tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623132.post115740157923394714..comments2008-12-12T05:44:31.759+05:30Gautam Ghoshhttps://profiles.google.com/101036717552579040263noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623132.post-1157454310927067412006-09-05T16:35:00.000+05:302006-09-05T16:35:00.000+05:30Seth had also touched upon the new art of recruiting in his post yesterday...Hope you had a chance to see that!Vignesh Karthichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949353142482374580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623132.post-1157442590003229232006-09-05T13:19:00.000+05:302006-09-05T13:19:00.000+05:30Gautam,<BR/><BR/>A very nice post - direct on the target. But unfortunately, that's the way the world works. My 2 cents on the recruitment process (at both engg. college and B-Schools). <BR/><BR/>There is hardly anything to be done in the general corporate world which cannot be done by a non-MBA or a non-Engg degree holder. But still recruiters go to 'Ivy-Leagues' for talent-hunting.<BR/><BR/>Recruiters are hard pressed for time - so they can't afford to go in public and interview 1000 candidates to recruit 10. The assumption is that likelihood of finding a 'bright capable' person 'fit for the job' is higher in good engg. colleges or B-Schools. So probably they can select 10 right person by interviewing may be just 50 candidates.<BR/>Same logic applies for the mad rage for Day0, Day1 slots. The general assumption is that the likelihood of finding the 'perfect candidate' is high on first few slots - because if the candidate is good, he would well have been placed before day 4, 5. So the mad rush for recruiters for the first few slots.<BR/><BR/>Ofcourse processes like 'Summer internships', or 'on the field selection' are much better to judge a candidate - but imagine the time it takes for a summer internship. What if at the end of 2 months internships your 'summer interns' prove unfit for the role - you will a hard time finding the right resource for your role - as the 'perfect' candidate would have taken the job somewhere else. You loose 2 months of the valuable time (may be money also) and still nowhere. And this is the situation many recruiters want to avoid.Alokhttp://alok.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com