerned voicemail. “A candidate came in for an interview and asked if…; Added by Michael Brandt at 1:58am on October 11, 2010

Blog Post: The Future of Hiring: Pay Transparency: Added by Nelleke Maxwell at 3:02pm on December 2, 2024

Comment on: Blog Post 'India: If you were me what would you want to know? (-6 Days and Counting)': in Engineering industry 1994-2003. I am trying to put down whatever I remember so it could be lower level detail or high level picture, may not be in sequential order. There is big difference between how HR is perceived, practiced in public sector compared to private. Also, I do not believe Caste system has anything to do with it in professionally managed organizations and in these days. Whatever we hear is mostly political stunt. Or, it might be the case in mom-pop shops or smaller organization. But, in that case, world over that discrimination happens, why single India! Unfortunately, lot of people think India means only poverty, jungles, wild animals, sickness, corruption etc.!! I was involved in campus recruiting, walk-in interviews (job fair), employee referrals (formal program as well as informal efforts as on-going campaigning), thru internal postings, through NGOs (have used notice boards in local Churches), Chambers of Commerce, direct phone calls (cold-calling) using print media and Internet. Have used sophisticated selection tools, behavioral interviewing, aptitude, personality tests etc. There used to be medical / drug tests too (which is not practiced in Canada these days due to more progressive legislation). Some information is mandatory information on various application blanks for candidates to supply - date of birth, spouse and children names, ages, their occupations (benefits plans cover them later, if employee declares them). The recruitment and selection process is broad, intense and thorough followed up religiously with ton of documentation. Recruitment agencies are used to fill variety of jobs, mostly in private sector. There is government's recruitment agency called Employment Exchange. It used be not so effective when I tried to use them but mainly aimed at lower end (semi-skills, unskilled) jobs in organization structure. Also, most of the resumes would start with last job first and so and so forth. I hardly had any horror / weird recruitment experience in my professional career in India- Although, it used to be common to get referrals (with force of their authority) from politicians, local community leaders and ruling party ministers! Also, in unionized environments, referrals from Union leaders used to be commonplace. There is ‘sons of the soil’ policy practiced by politicians and sometimes there are demonstrations to force recruitment of locals in some areas; reservations for ‘backward’ classes or Quota System in public sector is well-known to bring in diversity. It is illegal to ask anyone their caste in India. Recruiting top talent is pretty competitive and screening applicants is onerous. Most of the public sector and large private sector uses competitive written exams, panel interviews, group discussions and reference-checks/drug test prior to hiring to validate skills/knowledge/experience/attitude/potential for success on job etc. There is a lot of ‘direct’ recruiting effort that internal recruiters do than third party. Also, contract recruitment is minimal compared with perm recruitment. Again, it depends upon industry type, region you are recruiting into etc. It is easy to understand Indian landscape if you categorize them into Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D cities in order of their economic progress, professionalism by binding together common elements in each of these clusters. The HR and recruitment will not differ much in its face and practice but the response from their audience (candidates) will. There are limited options in class D cities for professionals so hard to get them motivated to work in those places. BTW, It is also important to understand and rank professional schools, universities (University Grants Commission is first step- www.ugc.ac.in ), colleges known in their field for shaping great talent. I could just go on, but would stop here for now. If you would like to grab an Indian Text Book (it is inexpensive) on Personnel Management, I would recommend the fat, exhaustive book authored by C.B. Mamoria Wish you a successful trip and do not forget to share your first hand experience! Best regards, Eric…; Added by Eric at 4:15pm on December 2, 2009

Blog Post: 5 FLSA Basics Contract Staffing Recruiters Need to Know to Avoid Lawsuits: As Wage and Hour lawsuits under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) continue…; Added by Debbie Fledderjohann at 10:17am on June 12, 2014

Blog Post: Is My Job One of the UK’s Most Dangerous?: Most of us work in comfortable 9–5 office jobs where the biggest risk to our health is spilling hot coffee on our lap or getting a papercut. Although all jobs have their own sort of stress, there…; Added by Caitlin Purvis at 10:51am on October 5, 2020

Blog Post: Recruitment and GDPR: 11 questions you need to answer now

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Added by Oliver Wright at 7:10am on March 27, 2018

Blog Post: Ableism in the Workplace: We Need to Stop Limiting Talent: Racism and sexism are terms we are all very familiar with and encompass discrimination against someone based on their skin colour or gender. But have you ever heard of ableism? Ableism is…; Added by Alicia Walker at 6:03am on October 27, 2021

Blog Post: Different HR Enterprises Have Different HR Priorities