Yes, the complaint that students are not listening to you is one of the most frequent among teachers. You give one direction and see them doing completely different things. It really irritates and makes you crazy. Many of them think that you would repeat the information thousands of times. Before starting…

Pros and Cons of IT Services Outsourcing

Although outsourcing is accepted as being the future of business growth, many industries fear, often with good reason, that this will result in loss of operational control and a fall in quality and standards. Nowhere is this truer than with IT where high operational costs, concerns about intellectual property and the need to find and retain the right people are major issues. That being said, IT companies have realized that…

I love technology. I enjoy nothing more than trying out the latest app or discovering something new I can do with my programs that will positively impact my work (and make me look like the genius who came up with the original idea).

Having said all this, my experience of working in the recruitment market has taught me that not one piece of technology can…

Best practices

How to Hire

Henry Ward, CEO at eShares, gives common hiring misconceptions a reality check: Don’t be afraid of…

We’ve spoken about online Employee and Employer Branding extensively and with everything getting digitalised, using Social Media to capture Talent and fill positions faster makes sense.

Having said that the real question is whether this can be done and if yes how should one go about gathering Talent, therefore @SourcingAdda we decided that the best way to get these doubts cleared is by asking Talent Acquisitionists. Hence we conducted…

Big man on campus: Effective College recruiting

As of 2015, millennials represent the largest segment of the U.S. workforce. While most millennials are either just embarking on their careers or employed in entry-level roles, the generation represents the business leaders of…

The future of a company depends on the future of its people. When new talent enters the workforce they are by definition inexperienced. The few top percent of university students will stand out - the ones who have already started a business, earned a research grant, or completed some other remarkable work - but the majority of university students will not have the track record to…

Creating a start-up company is a risky business and one only taken on by confident entrepreneurs who truly believe in their product. So what happens when it’s time to begin selling the product, but the company founder has no idea how to sell? The answer: do not hire a sales representative.

Hiring is a Bet You Don’t Want to Take

This seems to be backwards…

For many, talking to recruiters is only one step better than picking the phone up to a PPI call! The general assumption of most people is that recruiters don’t understand their market and have very little interest in anything other than a quick buck. In the majority of cases this assertion is absolutely right.

As a result they disengage in the conversation and treat…

The generation gap between baby boomers (including births between 1946 and 1964, according to the team at DevelopIntelligence) and millennials (including births between 1982 and 2000 and also known as Gen-Y) looms large, especially in the workplace. In the first three months of 2015, the Pew Research Center…

As I have stated earlier I am currently in the process of reading Michael Rother’s Toyota Kata. In the book the point is made as to who should be the one who is considered the SME…

Most professionals are familiar with the role of a recruiter, however many do not understand the inner workings of executive search firms. If you are contacted by an executive recruiter, or are thinking about reaching out to one or more search firms to help you hire, it will be beneficial to understand how they operate. Here’s what you need to know.

Why…

The landscape of work is changing and the speed of technological advancements is accelerating. With this in mind, we mapped five markets receiving special attention from investors for agencies to keep an eye on.

Graphene

Over 200 times stronger than steel and 70 times more conductive than silicon. The ‘wonder material’ whose…

Raised during the financial fallout of 2008 and knowing only a world with the internet, will the generation to follow the Millennials change the way we recruit?

Before the detractors grab their pitchforks over yet another discussion of generational differences, let’s agree that it's not about age brackets but how the landscape of work itself…

There are some essential skills, traits and qualities that recruiters must possess in order to be successful in their role. Apart from some inherent traits that are desirable of a recruiter like communication skills, ability to work hard, team player there are some must have skills that are desirable to be able to acquire the best talent:

Qualified and Experienced: The recruiter should possess adequate experience, education and training to be able to handle the entire process…

Lessons from a Financial Adviser 

When my father passed away a little more than two years ago, at the age of 67 (from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Emphysema), it was difficult. One small silver development…

So Sourcecon Spring 2016 has come and gone. It was amazing, some of the best presentations I have ever seen. Over the next few weeks, I will be breaking down all the session and giving an overview.  There were 12 labs, 8 general sessions, The AllStar…

Problems of computers:

This is the age where everything around is automated and sometimes the malfunctioning of the computers can be really very frustrating for the users. They should think of the time when their computers don’t boost up as normal causing troubles in working or it fells down and the LCD of the laptop is broken. This is something that the professionals in Orlando deal with everyday, so that they can help their clients with all the services they can.…

Just like most fields have certain myths so also the Recruitment Industry too has assumptions that people have followed till date. These misconceptions that are held are followed blindly and the field of Recruitment is no exception.

The misconceptions need to be checked and rectified in…