Modern Headhunting: What Are the New Age Techniques Everyone's Talking About?

Hi,

Can anyone enlighten me on modern/new age methods of headhunting?

Regards,
Hemant Kapoor

Dear Hemanth,

Employee referrals/recommendations, public & private employment agencies, executive search firms, management consultants, temporary help services, schools, colleges & universities, professional organizations, walk-ins, body shopping, business alliances, Forty+ clubs, web recruitments or online recruitments, and of course the latest blog recruitments. The last three mentioned are the newer methods of headhunting.

Warm Regards,
RGS.

Hi Hemant,

Thank you very much for your question. I will be glad to answer it. The relevance of online and blog recruiting for senior-level positions is significant in today's digital age.

Online recruiting platforms and blogs provide an efficient way to reach a wide pool of qualified candidates quickly. They allow organizations to showcase their company culture, values, and unique selling points to attract top talent.

Moreover, senior-level candidates are often tech-savvy and prefer to engage with potential employers through digital channels. By utilizing online and blog recruiting strategies, companies can enhance their employer branding and create a positive candidate experience for senior-level positions.

Regards

Dear Hemanth,

You yourself have said it. The Executive search firms, as well as the blog recruitments, are generally used to hire top-level executives. However, it is important to note that they are used in conjunction with other methods of recruitment to arrive at a more precise assessment. Web-based recruitments are also becoming very popular these days.

It is also important to mention here about the latest or new hiring model which many may not know about, the HMS or Hiring gateway system or Hiring management system. This, again, is a web-based recruitment and completely replaces the manual system with software that allows managers to locate requisitions as well as automatically upload resumes. This software also enables recruiters to use knowledge-based technologies to create statements of qualifications required or possessed by individuals, which could be matched to job openings for suitability. In addition, it includes screening questions that are to be asked to prospective candidates and many other new characteristics. It is a highly advanced system in terms of efficiency. It is said to have been developed over a period of 15 years with several thousand competencies to support it. With this system, recruiters can distinguish qualitative differences and draw logical inferences to understand resumes as they are meant to be understood. It is expensive, but over a long period, it proves cost-effective and reduces the hiring cycle by 48%, thereby saving a lot of time.

WARM REGARDS,
RGS.

Hi,

Please tell me how blog recruitments can work exactly and how they can be used in hiring senior-level managers since these managers don't reveal their intentions of changing jobs on the internet out of fear that someone from their current organization might see their resume, leading to problems such as a lack of trust, etc.

Dear Hemanth & Bhavana,

Talent is scarce, and it definitely makes sense to think out of the box, more so for sourcing strategies. That is where blogs come into the picture. What are blogs? They are nothing but personal or semi-personal online diaries where comments are made about various issues, opinions aired, experiences narrated, etc.

More and more HR Managers are going through blogs for recruitment because blogs give an insight into the person and their personality through their blogging. Opinions and experiences provide recruiters with interesting facts about the blogger, their mental makeup, certain personal characteristics, level of intelligence, communication skills, sharpness in terms of reactions, level of information inputs, and sometimes even the degree of humanness in the blogger. Blogs about success and challenges also provide tips about the blogger.

Interviews and selection tests are also techniques or tools to gather requisite information about potential candidates, their personality, etc. Most interviewees clam up and are too nervous during interviews, so the right picture is not available for recruiters to make good selections. However, with blogging, all these self-defeating purposes are overcome to get the right picture of the prospective candidate at their best.

However, remember, blogs by themselves cannot be used for recruitments, neither can tests nor interviews. All should be used to supplement one another to arrive at a more or less accurate assessment - TO RECRUIT OR NOT TO RECRUIT?

Warm Regards,
RGS.

Dear All,

Can anybody guide me on what the scientific methodology is in recruitment?

Regards,
Prasad

Team,

Attached is a small PPT on headhunting. I hope this is helpful to you.

Regards,
Tushar

Dear RGS,

Can you explain a little bit in detail about how the following work: Body shopping, Business alliances, Forty+ clubs?

Regards,
Shyamali

Dear Shymali,

"Body shopping" is arguably a uniquely Indian practice whereby an Indian-run consultancy (body shop) anywhere in the world recruits IT workers, in most cases from India, to be placed out as project-based labor with different clients. Unlike conventional recruitment agents who introduce employees to employers, body shops manage workers on behalf of employers—from sponsoring their temporary work visas to paying their salaries, arranging for accommodation and the like. Thus, workers do not enter into any direct relationships with their contract employers and can be retrenched at any time, whereupon the body-shop sponsor either is able to place them out to a different client or puts them on the bench to await a placement.
(Correct me if I'm wrong RGS :))

Regards,
Hemant Kapoor

40Plus, also known as 40 Plus, 40+, Forty Plus, or FortyPlus, is a United States-based non-profit organization that helps professionals, managers, and executives make career transitions and find employment. Members come from all sectors of the economy, including private businesses, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and government. Recruiters can select candidates from these clubs.

Regards,
Hemant Kapoor

Hello Hemant,

I completely agree with RGS. Referrals, blogs, web portals, and recruitment agencies are the newer and most sought-after means of headhunting with desired results.

Hi all,

I am preparing a module on headhunting. Can someone please help with the content?

Shilpa Chikkars

Hi,

Hey, does anyone have data regarding the market share of leading executive search firms in India?

Regards,
Hemant Kapoor

Hi Hemant,

Calls with an Unknown Name are also a mode of headhunting. It is a familiar and older method of headhunting that we still follow...!!

Regards,
John

Hi,

Can anyone help me out in suggesting some modern techniques for headhunting for the operator levels in product development companies?

Rgds,

Priyadharsini

What is the recruitment life cycle? How do you do headhunting? What are the job description and job satisfaction for HR recruitment?

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The recruitment life cycle refers to the process of identifying, attracting, interviewing, selecting, and hiring candidates for a job opening. It typically includes steps such as job analysis, sourcing candidates, screening applicants, conducting interviews, and making job offers. Headhunting, on the other hand, involves proactively seeking out and recruiting highly qualified candidates for specialized or senior positions by directly approaching them.

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Job descriptions for HR recruitment roles often include tasks such as developing recruitment strategies, sourcing candidates through various channels, conducting interviews, and managing the hiring process. Job satisfaction in HR recruitment can come from successfully matching candidates with suitable positions, contributing to the organization's growth, and building strong relationships with both candidates and hiring managers.

Hi, I am working in a CMMI Level 3 company in Recruitment. Can anyone help me with obtaining CMMI Level 5 recruitment policies, procedures, guidelines, and some standard formats?

Nidhi

Hi Hemant,

For recruiting senior personnel, having placements or recruiters led by or supported by senior HR professionals can be very helpful. They are aware of who is looking for a change and simultaneously, where suitable openings are available. With their expertise, they can reshuffle the talent.

Regards,
HR AUTOMAG

Dear Prasad,

Scientific selection is the systematic procedure of choosing and assessing prospective candidates with a view to match competencies possessed by them to job requirements in the organization and pick/select the most suitable candidate for the job vacancy, i.e., optimal match for a perfect fit.

Scientific selection has the following steps:
1. Application Blank.
2. Filled-up Application form.
3. Preliminary Interview.
4. Selection Tests: Intelligence test, Personality test, Interest inventory, Mental ability test, Integrity test, Job knowledge/Skill test or Work sample test, Spatial relation ability test, Reasoning ability test, etc.
5. Group Discussions.
6. Employment or core interview.
7. Reference and Background analysis.
8. Selection Decision.
9. Physical Examination.
10. Job offer.
11. Employment Contract.
12. Evaluation of the selection program.

Using the above assessment, a choice is made to select the most suitable candidate for the job.

Regards,
RGS

Hi Shymali madam,

I know you are a good subscriber. Can you help in different ways of recruiting operator-level employees? We have trainees to be recruited from 16 years to 22 years. We have referral schemes, advertisements, canvassing, etc., but no use. The inflow is very low, and attrition is high.

Can you suggest some ways like Forty + Clubs? I can't grasp this. Also, suggest other types of recruitment for senior positions. Others, please help me.

Regards,
Pradeepa:idea:

Many senior managers and consultants blog in the public domain out of passion. One might have come across numerous blogs dedicated to topics such as HR, sales, and other functions, run by subject matter experts. Apart from working professionals, one can find high-quality consultants and freelancers who are not interested in a 9 to 5 job. They also make good targets for recruiters.

Dear Hemanth,

You yourself have said it. The Executive search firms as well as the blog recruitments are generally used to hire top-level executives. However, it is important to note that they are used in conjunction with other methods of recruitment to arrive at a more precise assessment. Web-based recruitments are also becoming very popular these days.

It is also important to mention here about the latest or new hiring model which many may not know about, the HMS or Hiring gateway system or Hiring management system. This again is a web-based recruitment and completely replaces the manual system with software that allows managers to locate requisitions as well as automatically upload resumes. This software also allows recruiters to use knowledge-based technologies to create statements of qualifications required or that which individuals have and which could be matched to job openings for suitability, in addition to screening questions that are to be asked to prospectives, etc., and many other new characteristics. It is a highly advanced system in efficiency; it is said to have been developed over a period of 15 years with several thousands of competencies to back it. With this, recruiters can distinguish qualitative differences as well as draw logical inferences and understand resumes as they exactly mean. It is expensive but over a long period proves cost-effective and reduces the hiring cycle short by 48%, thereby saving a lot of time.

WARM REGARDS,
RGS.

MY DEAR RGS,

Thanks for informing about HMS. However, this again is useful in hiring top-level people. Can you help me in guiding the system for recruiting "Craftsmen"? With the recent development of people from UP/Bihar leaving Maharashtra, making this type of personnel available has become very critical. Maharashtrian people have started demanding exorbitant wages, that too with less efficiency and output.

Thanks and with regards,

Hope this attachment helps you in some ways :)

Regards,
Roulette

Dear Anjali,

Please refer to the same thread above where both blog recruitment and body shopping have been explained in detail.

Warm Regards,
RGS.

Dear Sir,

In a previous email, I had inquired about the scientific methods in recruitment. Could you kindly suggest some to me?

Thank you & Regards,
Prasad

Hi, I too would like to know how the blog recruitments take place. I'm in the process of recommending it in my project.

Dear Sir,

Since in the previous email, I asked about scientific methods in recruitment. Kindly suggest me.

Thank you & Regards,
Prasad

Hello,

Your post regarding scientific recruitment and selection has been answered. Please check previous responses before repeating the same question multiple times.

Best regards.

Hi Divya,

Can anyone tell me how we can do headhunting through Business Alliances?

Regards,
Divya

Dear Divya,

As you must be aware, highly skilled employees are in short supply, so many companies have come forward to overcome this by forging alliances in several areas, including the sharing of employees to attain synergy and optimize.

Have you heard of employee leasing, where employees who have the requisite skills are leased out to other companies, not necessarily sister concerns? Hitherto, rivals/competitors have come together for mutually beneficial arrangements.

Warm Regards,
RGS.

Dear RGS,

I am an MBA student and I have been given 2 topics for my project:
1. Reduction in cost on recruitment, i.e., finding inexpensive ways to procure applicants without compromising on quality.
2. Evaluating or measuring the training program where both the employee and the employer benefit.

Please forward me your inputs to lass_kate@yahoo.co.in. Thank you!

Kate.

Dear Hemanth,

You mentioned that Executive search firms and blog recruitments are commonly used to hire top-level executives. It's important to note that they are often used in conjunction with other recruitment methods for a more precise assessment. Web-based recruitments are also becoming increasingly popular.

I would like to highlight a new hiring model that many may not be familiar with, the Hiring Gateway System (HMS) or Hiring Management System. This web-based recruitment system completely replaces the manual process with software that enables managers to locate requisitions and automatically upload resumes. The software also allows recruiters to use knowledge-based technologies to match individuals' qualifications with job openings, screen prospective candidates, and more. This system, developed over 15 years with thousands of competencies, is highly efficient and, though expensive initially, proves to be cost-effective in the long run, reducing the hiring cycle by 48% and saving time.

Warm Regards,
RGS.

Dear Mr. RGS,

Thank you for answering my query.

Warm Regards,
Divya Tandon

Dear Divya,

You are welcome. It definitely feels good that your query is answered. By the way, I am a Ms., not a Mr. Please stand corrected.

Warm Regards,
RGS.

Dear Kate,

Body shopping - Professional companies and hi-tech training institutes develop a pool of human resources for possible employment. Organizations in need of skilled employees contact them for recruitments. These companies looking for skilled employees are called body shoppers, and their activity is termed body shopping. This method came into being in the Y2K period and is mostly used for recruiting computer professionals.

Executive search firms, as the name suggests, are generally meant to locate and recruit senior-level or top management executives, while management consultancies are meant for others, including freshers.

Moving on to 40+ clubs, these, again, are meant for senior-level executives. 40+ clubs are productive networking places where getting the relevant names of professionals, having focused and productive conversations, etc., generate leads to employee referrals and introductions.

Blog recruitments definitely do not cost any money, Kate. I hope I have been able to answer your queries.

Warm Regards,
RGS.

Hi Kate,

Thank you for your message. I'm glad you found our discussion enlightening. Regarding the Forty Plus Club, it is not a social forum like Orkut but rather a real club of individuals typically aged forty and above. It serves as a networking platform for professionals in that age group.

In terms of managing CVs effectively for your recruitment project, a company can utilize applicant tracking systems (ATS) to streamline the process. These systems help in storing, sorting, and managing CVs efficiently, reducing time consumption and ensuring effectiveness in candidate selection.

To simplify and expedite the recruitment process without increasing costs, you can consider leveraging technology for tasks like automated resume screening, video interviews, and online assessments. These tools can help in identifying and shortlisting quality candidates while saving time and resources.

Apart from employee referrals and web portals, you can explore recruitment strategies such as social media recruiting, job fairs, partnerships with educational institutions, and utilizing specialized recruitment agencies to attract top talent.

If you need further information, resources, or presentations on recruitment strategies, feel free to reach out to me at lass_kate@yahoo.co.in. I would be happy to assist you.

Thanks and Regards,
Kate

Hello, I am headhunting for a client and would like to know if there are any qualified bankers or investment analysts who currently reside in Nigeria, hold Nigerian passports, and are interested in working for the Nigerian subsidiary of an international bank?

I look forward to your comments and possible referrals. Thank you.