Tag: Tech hiring

Clean up your Tech Recruiting Strategy

On By Akshay moonIn RecruitmentLeave a comment

Tech Recruiting has become very troublesome as recruiters overall are battling to track down talented candidates.  As indicated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics projections, by 2026 the interest for programming developers will develop practically 3.5 times faster than that of different occupations. This implies tech recruiting is simply going to get more aggressive as time passes by.

To help you get a handle on what to watch out for here are few tips to polish up your tech recruiting strategy.

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IT Hiring as Seen by Interviewers/Hiring Managers: Part 2

On By Vinayak JoglekarIn IT recruitmentLeave a comment

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In this part, we will propose a solution to the problems perceived by the hiring managers as concluded in part 1 of this article. Ideally, there’s no need to have such an elaborate solution if the hiring manager did everything from writing the job description, determining and communicating the selection criteria to conducting the interviews. Practically as we have learned, only 50% of the hiring managers write the job descriptions. Only 64% of them are engaged in determining and communicating the selection criteria and most of the interviews are conducted by interviewers who are not the hiring managers. Hence the need to have a solution that facilitates collaboration and communication.

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IT Hiring as Seen by Interviewers and Hiring Managers: Part 1

On By Vinayak JoglekarIn IT recruitmentLeave a comment

In a recent survey conducted by the author, the majority of the interviewers said that the hiring process was wasting a lot of their time. More than 20% felt the need to complain as they could use that time for more important project-related work. About 50% didn’t complain, although they felt that their time was being wasted.

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7 Features Every Recruiter Expects From a Good ATS

On By Guest AuthorIn A.I. in Hiring, Applicant Tracking System, Recruitment1 Comment

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Recently I got an opportunity to check out lots of Application Tracking Systems. Every ATS is designed with specific objective – Automation, Analytics or even Integration. Every recruiter/stakeholder in recruitment process has a specific interest in ATS. As a recruitment professional, I have zeroed down to following 7 features which every recruiter will love to have in any ATS

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Hire Better & Quicker using Machine Learning

On By Dinesh GokhaleIn A.I. in Hiring, Lean HiringLeave a comment

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Recruitment as a function is evolving. The right use of technology has become a necessity to make our hiring more accurate and efficient. Many companies have already started using Data Analytics as their next big move to improve their hiring. Getting the right resource at the right time is the key for any organization.

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Should companies also post anonymous reviews of candidates just like candidates do on Glassdoor?

On By Guest AuthorIn Lean Hiring, Social Hiring1 Comment

HeaderI am sure the moment you might have read the title of the blog post, you would have said@#$$#@#$$#@##$@$$#@$!!! Ooops Typo Error 🙂 It’s not your fault. The moment we hear about “Reviews” all we can think about is negative reviews. But reviews could be either positive or negative.

Last week, I was fortunate to be part of a panel discussion that was conducted by Rezoomex around this topic. At first, I too was taken aback by the topic, but then I did settle down and started to do research on this topic. The 1st thing that I did was to ask this question to my hiring community and candidates in my network. The reason was to know their views as it helps you to understand the pulse of the audience.

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Hey recruiters, now you too can do technical evaluation!

On By Dinesh GokhaleIn A.I. in Hiring, Lean HiringLeave a comment

This is in continuation to my earlier article Artificial Intelligence, hiring & you.

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After putting so much effort in calculating the Suitability Score, we later realized that it is just a part of the entire gamut of improved and cost-effective hiring. Also, we observed that candidates are very smart when it comes to writing their resumes. Sometimes, they even use paid services to create an impressive resume. Just calculating their suitability score based on the information provided in the resume wouldn’t be a complete solution.

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Artificial Intelligence, Hiring & You

On By Dinesh GokhaleIn A.I. in Hiring, Lean Hiring4 Comments

techhiringblog_jan20172Recently, I read an article. The author of this article, Recruitment industry will DIE in 2018, threw some light on how Machine Learning is picking up and thus, how many organizations are opting to use it to make their hiring seamless. We, recruiters, need to evolve and prepare ourselves for this change if we want to remain relevant. Some very good examples were cited by the author and; as expected; there were mixed reactions from the readers. Few agreed and others had a different perspective on this.

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