Transparency is the Foundation of Good Candidate Experience – Part 3

Transparency is the foundation of good candidate experience - Part 3

Shroud of Secrecy

There is a general shroud of secrecy around the interview process , hiring decisions and compensation offered. When you don’t communicate, people tend to lose trust. No wonder a recent survey by Team Blind shows that 70% tech employees don’t trust HR. In Part 2 of this 3 part article we saw the lack of transparency in the early parts of the tech hiring funnel. Viz. Resume completeness, job description and technical screening. In this part we will take a peek at what the candidates think about the end of the funnel- technical interviews , hiring decisions and compensation offered. From the results of the survey, it will become clear that lack of communication leaves the candidates guessing and left to themselves they aren’t kind to the IT companies. Remember talent is the primary driver of revenue and profits in the IT industry.

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Transparency is the foundation of good candidate experience – Part 2

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In part 1 of this article we saw that candidates don’t get any constructive feedback in the assessment and interview process. The real problem is not the willingness of the companies. It’s the ability to quickly and efficiently get the information needed to give the feedback. There are 2 problems.

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Transparency is The Foundation of Good Candidate Experience – Part 1

 

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An article by my colleague Dinesh Gokhale described how a candidate would feel short-changed by a well orchestrated, well thought out , stage managed candidate experience. We conducted a survey to understand the candidates’ psychology better. This two part article covers the insights gained in the survey.

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Is Automation Eating Jobs or Creating New Ones

 

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-based on Atul Jadhav’s views in a tweetchat hosted by Rezoomex

Historically technology has always created new jobs by automating repetitive/mundane work with predictable expected results. Human brains evolve as they learn new skills to solve challenging problems. This leads to the creation of new job types which are more evolved yet challenging. e.g. Delivery by drones may take up delivery jobs however this automation itself opens up a number of specialised jobs with higher expertise. E.g. GIS experts, geospatial data analyst/scientist, algorithm designer/ developers, control centre operators, security experts etc.

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Measuring and Improving Software Recruiters’ Performance

tech_hiring_blog_oct2106Every thought leader after Deming has extolled the virtue of measuring whatever we need to improve. I recently read this article  – it suggests seven metrics to measure a recruiter’s performance. Many more articles and suggestions for building performance scorecards are published. We need some simple metrics that could be quickly ascertained without investing in specialized software etc. Continue reading “Measuring and Improving Software Recruiters’ Performance”