Consultant of the Year 2023

A JOURNEY FROM AVERAGE TO EXCELLENCE…

They say, “Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you are passionate about something, then you are more willing to take risks.” no matter what we do in life, being passionate and dedicated towards the same has a massive impact on its future. As the year 2022 is passing, it is leaving us with numerous lesions that are going to act as a helper in the upcoming year. To spill the beans and reveal the secret sauce of the success of entrepreneurial journeys, we are here with that edition.

Business Connect is a renowned platform for featuring the outperforming leaders and their brainchildren that are pushing the business world into a better place. So here, let’s end this year with a mesmerizing and exciting edition comprising tales of passion and dedication only. To make this edition successful, our editorial team had an interesting and exciting virtual session with the leadership panel of Crossdoor Consultants Pvt. Ltd., a leader in the talent acquisition realm. The Founder & CEO of the company, Ms. Sonia Midha shared numerous lesser-known facts about the company and shed some light on her overall entrepreneurial journey so far.

Her commitment and devotion to transforming the corporate world highly inspired us and made us feature her on the cover of our exclusive edition. We truly hope and desire that this fascinating tread will surely add some extra value to the lives of our global readership panel and will encourage budding leaders to break the barriers and chase their dreams.

Last but not the least, I would like to bid my farewell to this exciting year by sharing a few words about the importance of consistency and dedication toward whatever you are doing in life. Just make sure that you are passionate about your dreams and exceptionally crazy to make them a reality. I would end this read with one of my favorite quotes by Dwayne Johnson, “Success isnt always about greatness. Its about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness wil come!”

Keep Shining!

Gulshan Parveen Gulshan@businessconnectindia.in

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A New-Age HR Partner by Sonia Middha Offering Top-Notch Recruitment Solutions

Gulshan | Business Connect

According to the Workplace Diversity Report, women comprise 67% of the human resources workforce. The research has also pointed out that it stems from a woman’s strong emotional intelligence or capacity for empathy. Another apparent reason is that women are better at conflict resolution and have greater knowledge of human resources.

The Business Connect Magazine has recognised one such young enthusiastic leader in HR – Sonia Middha, Founder & CEO of Crossdoor Consultants Pvt. Ltd., an innovative Human Resource firm. Passionate, ardent, and fierce, Sonia Middha is among the most inspirational female leaders in HR who have paved their way with mastery and excellence.

When Crossdoor was established in 2015, the budding entrepreneur Sonia Middha had the opinion that youngsters have always been able to see things in a fresh, inventive way and have a strategically evolved approach. This belief pushed her to design and lead Crossdoor since its inception.

Young businesswoman Sonia Middha operates by a set of convictions she has developed because of her years of professional experience. She is always adaptable and eager to experiment with new things. She strives to foster a collaborative and innovative workplace atmosphere. She firmly thinks that team management and achieving objectives depend on transparency. She wants to create a work environment that attracts the right talent. She intends to do this by implementing productivity incentives and team-building activities to promote a collaborative work atmosphere.

Sonia Middha

FOUNDER & CEO

Crossdoor: Crafting Creative Hiring Strategies to Deliver Excellence

The human resource industry is booming with opportunities. Dedicated practice areas in technology, marketing, human resources, sales, finance, and accounting are included in Crossdoor’s service offering. With a distinctive onsite/offshore global delivery model, they help magnify the combination of human-resource economy and efficiency to pursue and deliver excellence. They are known for their effective method of acquiring talent from the market by proposing the right job options to the right job seekers.

Crossdoor has established itself as the preferred partner in recruiting for Salesforce partner firms as a result of its innovative methods and exceptional delivery strategy. Focusing on prominent sections of the talent acquisition process like Employer branding, building a talent attraction strategy, and execution of end-to-end talent acquisition, the team is delighted to serve the customers the best.

The Key Driving Force behind Croosdoor’s Success

The team at Crossdoor believes that only if an organisation opens itself to change can it be ahead of its curve. They benefit businesses by having diligent, capable, and dependable personnel. The following are some key elements that demonstrate how Crossdoor Consultant opens doors to success –:

• Crossdoor hire fully screened, trained, and inducted candidates so that you can focus on running your business.

• A partnership approach based on trust, transparency, and respect ensures that they contribute the most value possible by thoroughly comprehending your company’s needs.

• In order to best meet your demands, teamwork with you while keeping in mind the goals, plans, and strategies of your company.

• They have assisted both new businesses and well-established businesses in setting up captive offshore teams.

• With a distinctive onsite/offshore global delivery approach, they are an idea that helps to magnify the combination of human resource economy and efficiency to pursue and execute excellence.

The leading lady further apprised, “Crossdoor grew manifolds because of our work quality. We mostly acquired new clients as a result of word-of-mouth marketing, our expert work, and our tenacity in meeting the recruitment needs of our esteemed clients within the allotted time frame. Crossdoor has consistently set the bar high, whether it comes to pursuing specialised, critical tasks or meeting deadlines. Due to our prompt pledges and results, Crossdoor is consistently regarded as the top choice in booming industries like Salesforce.”

The Core Competencies of Crossdoor

Crossdoor Consultants’ unique approach and commitment to helping businesses acquire a dependable, knowledgeable, and dedicated workforce has propelled the company to greater heights in providing ideal recruitment solutions across numerous industries. Later, the company came up with the notion of combining virtual and in-person interviews during COVID-19 to streamline the employment process. Due to the cost and time reductions, it also aided in raising standards. In-person and remote employees working together in a hybrid workforce became more frequent. The transition to internal mobility has several advantages, including higher engagement, lower expenses, and a faster hiring process, but the significant advantage might be increased retention.

The core competency of Crossdoor Consultants lies in effectuating client requirements by delivering the best contractual and permanent staffing solutions specially designed for customers.

In addition, recruiters at Crossdoor take the opportunity to add new skills, adapt as needed, and show their value to the organisations. Recruiters rapidly add skills like bringing clarity to talent data, reshaping employer branding, and fine-tuning the hiring process.

Crossdoor’s Tale of Inception and the Journey so far

The passionate young lady, Sonia Middha, incorporated Crossdoor in 2015 with a vision to bridge the gap between speciality sectors and opportunistic people. She did not have posh offices or a substantial financial foundation, to begin with; all she had was her self-confidence and self-trust.

She firmly adheres to the adage, “We must first believe that we can succeed in order to succeed.” She was aware that her genuine dedication and laborious efforts would propel her up the success ladder and serve as an inspiration for other people with huge dreams.

With an aim to succeed, she started the recruitment practice with full faith in herself and slowly and gradually built her talented team across Pan India. Crossdoor did not restrict itself to hiring talent within Gurgaon city and instead sought out talent from throughout India. Building a prosperous empire and setting an example for other businesses and manpower agencies required the collaboration of talent from several states.

In the last seven years of her entrepreneurial journey, Sonia has shown her potential as an empowered lady, and her contribution to Indian business society has been an inspiration for not only women but also men.

Clientele & Corporate Ethos

Crossdoor primarily serves the IT sector, but they do not just stop there. PWC, Logitech, Emakina, Persistent Systems, Prodapt Solutions, GVMantra, Collabera, and a host of other companies are among the clients they serve. Their unique selling proposition (USP) aims to offer the greatest incredible and ready-to-join candidates so that there are no last-minute cancellations and our customers’ time, and money are invested wisely. Additionally, they assist clients in redesigning and constructing recruitment programmes, which enables them to create a top-notch candidate experience.

Crossdoor’s Exclusive Approach to Market their Brand

Crossdoor is committed to providing the highest talent and quality. They not only prioritise client satisfaction but also guarantee a smooth candidate experience.

1. They focus on the 3 Cs - Clarity, Communication, and Closure - and they try to always manage customer expectations.

2. Networking and events are the two key strategies they follow to promote the brand.

Dignitary Recognition and Appreciation Won by the Crossdoor Consultants

Sonia and Crossdoor Consultants have received several recognitions for their combined efforts. They have achieved such great success in their work at the grassroots level. In 2015, Crossdoor began in a modest home office but has since grown significantly. The voyage has been extremely intriguing and full of adventures and lessons. Crossdoor has made significant progress not only in India but in other regions as well, serving the workforce needs of businesses ranging from start-ups to significant MNCs. Crossdoor is considered to be the first preference when especially Salesforce is talked about.

Crossdoor Consultants: The Upcoming Plans for The Future

They have made a lot of progress and have accomplished a lot during the past seven years. However, Sonia and her subordinates also realise that these are only the initial years for the firm, and they have to go a long way, Crossdoor Consultants plan to have its offices in different cities across Pan India and spread the talent in all directions so that Crossdoor soon becomes India’s number one recruitment company.

Few Words of Advice

Everyone has dreams, and while we all want them to come true, we must work hard to realise them if we are to live up to them.

If you want to turn your goal into a reality, make sure to put your best foot forward. Your level of effort will determine the outcome of your success.

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by Sonia Middha Before Concluding According to Sonia Middha, “Dreams do come true if you are stubborn enough to make it true. Always Dream big!”

Ground-breaking Business Trends for

FOOD & BEVERAGE Companies

There is always a change of preference, that’s a human nature where people often get bored with choosing the same kind of meal every day. Bold flavors and meal-replacing snacks are always at the lead when it comes to food preferences, health, and wellness, immunity-boosting food. Consumers are more often nowadays, looking forward to nutrition-packed foods. An increase in the demand for healthier, quality frozen food products to fit in with changing lifestyle, more importantly for the maturing millennial generation who are busy in making a balance between a healthy family and career. The millennial consumers are more “clean eaters” than any other generation and intend to have a strong interest in what they are eating, how is it made, and by whom. Today is a generation that lives in a world where they can instantly access to information and if the consumer is unable to understand or find out about how a product is made and what is it inside it, they simply choose to leave it behind and switches to alternative products made by companies that have a more convincing and genuine commitment to sustainability and improvement of the environment.

Safety, Sustainability, and Transparency is all that matters

Consumers are more into demanding information about the food they eat, food safety is the main thing food and beverage industries focus on and it is now costing billions each year. The industry finds it more important to pinpoint safety issues immediately; from the people who are growing to the manufacturer, distributor, and beyond. The food companies need to be more focused on waste reductions as the consumers are more into demanding sustainable, transparent production and packaging in the products they purchase. As per the customer’s demand, the quality control and safety of the food products must be at the top.

The Constant Rising Costs and Increased Ambiguity

Growing uncertainty in the marketplace is a matter that is faced by the food and beverages company. Some companies of food may look for smaller warehouses that can manage supplies, but the rising storage costs may be prohibitive. Another uncertainty that includes here is increased labor costs and tightening workforce challenges. The companies are also facing issues with on-time delivery due to the ongoing truck driver shortage.

Innovation and Variation

Purchasing has vast availability of products, with so many different products that are available for the purchase in a crowd of channels like starting from in-store, farmer’s markets, online, social media, and more.

The product innovation and differentiation are considered to be important in the food and beverage companies. Creating some solutions that would meet consumer preferences around sustainability such as edible packaging will be on the growth.

The innovative way to automate repetitive processes that provide good opportunities for businesses in the matter of improving production, back-office processes, supply management, fulfillment, and delivery.

Adding to that, using acquired consumers and business data for better business decision-making will be implementing a comprehensive digital strategy.

Merger and Acquisitions

Companies looking forward to spreading their investments across smaller brand acquisitions in accordance to round out product and geographic portfolios versus investing in their own research and development to help in saving time as well as money and reaching new customers. Private Equity (PE) companies that have operated in the consumer brand space will have a need to adjust their strategy along with looking for deals further down the market. The companies will even take on acquisitions in segments that have better prospects as a salty snack food, snack bars, cookies, and ready-to-eat meals, even if they are outside their traditional business.

Leading Recruitment Firm Offering Integrated Solutions for Entire HR Practices

SACHIIN S JOG

“As Steve Jobs very rightly said, the only way to do great work is to love what you do if you haven’t found it yet keep looking. Don’t settle”.

Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect

The Indian staffing industry poses the potential to become one of the world’s largest, with the government supporting the market with ratifying the labor laws and regulations in concern of the same.

With so much potential oozing from everywhere in the country, Sachiin S Jog, Founder & CEO, Bluecrest HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd is providing one stop solution for HR functions such as Executive Search, Staffing solutions, and Payroll management.

With its registered office based in Mumbai, they specialize in recruiting for the Entry Level, Junior Level, Middle Management, and Senior Management levels across various verticals like BFSI, Energy and Power, Pharmaceutical, Textiles, Hospitality, Logistics, Engineering, Manufacturing, Real Estate and Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, Automobile & Ancillaries, Retail, FMCG, and Media. They don’t work as a vendors with their clients but more as a “Partner”. The focus is channeled the people, all the

Sachiin S Jog

employees are trained every six months on different programs like “Hiring through Social Media” or “Telephonic interviewing”.

At Bluecrest, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) model is put in use when the clients want huge numbers in a shorter span. Backward planning for clients is processed, once they comprehend what target the client has in mind, their team starts planning that in order to fulfill the requirement of the number of candidates are needed to source, screen and shortlist. They meet the clients regularly to understand their “pain points” and come up with solutions and also are an ERA member since inception and believe in ethical and transparent recruitment practices only.

Business Connect: Did everything come easy, or you have your story of struggle?

Sachiin: I quit my job with DHL Express in January 2004

Founder & CEO Bluecrest HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd

as the Head-Direct Business Unit and went back to DHL in March for a sign-up. Now I was on the other side of the table as a “Vendor Partner” and had a greater responsibility to prove myself again. I could not fail now as I had chosen this one-way street to start my own company and make it a success story. This was the start of the struggle as we needed quality employees of our own, clients who would give us mandates and also pay us on time. For the first 8 months, I was doing Sales, Recruitment, Operations, Collections, Finances, and Administration too. I used to sit in the car park of a potential client, call him and tell him that I had just finished a meeting in the vicinity and would he be free for a meeting. Some met me, others were busy but then I did not give up.

Any Entrepreneur has to learn on his own as there are no academic courses to churn out one. At times there are hits and other times misses too but the journey has to be carried forward.

Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve any special mentions?

Sachiin: DHL Express was our very first client and we built a good pool of talent on our payrolls from which DHL could cherry pick the best performing employees. We have done an RPO for a large multinational in background screening services where we hired 300 candidates to be put on our payrolls for a period of 3 months. We partnered a large insurance company on a pan India basis for staffing and sourcing 1500 employees.

We partnered Infomedia India before it became a part of the Network 18 group. We used to have monthly meetings with the entire HR team to understand obstacles to hiring and ways to overcome them. We used to meet line managers to solve issues and even handheld all over recruits after they joined the company for a period of 3 months. The bonding and the rapport building with the HR team were so good that post these monthly meetings we used to explore all new eating joints in the vicinity. We were the only consultant who saw a popular Hindi film with the Head HR and his team at a local cinema.

Business Connect: How do you ensure unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Sachiin: We keep them updated on all new developments E.g. regards to compliances etc. We honestly tell them as to what is possible and what is not, no false hopes or promises. We respect our clients and are always professional with them. We give them a quality talent or “benchmark candidates” who will add value to them. The feedback that our candidate is doing well in the company bring a smile on the face of our consultant

Business Connect: How do you keep pace with the changing market trends?

Sachiin: We conduct regular training programs for our team E.g. Social Media hiring, we invest in technology like an Applicant Tracking System and appoint a Social Media agency to create more awareness of what we are

doing amongst the client & the candidate community.

Business Connect: In terms of your market, what do you feel the future holds for entrepreneurs?

Sachiin: We require people to enter our industry with a vision and having long term goals. Sadly, there are many Mom & Pop shops operating from their respective residence who are there for a short term and spoil the market by cutting rates. Clients require value-added services and not cheaper rates

Business Connect: Who is your role model in the business/entrepreneurial world and what have you learned from the person?

Sachiin: My role model is Dhirubhai Ambani for the mammoth conglomerate he built from scratch. Some learnings were to roll up your sleeves and work no matter whether the job or client is small or big, dream big but dream with your eyes wide open, and change your orbit, constantly.

Business Connect: How are you giving back to society (CSR, if any)?

Sachiin: I am the Honorary HR Director of Triumph Blood Bank since the last 5 years and all support like hiring or payroll management is free of cost. I am a Volunteer for the last 8 years with Kotak Education Foundation and have worked in 3 interventions of theirs. We have started “The Bluecrest Foundation” to support bright students coming from the weaker sections of the society.

Business Connect: Apart from work, what else do you like to spend your time doing?

Sachiin: I have finished 4 half marathons, been on the Mount Kailash parikrama in Tibet, do a bungee jump. On my bucket list - I still want to make a second trip to Mount Kailash, do the Everest Base Camp trek and do a pilgrimage walk of 290 km in 9 days.

Business Connect: What are the achievements and milestones of the company?

Sachiin: I think that the biggest achievement or milestone for the company was to survive the economic downturn of 2009-11 and have clients and employees who have worked with us for more than 8 years. Without them, I would not be sitting down to pen this article for you.

From one branch in Pune, Bluecrest HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd is now looking forward to spread their branches in Bangalore and New Delhi in this coming year as well and head to a higher path to sucess.

“I believe that the journey has just begun and I walked a few steps. I still have to cover a long distance. For me, each day is a new day where am going to learn new things and explore new opportunities to make the journey of our candidates a magical one.”

Sachiin S Jog

K7 Consultants

Commendably Redefining The Recruitment And Training Process

“Our dedicated, strong, work-from-home employees are the backbone of our business. We empower them financially, utilizing their knowledge and education, while they are at home taking care of their kids and family, without having to waste their time and money in traveling.”

Bhuvaneshwari. R, Proprietor, K7 Consultants

In the business for almost a decade now, K7 Consultants have been successfully providing manpower and handpicked HR training for a number of business houses. They also bring to the table entrepreneurship training employability training for inexperienced and experienced recruits, and consultation, guidance and hand-holding for startups.

Striving to be the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, connecting human potential to the power of business. They serve both large and small organizations across all industry sectors through our brands and offerings.

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari. R, Proprietor, K7 Consultants, in conversation with Business Connect Magazine, taking us on a tour of the firm and its mannerisms.

Business Connect: How have you adapted yourself to the latest needs of the market?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: By knowing the pulse of the millennials and clients, and changing business strategies to the continuous transformation in the HR field.

Business Connect: What gives you an edge over your peers?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: We save clients’ precious time to focus on business expansion by saving their 80% energy spent on recruitment. I educate clients on hiring the right people and what skill set to look for while hiring. We give a bonus to our client: Free induction and orientation to all selected candidates before joining. Our USP is our constant postplacement follow-ups with both clients and candidates for the first 6 months and then on an as-needed basis.

Business Connect: Do you see any transformation happening in the entrepreneurial world? If yes, please mention a few of those.

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Yes, definitely. With great foresight, budding entrepreneurs apply practical strategies for success. They unlearn the non-result oriented strategies through training, skilling and reskilling to match the current and foresee the future trends. Like-minded entrepreneurs are doing collaborative businesses rather than seeing others as competitors, they support each other and grow together. They also are open to learn new skills and diversify their businesses in different sectors in the form of inviting investors or working partners, sharing basis, etc.

Business Connect: Did you face any obstacle during the initial days? How did you sail through them?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Yes, of course. Obviously, without obstacles, can anyone grow in the business world and reap success? I am the first generation entrepreneur in my

BHUVANESHWARI. R Proprietor, K7 Consultants

Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect

family. Initially, I faced hurdles in building a reputation in the market and Streamlining timely deliverance strategies. With transparency in our dealings, we overcame those obstacles. Choosing the right client helped a lot as well to overcome these obstacles.

Business Connect: What was your learning during struggling days so that our readers could prepare themselves for upcoming challenges?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Be confident, be positive, be honest and be frank with all your dealings with customers because one satisfied customer is equal to 10 new customers. Provide hassle-free payment structures and don’t waste your time with time-consuming clients. Have a mentor to measure your success and rank you without any judgment and learn from the mistakes. Do not repeat mistakes.

Business Connect: Please tell us something about your clientele. Mention some well-recognized names that could be published in our magazine.

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: We have a family of strong 500+ clients, we have served a wide range of SMEs and MSMEs from 5 crores up to 1500 crore turnover companies in and around districts of Coimbatore.

Business Connect: How do you ensure the unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Will ensure all our clients get the best workforce to match their job description with meager attrition and be an asset to the company in the long run. By giving our best service with extra mileage and asking for feedback. Though there is a rare chance, if at all if we foresee delay or non-availability of our services, we will keep them informed in the first place. Getting consistent post placement feedbacks will help us in further streamlining it better.

Business Connect: How difficult is it to remain relevant and motivated in this competitive world?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: By providing the utmost extra care and extra mileage of my services to my clients. I constantly listen to podcasts and read books of world-class life coach like Mr. Dan Lok, Mr. Robin Sharma, Mr. Warren Buffet and evergreen couplet treasure of Thiruvalluvar’s Thirukural and Dr. Irai Anbu’s wide range of books and such range management books.

By connecting the dots and seeing where was earlier and what have I achieved in a decade. Appreciating ourselves when we achieve our target is a great motivation from my point of view. Not expecting others’ opinions for my decisions unless there is confusion about it. Though I get various ideas, I make sure the final decision is purely based on my discretion which suits the strategy of the business line.

Business Connect: Tell us something about your staff. How do you ensure their efficiency and positivity towards work in challenging times?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: My full time and freelancing recruiters are highly dedicated and understand our way of business. We provide extreme care in the selection process, a clear-cut detailed orientation and induction process to

understand our style of working and company culture, timely deliverance of productivity on a daily basis. Empathizing their difficulties and help them grow in their career with time management strategies.

Business Connect: Who is your role model in the business/ entrepreneurial world and what have you learned from the person?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Mr. Ratan Tata. Strategic building and diversification of business, he ensures that his employees are well trained before they start their job and Mr. Narayanamoorthy, with a simple start to massive growth, he’s a game changer in IT field.

Business Connect: Highlight a few achievements of the company.

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: We are strongly positioned for a decade now in the field of HR recruits and training. We have built trust and reputation in the job market among employers and employees, and we are the leaders in Coimbatore, providing a wide range of manpower from around Tamilnadu, placing approximately 1500 – 2000 candidates so far.

Business Connect: What are your thoughts on women participation in the entrepreneurial world?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Creative women always have great chances to start and own a business. Once you have identified your forte and understood how to use your skills suitably, be a man or a woman, nothing is far from your reach.

Business Connect: What are the future plans for the company?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: We are looking forward to giving employment for more women to work-from-home to utilize their education, knowledge, and experience and to get financial freedom. We want to help a lot more candidates to get decent jobs and bring technological advancement in the recruitment process. Also, we will come up with a chain of upskilling and reskilling centers for the unemployed. We request all our candidates who get job through our consultancy to plant a neem tree at their home as part of gratitude they show to us for getting them placed in decent companies in a decent salary; otherwise, we do not charge any registration fee or payment fee for job given.

Business Connect: What core values do you carry till date that have remained a constant?

Ms. Bhuvaneshwari: Be patient to build trust within consumers, learn business skills and gain stable clients. There are no shortcuts to success. There are no failures or setbacks in life, but they are all rich experiences. Above all, attitude decides one’s success.

Enabling a suite of ground-breaking workforce managing solutions, K7 Consultants covers an absolute range of placements, human resource management, training and more. They bring you solutions that help to take the business forward with custom-made solutions to suit the requirements of the organization.

With a vision to give employment to lakhs of job seekers, they ensure developing the most productive skills in a recruit to gain the potential of a successful entrepreneur in the future.

A Superbly Lucrative Hobby Lifestyle

In today’s modern life, everyone is busy with work, official obligations, and family commitments. With the passing time, the pace of life is getting fast and then even faster every day and so hurriedly everybody must utilize every precious moment of their life, otherwise, they would lag behind in the race of real life. By this article, I would like to introduce Ornamental fish and its present scenario as Start-up business.

Is it only a daydream or you can convert your hobby into a successful business?

In the present world, fish keeping (or Ornamental fish keeping) is one of the most preferred hobbies after reading or traveling, and the number of hobbyists for ornamental fish (goldfish, zebrafish, catfish, rosy barb or gold barb, and fighting fish or betta) keeping is increasing day by day because with proper planning, commitment, and a business attitude it can be a magnificent opportunity for revenue generation and entrepreneurship development. The fish is a manifestation of great prosperity and wealth. Ornamental fish have good scope for Start-ups. The business comprises rearing of ornamental fish. The brilliant colors and exotic aspects of fishes attract people of all ages. Youngsters are highly fascinated by the adorable creatures in an aquarium.

Ornamental Fish

The trade of Ornamental fish started in India in the year 1969. World Ornamental Fish market crossed 420 crores in 2017 and is projected to grow with a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of more than 7.85%, in value terms, during 2019-2024, to reach over 620 crores by 2024. The term Ornamental fish is generally used as a comprehensive term to relate aquatic animals kept in the aquarium, which includes fishes (danio, guppy, swordtails), invertebrates (e.g., hermit crabs, rock lobsters, shrimps), molluscs (e.g., Oysters, snails, scallops), and also live rock or live sand. Ornamental fish are certainly nature’s incredible advent. A neatly maintained aquarium containing ornamental fish adds aesthetic appearance to well-furnished drawing rooms at homes, in hotel lobbies, restaurants, and other public places.

India has great potentials in the production of Ornamental fish due to the presence of rich biodiversity of species in the Western Ghats and North East India, favorable climatic conditions, and availability of economical labor. Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal are the major states involved in the practice of ornamental fish farming. The recent story of a farmer Yatindra Kashyap hailing from Motihari, Bihar is a perfect example who took funding from State government build ponds and gradually within a span of 5 years succeeded in making a good profit.

In the ornamental species trade, two types of fishes are available i.e. indigenous (Local) and exotic (Foreigner). The ease of availability of an enormous number of native species has largely contributed to the development of the ornamental fish industry. The indigenous species are mainly present in North-eastern states, West Bengal, Bihar, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. According to the data available, to meet the export demand of the country the collection and rearing of around 90% of native species are done of which 85% belong to Northeast. Presently, nearly about 210 native species are exported to foreign countries. There is also a great demand for exotic species due to its color, shape, and appearance. There are above 300 exotic species that are involved in the ornamental fish trade, and demand for them keeps rising.

What things are needed for Starting an Ornamental Fish business?

•Aquarium or fish tank or concrete tanks or glass tanks-For rearing of Fish

•Pumps-Centrifugal and Turbine-For filling freshwater from a freshwater source

•Biofilter-Allows microorganism to grow which helps in the breakdown of wastes

•Aeration Devices-For adequate supply of Oxygen

•Seine Net or Net Reels - For catching fish

•Holding and Grading Equipment-Belts, tank trucks

•Water testing equipment- Pocket testers to analytical instrumentation for measuring pH, Conductivity, and other water quality characteristics.

What are the advantages of ornamental fish rearing as a business?

• It gives amusement to youngsters

• It enables relaxation of the mind and hence contributes to a healthy society

• It allows youngsters to get acquainted with nature and use their time adequately

• It creates an employment opportunity

• It can help in generating foreign exchange

Conclusion

Opening up a business of ornamental fish is perfect for the entrepreneur looking to support their passion for keeping beautiful and healthy exotic and common fish and bringing themselves near to Nature. Proper training of rearing Ornamental fish and knowledge of disease management is an important aspect to be gained to boost the Start-up business plan that would improve the overseas and domestic trade of the varieties.

Live Jobs Global

Yashasvi Khushu | Business Connect

One of the biggest impacts that the transforming dynamics of the company ecosystem has seen is on the augmented demands of recruits.

In the race to stay ahead of the curve, there have been rapid innovations in technology and market conditions have evolved massively in terms of charting the demands of adding talented professionals to the network. These rifts mean that the role of staffing firms is affirmatively large in the present scenario.

Largely this is only one of the few prudent reasons why the manpower providers have become an inevitable part of meeting the right talent. There are other reasons like job creation to absorb the growing working population as well that the government is paying interest on, eventually to help a larger number of companies to share the burden of recruitments and manpower service companies facilitate this process at large.

Likewise, equipped with a swarm of a corroborated database of job hunters, Live Jobs global is a leading Manpower oversees recruitment consultant from India and

Sajjan Karna, in a conversation with Business Connect Magazine, enlightens our readers about his Certified Recruitment Company, his dedicated recruitment team that’s competent to fulfill both permanent and contractual job requirements in a defined time frame,

Business Connect: How do you feel you are different from your competitors?

Mr. Karna: Our commitment to delivering qualified talent while adhering to stringent professional standards makes us an undisputed recruitment partner in the times of need. We deliver quality services to our premium client in the stipulated time.

Business Connect: Did you see any transformation happening for startups, over the years in your field?

Mr. Karna: In the previous times the picture was different, but now, hiring at managerial levels in particular country 87% chances are that they would select the can-

“Nothing comes easy in life, you have to work hard to gain whatever you strive for. Moreover, I was not among the ones born with a silver spoon, I worked hard for my achievements”.

Sajjan Karna

the brainchild of Sajjan Karna, CEO, Live Jobs Global, that fulfills manpower requirements for global clients based in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Canada, Singapore, South Africa, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Malaysia, and London.

SAJJAN KARNA CEO, Live Jobs Global

didate of local nationality, 10% hiring goes for European and rest 3% for different countries.

Business Connect: Did everything come easy, or you have your story of struggle?

Mr. Karna: Nothing comes easy in life, you have to work hard to gain whatever you strive for. Moreover, I was not among the ones born with a silver spoon. I did my schooling from a Govt. school in Pupri, Sitamarhi, Bihar then moved to Delhi for Senior Secondary education. It was an abrupt change in thought, lifestyle, and language, things were in favor and I finished my M.B.A, but unfortunately, it was the time of recession. Due to which I couldn’t find a suitable job, I moved to Mumbai, gave various interviews, resided with relatives due to lack of finances and somehow managed to sustain my living.

As they say ‘try and try again until you succeed’, I tried and bagged a decent job in the world’s largest Aluminum company, learned strategies and business plans. This encouraged me to start something of my own and I started Live Jobs Global a year ago, and rest is history.

Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve?

Mr. Karna: We serve client spread throughout the globe, most of which are in the Gulf, UAE, and Europe. We work in Mining (Underground or Open pit), Metals, Construction, Fertilizers, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure, Power, IT & Telecom.

Business Connect: How do you ensure unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Mr. Karna: By proving them unmatched services. We ensure that we provide quality services and delivery on time. Following and upholding the highest standard of professionalism and business ethics no matter what comes in our way of success.

Business Connect: How do you keep pace with the changing market trends?

Mr. Karna: As per the business forecast especially 2019 and 2020 recruitment strategy will change gradually, companies are focused to hire local nationals as per the government regulation and meet the MOL regulation and under the government body, we are moving and making own database for the local national active job seeker through our website. Western candidates are preferable for top 10 companies who seek qualified candidates with an international passport.

Business Connect: Do you still come back to work with the same zeal, like you did when you started?

Mr. Karna: Every morning there are a number of challenges to overcome and I have to deliver productive work at all times, for which the plan comes under a managed budget and results come-post the equal level of indulgence and zeal.

Business Connect: In terms of your market, what do you feel the future holds for entrepreneurs?

Mr. Karna: There is supreme importance of time, which

further adds to amplify the focus and accuracy to identify the right client. If you are selling a unique concept with appropriate services, it will sell. You also should know your rivals well and always have set plans to compete healthily.

Business Connect: What do you ensure the most while setting up the recruitment process?

Mr. Karna: When we take an interview for recruitment, we make sure to extract the right talent out of the interviewee and put them into the right place matching the experience and position.

Business Connect: Who is your role model in the business/entrepreneurial world and what have you learned from the person?

Mr. Karna: More than a role model, I have stronger morals and values, I have core beliefs that I carry and have kept me strong. I work hard and in the right direction to meet the required value in the market, I entrust my faith in my co-workers and try to always target the right segment of the market.

Business Connect: Apart from work, what else do you like to spend your time doing?

Mr. Karna: I like to invest my time in reading and understanding about the market and the constant transformations, concepts, future potential etc. that happens in connection to my industry, like I have been going through a lot about the government inputs and the new plan accelerated in the year 2018 and that would be of a great help to my industry.

Business Connect: What does the future hold for the company?

Mr. Karna: Our vision is to become the leading International service provider of Human Resource Competencies. Also, to be recognized as an innovative & cost-efficient India based HR Consulting Partner that solely are serving the clients and job seekers with professionalism, integrity, and honesty.

Business Connect: What is your profit ratio cut on promotional expenses?

Mr. Karna: For any business, marketing is the first key factor to run the company. We make sure that 10 % revenue in each month is spent on all the possible ways of marketing. If we are looking to be in the market, there is a high need to have influential visibility for our potential and current clients to see us on various social pages and website.

A number of studies have taken place over time and proven that this industry is entitled to grow at the rate of more than 10% in the following years. And with the swiftly changing market trends, a number of business houses will have to boil down to the services of manpower service providers to pro-actively find the suitable candidate.

Making Centralized Recruitment Services Stress-Free For Fortune 500 Companies

Understand that there is no success without hard work, understand that success alone breeds success. All the best things happened when people said they’re impossible, someone will be the first one, might as well be you.

Regardless of what a business house is dealing with, from manufacturing to services, the backbone, the most essential part of the process is to bring together a team that successfully handles the complete process. Hiring the best talent for the job role not just ensures optimum results but also helps in remaining competitive and in the front row of the market. Dr. Sanjay Salunkhe, Founder and group CEO, Net Employment Services Pvt. Ltd. (Net HR) is making this possible with 19 years of experience in specialized executive hiring. Net HR is a leading Technology recruitment consultant, based out of Mumbai with operations pan India via multiple offices in India. They offer Permanent recruitment solutions from Mid-level to Highest level for its clients, thanks to their massive data. Their Fortune 100 clientele combines Investment Banking, Software Product Firms, Technology Services, Insurance, Broking, Hospitality and Retail Banking sectors. They are able to actively gauge the changes in the market needs because of their experienced team and a pan India presence.

In a conversation with Business Connect Magazine, Dr. Salunkhe talks about being the preferred partner in technology hiring space, adapting the latest technologies, large database management, internal team management, and external communications and more.

Business Connect: Did you face any obstacle during the initial days? How did you sail through them?

Dr. Salunkhe: I went through big losses in 2001-2002 due to all eggs in one basket (IT recruitment) and had to mortgage the house to pay staff salaries, but within 1 year through hard work and cooperation of employees we were able to turn around the company. And in 2006 I sold major (54% stake) to a Japanese staffing company. Our company was valued at 4 million US dollars then.

Salunkhe

Dr. Sanjay Salunkhe

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Founder and group CEO

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Business Connect: What was your learning during struggling days so that our readers could prepare themselves for upcoming challenges?

Dr. Salunkhe: Never put all eggs in one basket (only one industry recruitment) because if that industry suffers due to recession or any other reason you are affected a lot. Trust yourself and your judgment and carry the team with you. Your trust is their trust and your people are your biggest asset. I learned that the staff will go through hardship and struggle with the boss if they believe in the boss, his vision and his struggle and know that there is honesty and integrity in the individual. When the turnaround happened I shared the rewards with them too.

Business Connect: How difficult is it to remain relevant in this competitive world? How do you keep yourself motivated during tough times?

Dr. Salunkhe: As I have gone through major problems earlier, now no issues scare us. To be relevant one has to be aware of the market, emerging forces as well as political trends because shifts in trends in one country can affect the recruitment of staff in another. Likewise, upcoming countries can be new areas to not only diversify the basic pool to recruit but also become the area to bring employment opportunities for IT experts from India.

Business Connect: Who is your role model in the business/ entrepreneurial world and what have you learned from the person?

Dr. Salunkhe: There is not one specific person. But Attributes in the people who taught me, who guided me, who stood with me through thick and thin. As a CEO, you need to be a master of various traits along with a strong hold on finance as it is the heart of businesses. Having a risk bearing trait is the biggest asset of all along with the will to fight.

Business Connect: What are your thoughts on women participation in the entrepreneurial world?

Dr. Salunkhe: The world is an open arena for women entrepreneurs. Women have the capacity to multi-task and that is what being an entrepreneur demands. You have to keep track of numerous things and yet keep yourself sane enough to take the right decisions. Their natural sensitivity and empathy helps them to bring out the best and yet like a mother they can be hard for the good of the child. Women are in that regard naturally geared and and have always proved themselves worthy. In NET HR 90% of employees are women and even in our other verticals like the Education Company, they make up 60% of the staff.

Business Connect: What are your short term and long term future plans for the company?

Dr. Salunkhe: Short term plans are to keep pushing the envelope and create more business while the long term goal is to steer the company towards the emerging trends to be a leader.

Business Connect: How have you adapted yourself to the latest needs of the market?

Dr. Salunkhe: With a close eye on the new trends in the market, we always mold and update ourselves in a timely fashion. We have an edge on understanding in terms of quality benchmark, ideal to practical turnaround time and right fitment.

Business Connect: What gives you an edge over your peers?

Dr. Salunkhe: What makes us better than our peers is the well experienced, expert and highly motivated team strength we possess. Along with that, we do not rely on the portals only for recruitment as we have a huge base of passive content being in the industry for 19 years which helps us to give a high offer-to-join percentage.

Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve?

Dr. Salunkhe: Our clientele consists of Top Global Giants from Investment Banking, Financial Services, Information technology (Product & service), Insurance, Banking & Broking and Fin-tech Space.

Business Connect: How do you ensure the unbreakable faith of clients in your company?

Dr. Salunkhe: Having strong ethical mindset, we work with full integrity and honesty and that’s how our client relies on us for 11th-hour support in crisis situations also. Providing quality at right time with right fit has helped us to build an unbreakable faith in all our clients.

Business Connect: Tell us something about your staff. How do you ensure their efficiency and positivity towards work in challenging times?

Dr. Salunkhe: Our team strongly follows the values of the organization. We ensure their efficiency and positivity towards work in challenging times by regular training & grooming of the team, motivating them by giving additional entrepreneurial responsibilities.

Business Connect: Please let us know about the achievements of the company.

Dr. Salunkhe: We have been Top 5 vendors for Majority of our clients for over a decade and with continuous efforts, we intend to be the most preferred vendor.

Dr. Salunkhe avers that in the coming few years AI (Artificial Intelligence) will change a lot of things like an assessment of skills through robotic testing, tracking changes in the way entrepreneurial skills are developed etc. Portions and segments of workplace work will give way to Robots, so that would need a new set of IT people who would be able to track and ensure the Robots perform.

In the future, it is anticipated that the management of the Robots would be a new set of skills and will give way to evolving self-learning Robots. The supervision arm would still have to be Human. Ahead in time, tied to robotics is the entire world of virtual and augmented reality and their use for the medical and other fields that will eventually give rise to a different set of skill needs in IT.

Start-up Technology tackling blindness

The human eye is the most vital and sensitive sense organ. It requires the utmost care as it enables us to view the real colorful world around us. Blindness is exactly defined as the condition of absolute loss of vision in the two eyes. In recent years, the culmination of Start-ups has proved its mark in almost every domain of life including healthcare and has developed competitiveenvironment in business world driving, passionate and innovative young entrepreneurs from all over the world. With the rise of middle class and digitalization of almost every system, there has been an increase in the dependency of the Internet and Mobile gadgets, well-received for quality and affordable eye healthcare in India. By this article, I have tried to present an overview of different scopes of start-ups in eye care to improve vision and cure cataract, glaucoma, myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, presbyopia, blindness and promote awareness among people for eye donation.

Healthcare market in India is fixed to grow from 10000 crores INR in 2016 to 28000 crores INR in 2020, creating a huge opportunity for Eye healthcare and Eye health tech companies and start-ups. World Health Organization (WHO) and International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) has prepared VISION 2020 with an aim of “right to sight" to improve the lives of people suffering from blindness and vision impairment and other eye disorders. It is the world level action for avoiding blindness and other eye disorderliness.

KEY FACTS RELATED TO BLINDNESS

• In India, there are around 12 million people suffering from blindness issues

• World statistics estimates approximately 1.3 billion people live suffering from some form of vision impairment

• With regards to distance vision, around 188.5 million people have a mild vision impairment, about 217 million have moderate to severe vision impairment, and around 39 million people are blind

• With regards to near vision, around 826 million people suffer from near vision impairment (Presbyopia)

• At the global level, the leading causes of vision impairment are uncorrected refractive errors and cataracts

• Around 80% of all vision impairment globally is considered avoidable or curable

• The major section of people with vision impairment belong to above 50 years age

Young Entrepreneurs may plan for Start-ups business with the Ideas for Eyecare discussed below

• Establishment of Eye Care Diagnostic AI(Artificial Intelligence) Start-up

• Restoration of vision to blind using Advanced Nanotechnology

• Development of Active implantable medical devices (AIMD) like Pacemaker for heart

• Gene therapy Start-up to restore vision in patients. Recently different Biotech companies have targeted different mutations e.g. RPE65 gene responsible for blindness in children and adults

• Facilitate Home visual acuity tests. It is the test used to find the reading ability on a standardized chart (Snellen chart) or a card held 20 feet (6 meters) away. The test is very useful for students

• Develop Bioengineered cornea with the help of synthetic polymers. It is the best alternative to donor corneas for high‐risk patients of rejection

• Establish facilities for Corneal cross-linking (CXL). It is a minimally invasive outpatient method designed to treat progressive keratoconus

• Develop treatments for Fibrotic diseases of the eye. It is very useful in cases of mechanical wound or metabolic abnormalities in eye

• Develop novel therapies for mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases of the eye and central nervous system

• Develop fully functioning electronic retinal prosthesis, in order to give back to blind persons a part of their lost sight

• Detection of diabetic retinopathy

• Genetics related dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and associated rare genetic diseases

• Unique non-invasive soft contact lens-based solution, with the aim of revolutionizing glaucoma

• Develop bionic eye devices. Very useful for retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration

• Develop an eye pressure measurement system consisting of an implantable microsensor, responsible for pressure sensing

• Develop treatments of ocular surface diseases (related to cornea, conjunctiva and the limbus tissues) using Mobile technologies and self-diagnostics

• Utilizing a CO2 laser technology to substantially minimize pressure, by restoring the natural fluid percolation without pervading into the eye

Conclusion

With an aim to increase the awareness towards the blind people, the Indian Government is organising the Prevention of Blindness Week campaign from 1st to 7th April. Let us take up the cudgels and find out innovative ideas to resolve this major issue of Blindness from our nation and help in giving sight to the people and show them the real wonderful world.

Recreating An Exemplary Recruitment Process For The Aspirants

PRADEEP KUMAR PADHI Founder & CEO

Rashi Saral | Business Connect

Unemployment is one of the monolithic problems of this nation; youngsters acquire the Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees in their respective streams, but they face a lot of struggle to find the optimum jobs. This needs to be dealt with by the rational minds of the nation. Innovative ideas with sound technology provide aid to youngsters for dealing with this existent issue. Recany has brought a drastic and positive change in the recruitment process of our country.

Inside story of Recany Recany (formerly known as JJ Consultants) is one of the top-notch recruitment companies in India which serves both national and global staffing needs. The inception of this organization took place in 2008, since then, it is setting a breaking record. For the continuous progress of Recany, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Padhi has put all his vital energies and always being the backbone of it.

Recany has created an extremely potent and intelligent team which helps the organization to achieve the toughest goals in the most adverse situations by applying outof-the-box thinking.

The foremost and prime responsibility of Recany is to hire talented employees for different companies. In this competitive phase, companies want the best individuals to work with them.

“We provide the placement opportunities to youth; companies are benefitted from our process by having extremely skilled employees.”- says Pradeep

Corporate Scenario of the Company Companies, in the present scenario, want highly talented individuals who are efficient, and for the obvious reasons are not lacking in ethics. Recany plays a vital role in rendering the best employees to clients. Following are the reasons why companies want to invest in it.

• Recany has a highly skilled workforce that is built on referral and successful partnership.

• Recruiters possess a clear understanding and are exceptionally skilled in identifying the topmost talents around the globe and matching them with the client’s needs.

• Recany has an amazing record in the recruitment process. It provides 85% fill ratio for each open position they are aligned within the stipulated time period.

• 90% of candidates they provide who continue to work for more than 2 years.

• The process is pure and transparent; clients never feel the trace of dishonesty.

Commendable services offered by the enterprise

In today’s times, when the trust is falling apart over the recruitment companies; Recany, on the other hand, is continually winning the hearts and faith of its clients. By offering the exemplary services, unshakeable confidence, it is creating on the minds of clients. Let’s look over the services; the leading organization has to give:

Permanent Recruitment

The process is not temporary which means Recany provides the best-suited individuals to various industries in the shortest span by collaborating with the companies of all types and sizes in the search of excellent talent.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing

Recany provides customized, scalable and flexible Recruitment Process Outsourcing solutions (RPO) for the requirement of skilled candidates with the desired profiles.

Contract/Temporary Staff Recruitment

A Contract/temporary Staff can lead to cost savings and enhanced productivity for the organization. It also enables you to focus on your business without many overheads each month. Embrace flexibility and business freedom with Recany’s quality contract staffing services.

International Jobs Placement and Visa

Youngsters, after accomplishing their academic tenure or acquiring experience in their jobs, want to go overseas to test their truest potential. International companies also want to hire talented employees who can work efficiently for them.

Recanny has successfully placed many job seekers in Dubai, Sharjah Malaysia, Thailand, Maldives and other countries and has provided various visa services like Visit Visa, Work Permit and Employment Visa to its candidates so that they do not face obstacles to start new in abroad.

Critical Recruitment Process for the potent candidates

As already mentioned above, Recany works for recruitment both in India and globally; the process of hiring recruitment is the same in both cases. There are some norms that excellent team of Recany has designed to filter the cream layer out of the total candidates. So, let’s talk in detail the underlying process:

The first requirement from the candidates has updated CV in MS-WORD format in accord to their sample CV. Curriculum Vitae should include all the relevant information such as educational history, work experiences, personal information, and contact details. In case of Mechanical / Technical Candidate has to include the photos of their Machine, Product & mention their Client name. There should not be any kind of discrepancy in the CV; it ought to be true. After getting the CV, Recany will match the CV with the current requirements. Suiting the requirements, there will be two telephonic interview rounds with the candidate from the consultancy. After executing these steps, they schedule client interview either through Skype or Telephone. Once after completing the client interview, they need five working days to update the candidate about the result. They will take multiple interviews matching his/her profile if not shortlisted in the first go. Once after getting finalized by the employer, Recany will confirm the candidate about his/her joining in the Company.

Traits which make Recany different from the Competitors Undoubtedly, in the reign of competition, companies need to show their uniqueness in the market so that they can beat an intense competition. There are some traits which make Recany - a powerful recruitment company, from which other companies of the same league have a

fear of. According to Pradeep, an ardent; their transparency, genuine behavior, to the point recruitment, fast process and the result- oriented strategy are the traits which make Recany stands strong in front of its rivals.

“If there is no competition, there is no interest and urge to improve.”

There is a major transformation happening for startups, over the years in the field of recruitment, for which the team of Recany prepares itself and always strives for the uniqueness in the process.

Learning from Challenges

Pradeep faced a lot of challenges during an initial phase of the enterprise; to overcome them he worked so hard which is evident from the company’s success. He enjoyed the challenges during his struggling period. Constant learning attitude is the supreme factor which makes Recany a regal enterprise in the market.

There is no comparison of encouragement / aggressiveness with SELF CONFIDENCE.

Clients associated with Recany Pradeep’s strong relations with the clients develop unbreakable trust and faith over him. The man has dominated over all verticals such as Mechanical, Aerospace, Oil & gas, Electrical, BPO, IT, Electronics, FMCG, Automobile, Healthcare, Commercial, Retail, and Startup hiring.

Tycoon possesses a positive growth mindset; each client inspires him to work harder with the same zeal and passion.

Some personal Insights!

An entrepreneur always keeps an astounding balance between his personal and professional life; there is no compromise between the two. When he is not working then we find him spending his leisure time with family. Whenever got time, he used to take his Mother for Religious Tour. As per him “He is always blessed by MAA”. He is a family-oriented individual; it is his strength, the source of daily motivation.

Pradeep’s father, Lt. Sri Chandra Sekhar Parhi, played a crucial role in his life journey and being a role model in business/entrepreneurial world.

Achievements and milestones of the company

There are breathtaking achievements Recany has achieved. It occupied the space in the top 20 Promising Recruitment Consultants in 2018 by Silicon India Magazine Milestone. Now, it is eager to start work with some European Country Companies.

Our future aspiration is to be one of the strong career making consultancies of the current young generation.

“One, who respects time, never faces a depraved one.” Lastly added Pradeep.

SUPERIOR TALENT INDIA

Centralized, Tailor-Made Solutions for All Your Staffing Needs

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“I FaceTime with the members of my team—there is no substitute for one-on-one communication. There’s an open-door policy to raise concerns or propose new and improved ways of doing things. I don’t micromanage, but instead, I empower employees to take ownership of their roles and responsibilities”.

– Navin Gautham P.

Navin Gautham P ( Director & Country Manager)

The most prominent shift of trends in the recruitment industry’s growth cycle is the increase in talent-specific jobs. Today’s companies are coming up with their own specific demands that directly impact business ecosystems. And with the pace at which the market shifts (due to evolving conditions and technology) companies are pushed to boil down their demands to precise specializations so they can stay ahead of the curve.

This transformation means that the recruiting firms now have a larger role to play. As such, the industry is becoming more important to organizations whose productivity and reputation depend on hiring the right talent.

With more than 60 years of talent solutions experience led by Acara CEO Scott Stenclik and Superior Talent India (STI) Director Navin Gautham P, both companies offer a full range of services, including contingent staffing, direct placement, payrolling, contract-todirect, recruitment process outsourcing, and executive search—tailored to the unique and wide-ranging needs of our clients throughout India, the United States, and around the world.

Who is Scott Stenclik?

Scott Stenclik is the CEO of Acara, a talent and recruiting solutions company with a workforce of more than 8,700 employees and dozens of locations throughout the United States, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Stenclik has led the company since 1992 and has been with the organization since 1986. Previously, he worked in audit and tax consulting at Ernst & Young LLP and is a New York State Certified Public Accountant. Stenclik earned his bachelor’s degree in economics at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Who is Navin Gautham P.?

Navin is the director of Superior Talent India and has more than 13 years of experience in the recruitment and talent acquisition industry. He has been with the company since its days as Summit HR India, and he has held a variety of roles critical to the business’ growth and success.

Navin graduated from Madras University in India, where he studied electronics and communications engineering.

For more than a decade, Stenclik and Gautham have been working together to formulate engaging experiences for both companies and thousands of job seekers and employees around the world.

Business Connect: How do you feel you are different from your competitors?

STI: We help candidates navigate the hiring process from start to finish, taking time to understand their qualifications and career goals to place them in positions where we’re confident they’ll succeed. On the client side, we offer a level of high-touch, personalized service that others in our industry cannot deliver.

Business Connect: With years of experience in the field, have you seen any transformation happening for startups?

STI: Absolutely, yes. In 2018, we saw a better year for startups in India, strongly backed up by consumerism and digitization. Since the average age of startup founders in the country is 28 years, Millennials and GenZs are well-versed and well-equipped with the technological advancements like AI, machine learning, and even blockchain technology. In fact, startups are more receptive toward the implementation of technological advancements.

Business Connect: Did everything come easy, or do you have a story of struggle?

STI: Nothing comes easy in this industry. As late entrants in the market, we faced fierce competition. But what makes us different from other staffing and recruitment consultancies is our approach to serve our clients and candidates. When we became part of the Aleron group of companies, it became easier to sell the brand to our clients, prospects, and candidates. Superior Talent India is now a trusted brand by companies in a wide variety of the industries.

Business Connect: What kind of clients do you serve? Any special mentions?

STI: We serve prestigious clients from several domains, such as IT, ITES, BFSI, retail and e-commerce, aerospace and aviation, manufacturing, automotive, telecommunications, and semiconductors within the healthcare and pharmaceuticals domain.

Business Connect: How do you ensure unbreakable faith from clients?

STI: Superior Talent India differentiates its capabilities to deliver high-quality service in a cost-effective manner. Investment in our internal training program creates world-class recruiters that work for our clients in a dedicated manner. Our Six Sigma approach to the talent supply chain provides monitoring and QA at all stages to ensure that our clients meet their hiring objectives on time and on budget.

Business Connect: How do you keep pace with the changing market trends?

STI: We will continue to evolve as we optimize and streamline recruiting efforts to attract the best, most qualified talent. Also, by keeping up the pace with the dominant trends in the recruitment and staffing industry, we are focusing on how AI impacts the way we do businesses, growing our talent pool, creating a mobile-friendly candidate experience, and most importantly, making personal connections with people.

Business Connect: Do you believe R&D is essential for the growth of the company?

STI: Yes, R&D delivers information based on statistics and data, which is vital to predicting where the

recruitment and staffing industry is headed, what the degree of competition it, and how the lure of progress is perceived.

Business Connect: Do you still come back to work with the same zeal you had when you started?

STI: I like to think so! I know for sure that our team of highly motivated recruiters and sources make sure that their approach is customer-centric, and certainly that can’t happen if you’re not excited about your career. Without a positive perspective, Superior Talent India couldn’t offer the comprehensive, high-quality, cost-efficient service capabilities that we do. I’m talking about end-to-end recruitment services, such as strategic planning, talent brand assessment, sourcing and recruiting, talent relationship management, onboarding, skills assessment, research and reporting, neutral exit interviews, and back-office administration.

Business Connect: What are the achievements and milestones of the company?

STI: We are proud to be recognized by world-class organizations. We have successfully earned a place on the Neo IT Top Outsourcing 100, Fortune Global Outsourcing 100, Fortune Top 10 HR Outsourcers, Gartner Group Top 100 Outsourcers, and more.

Business Connect: What does the future hold for the company?

STI: We want STI to be one of India’s top staffing and recruitment firms for direct placement, contract hire, executive search, and RPO solutions. Our commitment to developing and maintaining meaningful relationships with clients, candidates, and partners— coupled with our industry experience and personalized approach—has already made us a trusted staffing partner to many of the country’s leading organizations, and we’re excited to continue growing.

In the present scenario, with the incorporation of newer and better technologies, the talent requirement vertical is on an all-time rise. Owing to the government’s focus on growing SME and startups (Make in India initiative), the requirement for the best talent pool is on the rise, which is beneficial for the staffing and recruitment Industry. Sectors like IT, telecom, BFSI, and Automotive are all projected to ramp up their hiring numbers.

As per the recent studies, the staffing industry is likely to witness a growth of 12% in the coming years. As the labor market changes, many businesses and organizations must anticipate and tackle their talent requirements. Doing so will lead India’s staffing industry to play a more important role, test their efficiency, and adapt to some of the major shifts that are taking place in the industry, especially as they relate to rapidly changing government policies.

ATTENTION YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEART

Be a Healthy Entrepreneur

Do you have the experience of following your heart, soul or gut instinct at times and that came out to be the incredible decision ever made by you!

Making a successful move in business requires a lot of time, focus and luck. However, perhaps profoundly it requires a true understanding of how you can be in business from the core of your heart. In business, there should be a perfect balance between brain and heart while making a decision.

The heart is the central pumping station for circulation of blood, which keeps the body alive, whereas the brain is the central processing unit cum command and control centre, which makes the body functional. Therefore both are essential to be in healthy conditions for effective business life. In this article, I have tried

“To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart.”

Thomas J Watson

to discuss in detail about the healthy heart, its essentiality for an Entrepreneur, the reasons behind heart ailments, and its preventive measures.

Heart disease and strokes are the leading causes of death across the globe. However, there’s good news around the corner. About 80 percent of all the cases of cardiovascular disease (premature heart disease) is preventable by making modifications to your lifestyle including doing some things that are easy, simple and even enjoyable you can lower your risk significantly. Let's find out.

There are a number of lifestyle factors that increase the risk of heart disease including stress, High blood pressure and cholesterol, Smoking, Alcohol, Obesity or Overweight, Diabetes, Genetics (Family history), Junk food, Age (Women of 55 and above are more prone), A history of preeclampsia (High Blood Pressure) during pregnancy, Staying in a static position for extended periods of time, such as sitting at work.

Is Heart a Muscle?

Your heart is an amazing organ made up of hardworking muscle. It's located in the thoracic cavity to the left of the sternum (breastbone), between the lungs. The fist-size pumping organ beats around 100,000 times per day.

Being the central core of the circulatory system, the heart is essentially responsible for pumping blood and distributing oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. Normally, a healthy adult heart completes three cardiac cycles or 72 beats per minute.

Heart Ailments

There are different types of heart disease found commonly in Entrepreneurs that occur in different ways:

•Coronary artery disease or Ischaemia heart disease, CAD (Because of Plaque formed due to cholesterol)

•Arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) (Person suffering feels like a vibrating or a racing heart).

•Dilated cardiomyopathy (Dilated chambers as a result of weak heart muscle)

•Myocardial infarction (Heart attack usually due to the blood clot, atherosclerosis)

•Heart failure (It is the condition when the heart does not pump blood)

•Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Genetic disorder)

•Mitral regurgitation (Irregular functioning of the mitral valve)

•Mitral valve prolapse (The valve present between the left atrium and left ventricle does not fully close)

The Common Symptoms of Heart Disease are uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in the centre of your chest. It sustains more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back. Feel of pain in one or both arms, the back, jaw, neck or stomach. Shortness of breath (dyspnea) with or without chest discomfort. Other signs are sudden cold sweat (chilling of body), and nausea or light-headedness.

Prevention for Heart disease

Foods that are beneficial for your heart

• Flowering Plant Asparagus or Sparrow grass contains an amino acid called homocysteine and is filled with useful nutrients such as beta-carotene, folate, and fibre which help your heart.

• Legume family plants or Pulses (Latin word Puls means thick soup) or Legumes, Dark beans, such as kidney or black beans, peas, chickpeas, and lentils are high in fibre, Vitamin-B, minerals and are good for the healthy heart.

• Simple Fresh Fruit Berries (blueberries, strawberries, cranberries or raspberries in cereal or yogurt) are substantially full of heart-healthy phytonutrients and soluble fibre.

• Fruits (Healthy nuts) such as almonds or walnuts help your heart.

• Fresh broccoli, a type of cabbage, are useful heart-healthy vegetables with a lot of nutrients, including vitamins A, C, K and E, potassium, folate, calcium, and fibre.

• Chia seeds (a flowering plant of the mint family) and flax seeds (also called linseed) contain omega-3 fatty acids (alpha-linolenic acid), fibre and phytoestrogens to boost heart health.