Manoj's Review on Books

Recently, I had come across an article by Amrita Tewari and just felt the urge to write down my thoughts on possibly the most perplexing question. "How to hire the ideal candidate ?" Here is what I follow in the pre-hiring process: Step 1: Having a very clear idea on who is your ideal candidate. Getting this step right itself should take a lot of brainstorming sessions and some failure cases. Step 2: Giving a very clear description to the HR. It takes a couple of detailed calls to make the HR be on same page. Plus, it’s very important that the hiring manager gives a feedback on each of the candidate who was interviewed. A smart HR will incorporate these feedbacks and pull up better candidates in the succeeding batches.  Before rolling out the offer letter, it’s essential to answer all these questions i)               Does he / she have the capability ? ii)      ...

Lets check on some of the key points to make your Linkedin profile look professional 1. Have a Professional Head Shot. 2. Have a Compelling Headline. This is not a space to mention your job title. 3. Have your firms name and logo visible. 4. Ensure that you have provided your firm’s email id and not personal mail id. Giving your mobile number is optional 5. Use an appropriate cover image, ideally this should reflect on your line of business. 6. About column is like your 30 seconds pitch, ensure that all your key LCD is covered in this column. 7. Featured column gives you the space to post some nice videos of your firm, highlight previous post’s in Linkedin, article related to your business or some web content. This column can be the most engaging component of your profile. 8. Experience Column gives you the space to provide the following (i) Title of your role in the organization (ii) Duration or time period of your association with the organizatio...