In a booming economy like India, the number of job postings are at
an all time high. The jobs across all levels and industries are at a rise. The
multinational companies are bringing a lot of business to the country with a
new startups taking shape of large established businesses. With the industrial
and service sector taking shape, not only the jobs at lower level but the
demand for executive leaders are at an all time high.
According to Global Executive
Search firms in India, this trend would stay for sometime before it
will pick up even faster pace. The top headhunting Firms in India are
going to have a humongous task of recruiting and maintaining a large pool of
talent at the same time retaining them for longer gains of their clients.
Many companies in this aggressive environment, believe in sticking
to the old school techniques and go for posting jobs at various channels and
then hope for the best to come at their doorstep without any effort. But the
harsh truth of the present is Job postings are as ineffective as hanging a sign
in your window. According to a recent article written by USA Today, “many jobs,
particularly in manufacturing, administrative work, and information technology,
require greater or different skill sets than in the past, and not enough
workers have them.”
Also in today’s competitive world, hard skills can no more be the
only criteria for the companies. It is the soft skills like communication,
creativity and out of the box thinking that can help you and your employees
grow. Expecting such skills will knock on your doorstep by using merely a job
posting is a myth.
With an exponential growth curve in India, the need for strong
well-rounded talent has never been greater. Yet many companies are still
sticking to the job posting for talent acquisition for filling their skill gap.
Job postings only reach the active onlookers that is those who wants to change
their job. What about the ones more talented candidates who are not looking for
a job change as of now but if an opportunity comes their way, they might
consider it. With fewer eyes on your job postings, you are not able to an
entire pool of potential candidates. Now do not say at this stage, that what
are you guys talking about, I recently had a post on LinkedIn that “WE ARE
HIRING.” Again, only those who wants to get hired would look at these postings.
So what is the solution? What exactly is the right way to close
the skill gap in your company at the same time ensuring high retention rate?
The answer is hiring a headhunting firm. The search firms are not only the
experts who will help you find the best out of most, but will also gives you an
unlimited access to a large pool of potential candidates - both active and
passive. Their years of expertise and connections give you an added edge that
streamlines the whole recruitment process thus saving a lot of time, energy and
money on your part.
Imagine you do not have to scroll through every bit of the resumes
you have received getting disappointed at the end that none of them were
worthy. Having a firm, will make sure that you are getting the most relevant
resumes at the same time getting to interview only those who can be your
potential executive in future.
The bottom line is although job postings may or may not help you
with the junior positions but they are totally ineffective as the search goes
up the ladder especially when it comes to finding great leaders for your
company. A proactive approach with the expert advice of an executive search
firm can come in handy and would be the most effective way to find your guy.
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