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Virtual recruiting strategies for a postCOVID world The present health crisis highlights the dire need for resiliency and readiness of our infrastructure and people- the factors that keep the processes intact and don’t throw our understanding of normalcy haywire. The threat of continuous disruptions caused by pandemics, lockdowns, and the likes of them is far from over. The most remarkable outcome from these times would be to build on its learnings. One of the focus areas where we can implement these learnings is how we plan for the organizations of the future. Every organization has to scale itself to include the below virtual recruitment strategies in its arsenal to be better prepared for the future and a post-COVID world:
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Virtual campus hiring: Most of the teaching and learning in schools and colleges have shifted online now. Educational institutions and companies have to shift campus hiring online too, to avoid large gatherings. Fortunately, for the times we live in, the entire end-to-end campus hiring management can be shifted online. Campus Selection and Engagement: Physical campus hiring entails investments such as venue booking and hiring of invigilators apart from other logistics costs. The online campus hiring replicates the step-by-step campus hiring process and shifts it to the online space. It can be effectively leveraged for data-backed and high insight-driven campus intelligence and subsequent campus selection. Companies can also engage students in pre-placement engagement talks through online activities and events such as Hackathons and Ideathons on new-age platforms where students can ideate, work together, and innovate solutions for complex and real-world organizational problems. Campus Screening and Interviews: By screening students through remote online assessments, organizations can measure the candidate’s skills and make data-driven hiring decisions. The screened students can be called in for interviews via structured interview platforms that allow them to interact one-on-one with the candidates avoiding any limitations of the physical campus hiring. Such interview platforms also take out the hassles of structured data storage, data analysis of each and every student, and future referencing. Virtual lateral hiring: The lateral hiring strategies in a post-covid world also have to be aligned to remote and online settings with the help of the right strategies and tools in tandem. Job-mapping: The most pressing challenge for organizations with lateral hiring is to sift through a massive pool of candidates who apply for a job, understand their fitment for the job role, and hire in a streamlined and efficient manner. Job-mapping analysis and matching the job roles with the organizational requirement will help remove all other candidates who wouldn't be the best fit against the job role. Virtual talent assessments: By employing talent assessments such as aptitude, behavioral, and psychometrics tests, organizations can comprehensively understand a candidate’s core technical skills and cultural fitment on selfmanageable integrated platforms. The modern hiring tools and digital platforms can be customized to suit the job requirements; and accordingly, tests can be set, send to candidates, results measured, and data collated for each candidate for better visibility and comparison. Assessing candidates for the future of work: The nature of jobs is ever-evolving, and so is the future of work. According to the World Economic Forum, about 150 million new tech jobs will be created in the next five years, and the five most sought-after skills will be analytical thinking and innovation, learning agility, complex problemsolving, critical thinking, and creativity. Companies have started using Skill Proximity Analysis and Learning Agility Assessment to understand how close or overlapping in their abilities are the potential hires to new skills. Real-time coding simulators for IT hiring: IT candidates are in high demand in an age of digital transformation; and testing candidates for skills like Java, CSS, HTML, Python, and SQL needs specific mention. IT hiring cycle is long-drawn as IT roles take 50% longer to fill, according to 2019 Benchmark Report: Hiring Tech Talent for CIOs and CTOs. There are tools available in the market, adept with a plagiarism checker and coding playback, which has expansive skill coverage, framework, and technology testing available in real-time. The HR manager, IT manager, and interviewee can hop on a call, and they can see how a candidate is coding and their approach..
Read more at: https://www.peoplematters.in/article/talent-acquisition/virtual-recruitingstrategies-for-a-post-covid-world-29449
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Sterlite Power elevates Kamaljeet Kaur as the company's CHRO Backed by close to 18 years of experience in the HR domain, Kaur has worked with brands, such as Hero MotoCorp (Earlier Hero Honda Motors), Wrigley India and Jubilant FoodWorks. Kamaljeet Kaur has been elevated as Chief Human Resources Officer of Sterlite Power after the exit of Swaminathan Subramanian who went on to re-join Fullerton India. Kaur carries 18 years of experience and has been working with Sterlite Power for more than four years. She joined the power major in 2017 as Leader- Human Resource Business Partner and later took the role of HR Head - Global Infrastructure, before becoming CHRO. Prior to joining Sterlite Power, Kaur was associated with Jubilant FoodWorks as Assistant Vice President - Human Resources for over three years. Her earlier assignments include Assistant General Manager at HeidelbergCement; Senior Manager - Human Resources at HDFC Bank; L&D specialist at Wrigley; and Assistant Manager at Hero MotoCorp.
Kaur’s expertise lies in Leadership Hiring, Talent Management, and Succession Management, Leadership Development, Change Management, Employee Engagement, and Employee Relations. Kaur holds a PGDM from Symbiosis Centre For Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune, and BA from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University.
Read more at:https://www.peoplematters.in/news/leadership/sterlite-powerelevates-kamaljeet-kaur-as-the-companys-chro-29475
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Worldline appoints Jose Raj to lead HR for its India business Jose Raj is succeeding Zarin Bhathena who will be retiring by end of this month. Worldline India has announced the appointment of Jose Raj as SVP & Head of Human Resources India. Jose is succeeding Zarin Bhathena who will be retiring by end of this month. Jose has 27 years of experience in human resource management and has strong expertise in the areas of culture transformation, employer branding, leadership and talent development and talent acquisition. Before joining Worldline, he worked with Vestas India as Director Human Resources and has taken leadership roles in his previous stints in AREVA India, Royal Enfield and Ford India. He is a certified coach from the Neuro Leadership Institute and holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from Sacred Heart College in Tamil Nadu, India. Jose is based in Chennai, India and will be reporting to Olivier Burger, Group Head of Human Resources. Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Deepak Chandnani, Managing Director, Worldline South Asia & Middle East said: "We are happy to on-board Jose Raj as Head of HR for India. We believe his vast experience in areas like Talent Strategy & Development, Compensation & Benefits, Business partnering & Industrial relations across several industries will be a great asset to the company and its success.” On the appointment as Head of HR at Worldline India, Jose Raj said, “I am excited to join Worldline India, a great company having global presence, led by talented and passionate people encompassing superior technical expertise. My vision is to further imprint our great culture and continue to provide a positive and safe working environment, a healthy work-life balance, right conditions for the development of skills and talents and make Worldline as the preferred employer of choice in the digital payment space.”
Read more at: https://www.peoplematters.in/news/leadership/worldlineappoints-jose-raj-to-lead-hr-for-its-india-business-29477
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CSS Corp appoints its new Chief Executive Officer Sunil Mittal, currently the Chief Operating Officer at CSS Corp will take up the new role effective July 1st succeeding Manish Tandon who is stepping down after engineering a successful turnaround and generating tremendous value for investors. CSS Corp, a global customer experience and technology consulting services provider, today announced that its board has unanimously chosen Sunil Mittal as the organization's next Chief Executive Officer. Sunil Mittal, currently the Chief Operating Officer at CSS Corp will take up the new role effective July 1st succeeding Manish Tandon who is stepping down after engineering a successful turnaround and generating tremendous value for investors. In addition, Sunil will also join the company's Board of Directors upon assuming his new role. "After a well thought out and executed succession plan, we are pleased to have found the best individual to assume leadership of this world-class technology and customer experience services organization," said Sanjay Chakrabarty, Chairman of CSS Corp’s Board of Directors and Managing Partner of Capital Square Partners, a Singapore based private equity fund manager and majority shareholder of the company. He further added, "In his current role as the COO and in his prior role as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer, Sunil has architected unprecedented revenue momentum and pipeline for the company. We are confident that he will be able to build upon this foundation and take the organization to the next level. Sunil’s strong business acumen and industry knowledge deeply connect with CSS Corp’s clientele and operations, and his leadership qualities make him best suited to lead CSS Corp successfully into the future.” Mittal has had an illustrious career of over 22 years in the technology services industry. He spent 18 years at Infosys across multiple geographies, managing large client accounts, incubating new business capabilities, and building Clevel relationships. He joined CSS Corp over four and a half years back and managed global sales, marketing, presales, and account management. Recently, he took over as Chief
Read more at: https://www.peoplematters.in/news/c-suite/css-corp-appoints-itsnew-chief-executive-officer-29482
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India’s unemployment rate could hit double-digit mark in May: CMIE The country is staring at an estimated 10 million job losses in May, much higher than April. The job scenario in India is set to take a turn for the worse. India’s unemployment rate could be over 10 percent with an estimated 10 million job losses in May, much higher than April, despite a softer degree of restrictions due to local lockdowns, as per the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. Mahesh Vyas, CEO of CMIE stated, “The only time the unemployment rate lurched into double-digits was when India was shut down by a stringent nationwide lockdown during April and May 2020. There is no similarly draconian lockdown now although there are several local restrictions that restrain mobility in varying but distinctly milder degrees. The double-digit unemployment rate seen in recent times indicates that even these restrictions are taking a toll on the economy."
As per CMIE, the only time the unemployment rate hit double-digits was when India was shut down by a stringent nationwide lockdown during April and May 2020. “There is no similarly draconian lockdown now although there are several local restrictions that restrain mobility in varying but distinctly milder degrees,” it said. It further added, “The double-digit unemployment rate seen in recent times indicates that even these restrictions are taking a toll on the economy.” As per CMIE, the high degree of unemployment rate in May could be on the back of a higher number of job..
Read more at: https://www.peoplematters.in/news/recruitment/indiasunemployment-rate-could-hit-double-digit-mark-in-may-cmie-29483
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