Fake Interviews involving Senior Managers!
Dear Friends
A disturbing long standing trend by the Corporate big bosses is to float an opening for a key position which they need for Increasing operations, strategic initiatives in new markets, etc etc.
Now the entire process of the hiring begins, consultants are contacted. They work hard ( as usual..) and arrange interviews with some really top notch candidates after a lot of effort, praising the client sky high & selling the opening to him like mad.
The Top boss has several rounds of interviews with various canidates in which he ( very cleverly) in the guise of taking the interview and testing their knowledge gains a useful insight into the new markets, strategies, techniques, SWOT analysis, comepetitor analysis etc.
He uses the bright candidates for loud thinking, brain storming. Has lunch with them...and finally the position goes on HOLD!
Every one is left High & Dry!
What do we call this practice by corporates? They are taking Consultants & candidates for a ride. Thinking nobody is wiser than them, they repeat this.
What do we do to stop this? We can't doubt their wrong intentions at any stage of this process. If we do, we at loggerheads and we lose the client.
What do we do? How do we stop such exploitation? Can Head - HR do something about this? They have to turn a blind eye and particiapte in thsi fraud for fear of losing their jobs.
I can cite numerous examples with names of companies, senior Management & HR professionals indulging in this pracitce which is deplorable.
Any siggestions? Anybody?
Good HR Associates
Dear Friends
A disturbing long standing trend by the Corporate big bosses is to float an opening for a key position which they need for Increasing operations, strategic initiatives in new markets, etc etc.
Now the entire process of the hiring begins, consultants are contacted. They work hard ( as usual..) and arrange interviews with some really top notch candidates after a lot of effort, praising the client sky high & selling the opening to him like mad.
The Top boss has several rounds of interviews with various canidates in which he ( very cleverly) in the guise of taking the interview and testing their knowledge gains a useful insight into the new markets, strategies, techniques, SWOT analysis, comepetitor analysis etc.
He uses the bright candidates for loud thinking, brain storming. Has lunch with them...and finally the position goes on HOLD!
Every one is left High & Dry!
What do we call this practice by corporates? They are taking Consultants & candidates for a ride. Thinking nobody is wiser than them, they repeat this.
What do we do to stop this? We can't doubt their wrong intentions at any stage of this process. If we do, we at loggerheads and we lose the client.
What do we do? How do we stop such exploitation? Can Head - HR do something about this? They have to turn a blind eye and particiapte in thsi fraud for fear of losing their jobs.
I can cite numerous examples with names of companies, senior Management & HR professionals indulging in this pracitce which is deplorable.
Any siggestions? Anybody?
Good HR Associates