Hi

The common mistakes in referrals is a very good and thought provoking topic. I do agree that referrals from current employees is good approach to close the position if it urgent. However, the employer's should be very careful in the sense that they shouldn't be missing pool of skilled candidates from job portals,networking sites,groups,forums,headhunting etc.

Referrals schemes also limits the reach of the requirment to a very few section of candidates if a company purely depends on referrals for hires

Referrals works well with Niche sectors or specialised skills.

Regards

Siby

Hi

While looking at a resume you need to keep in my the following key screening
aspects:

1) Whether the person belongs to the sector that you are looking for.
2) Wheter the candidate has the skill sets/educational qualifications you are looking for
3) Location
4) Age of the person(particularly for sales)
5) Whether the person is consistant in his job and that he growing in his profile.
6) Desired salary matches your budget
7) Achievements in his career history
8) In case of IT candidates, the projects he has done,the languages used,the role he played in the project etc

The intial screening that is to identify whether the CV is useful and worth looking should not take more than 30 seconds and if the CV looks good more deeper screening should be done which will take upto 5 mins.It is more important to spend time on good CVs and not ones which could be of no use.


Hope this helps. Happy hunting...

Siby

Hi

As naveen says the number of requirements are less with corporates and it is seen that experienced people available for lower positions.

Hiring activities are seen in sales,telecom,government sector,education,RPO

Things are likely to improve by second half of 2009...looking for greater activity

siby

Hi

A very thought provoking story.....It is a time when you need confidence and enthusiasm.........further trust in the products you offer and customer satistfaction can help sail through recession