Talent Acquisition: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Aug 2022
How to Control Candidate Dropouts and Accepting Counter Offers
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How to Control Candidate Dropouts and Accepting Counter Offers

Last week, during the course of an informal gathering with fellow CHROs, we were having a hilarious conversation about how different innovative reasons, are cited for last minutes candidate dropouts. We all face this scenario quite often. While this used to be quite common at the junior level, now started becoming a pattern even for senior-level of […]

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Creating Hiring and Onboarding Experience That Matter
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Creating Hiring and Onboarding Experience That Matter

The last 2 years have been what I call years of “Tech HR Advancement with human-centric design”. Most organization and human resources function moved from traditional recruitment and onboarding techniques to new age, high-speed, tech-enabled platforms. Speed, Scale, and Security were fundamental pillars that required this shift to happen. Candidates are now yearning for that […]

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Simple strategies for effective hiring, developing & retaining talent
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Simple strategies for effective hiring, developing & retaining talent

The smart hiring strategy differentiates the company from its competitors. The different recruitment approach promotes the creativity of the organization in the job market. To gain a significant competitive advantage, one needs to use strategies superior and different from the competitors. The “act differently” principle for recruiting means to successfully attract industry top talent, one […]

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Employee Retention- How to Design a Better Hiring Process
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Employee Retention- How to Design a Better Hiring Process

Today more companies focus on employee retention and engagement. It is important to note that a new employee starts to experience the culture of the company at the very beginning, that is, the recruitment stage. The current trends in the talent space clearly indicate the unprecedented need for growth after the devastating Covid era, which […]

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What is to Recruit for Cultural Fit?’ And How to Do It Successfully
Culture & Behaviour

What is to Recruit for Cultural Fit?’ And How to Do It Successfully

We are living in a time when the great hiring revolution is going on. As people who are going to become your prospective employees have a changed outlook of what a workplace should be like, the organisation is also rooting towards hiring a more culturally fit candidate now more than ever. However, a lot of […]

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Key Onboarding Steps to Make a New Hire’s Experience
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Key Onboarding Steps to Make a New Hire’s Experience

It is that time of the year when businesses aim to onboard fresh hires from campuses to strengthen their roots and the foundation and a lot has changed about what brings cheer to these new hires and makes them stay with the organization. As is clearly visible the expectations of employers are not the only […]

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What Matters More, Performance or Culture Fit in Hiring
Culture & Behaviour

What Matters More, Performance or Culture Fit in Hiring

Has it happened to you that there are a few organisations where you instantly felt belonged? The conversations in these organisations, whether it is their mission, goals and purpose connect with you at a deeply intrinsic level. You feel that you could be the best version of yourself in the environment nurtured by such organisations. […]

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How to Create a Great Candidate Experience in Modern Workplaces
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How to Create a Great Candidate Experience in Modern Workplaces

In a landscape where talent is tight, it is very important to impress candidates by showing them what a great culture the organisation has, in addition to the learning opportunities and the work-life balance it has to offer. Important Facts About 70% of senior management unhappy in their current positions Only 48% respondents convey organisation […]

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Top Emerging Technologies to Leverage Hiring in 2022
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Top Emerging Technologies to Leverage Hiring in 2022

Digital transformation is more about people, and less about technology. On the contrary, the intelligent human brain is irrelevant if it cannot team up with innovative technology. Thus, when leaders think about investing in technology, they should first think about investing in the team that can make that technology useful. Businesses can buy any technology, but […]

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Are New Technologies Vital in Winning the War for Talent?
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Are New Technologies Vital in Winning the War for Talent?

As we emerge from the effect of the pandemic, the future of work has undergone a transformation driven by a hiring boom or what we call the ‘war for talent.’ We saw early signs of organizations finding it difficult to source the right talent. As they scale, the equilibrium that existed earlier has skewed significantly […]

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How to Overcome Hiring Challenges in IT Industry?
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How to Overcome Hiring Challenges in IT Industry?

Hiring is tough! We all know that. But hiring people in the IT industry is way tougher than hiring in any other field. According to a survey conducted by KPMG, around 65% of technology leaders said that hiring challenges are hurting the industry. Tech talent shortage, pandemic-induced digital disruption, limited pool of skilled talent, and […]

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Top 6 creative hiring strategies to win the war for talent this year
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Top 6 creative hiring strategies to win the war for talent this year

According to a recent report, more than 54% of India Inc is keen on hiring this quarter. Hiring returns to pre-Covid levels across sectors say another report from a leading daily. An executive from a leading Executive recruiter mentioned it’s unlike anything I have seen in the last 20 years. This is indeed an extremely […]

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