Recruiting In India - One man’s opinion

Posted by Jim Stroud

April 1, 2006

Here is an interesting email sent to me by one of my readers. Interesting… Thanks Mehnaaz!

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Jim,

I am Mehnaaz ,writing you from India. I am currently employed with (confidential) as a recruiter, I hold 2 years of experience in recruitment. My current assignment is on hiring management consultants.

Here are my views on Hiring in India:

Indian market is rich market with pool of talented professionals in every sector, but from my expereinces I could conclude that the major challenges I faced in hiring were:

Lack of discipline; any candidate can ditch you anytime even if it means joining and leaving the company in a single day.
JOB Hopping
More intrested in heiarchry and levels compare to job role
Compensation plays a pivotal role; you can attract and lose candidate .
Still need to educate themselves on understanding the concept of dignity of labor.

But I feel these challenges can be overcome, If one possess…

Understanding of Indian mindset, its a country of diverse culture, requires lot of knowledge to attract and retain the right talent.
Extremely hard working-need good leaders to run the show
Commited in terms of time
More emotional-rather than professional or practical
Bit biased on the basis of cast,creed.

…but ON THE WHOLE, its a great place and it provide amazing learning EXPERIENCE on different facet of human beings including hiring.

-Mehnaaz