The world's structure is changing and so is the structure of the large organizations of the world as they go multi-national. Organizations are picking talent from all parts of the world adding a diverse skills set to there portfolio's. Recruitments is not the same as it used to be. You have to have a global workforce to sustain the organization against business cycles and grow in terms of ideas and expand in terms of quality of talent.
Great organizations are built by great people, and hence extreme care is to be taken on who is hired. It is a world of merit and one wrong hire at a leadership position can be the reason for your company being out of business.
Here we ask a question, how does multi-nation-al hiring help a company grow bigger, faster?
The answer probably lies in the rich set of values and ideas that we get from the richness in the diversity of human existence. There are people who are conditioned in different conditions and can put the same thing in different contexts and take out different inferences from it. It helps an organization evaluate a rich set of responses and customize there approach globally. Diversity in recruitment has probably not been of so much importance as it is now in this market which is shrinking globally with such fierce competition.
On a pratical side, citing a few examples here from the IT industry, world's most popular companies have offices set up in India and having evaluated the quality of contribution from India do more strategic functions from here than ever before. India & China are the new hub for technology excellence and its becoming important to customize the resources available in these countries to stay at the top across the world.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
The Best Hire!
Time and over... quality hiring has been the most important and challenging task faced by companies world over, big or small. Why is the quality so important?, why does only a particular person gets picked from a big bunch?, what are the attributes which make into a good hire?...etc.
There is a huge number of questions we ask ourselves when we either go for shortlisting somewhere or when we have to shortlist someone for a particular role or a position. Is there a particular set of attributes on which people can be evaluated on?, personally having interviewed a few people over the years, I have my own set of evaluation criterion on which I judge people. You might or might not agree but I would be open for a debate on the same,
1. Basic Intelligence : A person needs to have the raw sharpness and the learning ability to pick up things and put his skills in use. The worst thing a person can do to himself is close on his brain.
2. Attitude: It defines a lot of things. A person with a to-do attitude with the right talent and learning ability would do wonders. Its important to pick people who are ambitious and have a high-self esteem and are willing to grow, lay a bet on them and you would get great returns since the fire in them picks up skills along the way. A person with substance would generally have a flexible attitude since without being flexible you cannot learn and grow.
3. Self- Esteem : This is one of the most important trait on which people are to be judged and typically is one of the most difficult to judge in a 40 min conversation. Over the years, people with a high self-esteem backed with the right talent are the good hires anywhere. A high-esteemed person feels bad if he/she is not able to meet the commitment and are generally high on integrity.
Personally, I like to go for a perfectionist with a moderate to low self-esteem. These people are generally the top rankers and the achievers of the world. They like to push themselves to strive to prove themselves to the world time and again.
4. Integrity: For me, this is one of the foremost qualities needed in the right hire. The commitment and the sincerity keep you distinguished from the rest of the crowd.
5. Skill set and a position match: Generally you would want to hire for a particular position, and would like to have a trained resource or someone who has the right rawmaterial and aspirations and can be honed on. You would need to match the skills the person has with what is needed on the job, there are a lot of instances wherein you might find the right person for the wrong job and vice-versa. Its always a challenge and a matter of time when you can map the two.
This is the first blog, I would be regular in writing more...! do contribute to it.
There is a huge number of questions we ask ourselves when we either go for shortlisting somewhere or when we have to shortlist someone for a particular role or a position. Is there a particular set of attributes on which people can be evaluated on?, personally having interviewed a few people over the years, I have my own set of evaluation criterion on which I judge people. You might or might not agree but I would be open for a debate on the same,
1. Basic Intelligence : A person needs to have the raw sharpness and the learning ability to pick up things and put his skills in use. The worst thing a person can do to himself is close on his brain.
2. Attitude: It defines a lot of things. A person with a to-do attitude with the right talent and learning ability would do wonders. Its important to pick people who are ambitious and have a high-self esteem and are willing to grow, lay a bet on them and you would get great returns since the fire in them picks up skills along the way. A person with substance would generally have a flexible attitude since without being flexible you cannot learn and grow.
3. Self- Esteem : This is one of the most important trait on which people are to be judged and typically is one of the most difficult to judge in a 40 min conversation. Over the years, people with a high self-esteem backed with the right talent are the good hires anywhere. A high-esteemed person feels bad if he/she is not able to meet the commitment and are generally high on integrity.
Personally, I like to go for a perfectionist with a moderate to low self-esteem. These people are generally the top rankers and the achievers of the world. They like to push themselves to strive to prove themselves to the world time and again.
4. Integrity: For me, this is one of the foremost qualities needed in the right hire. The commitment and the sincerity keep you distinguished from the rest of the crowd.
5. Skill set and a position match: Generally you would want to hire for a particular position, and would like to have a trained resource or someone who has the right rawmaterial and aspirations and can be honed on. You would need to match the skills the person has with what is needed on the job, there are a lot of instances wherein you might find the right person for the wrong job and vice-versa. Its always a challenge and a matter of time when you can map the two.
This is the first blog, I would be regular in writing more...! do contribute to it.
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