Hi, I am a Recruitment consultant from a tier 3 city.I find a Disconnect between the recruitment styles & strategies as adopted in Metro cities or tier 2 & in tier 3 cities or lower. In metro's opportunities are abundant. There are all the ‘fancy names’ & the ‘to die for job profiles’ & offcourse ‘fulfilling salaries’. In tier 2 cities there is a spillover of the metro profiles. Some posts/profiles are duplicated companies open up their additional units in these places & are willing to compensate on the salary part. But in tier 3 cities, only the bare necessary job profiles exist, all the companies have limited workforce & the salaries are just about average or atleast not too fancy. The Disconnect now is that every job seeker from tier 3 cities is very aware/ in awe of the companies/profiles/salaries of the metro’s. Hence a bench mark for the job seekers is set pretty high, which is fairly difficult to get compensated in his hometown. At the same time a majority of the local job seeker is not willing to go & explore opportunities in metro’s. Hence what is left is limited opportunities/limited scope & a lot of frustration. It is very difficult to explain to a local candidate why aren’t their core Jobs in a small town. May it be core finance or HR or R&D or Marketing or Advertising. Because this jobseeker has gotten into a particular course with this point of view; of getting into the core sector to either achieve decent heights at the filed of his/her choice or earn a hefty pay package with unlimited growth. I face this as a major issue while recruiting people around or just plainly counseling Job seekers. I would like to take opinions, thoughts, views, from all of you which might be complimentary or contradictory on this issue. Note: Just to clarify my point further I would like to illustrate Metro's as Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata. Tier 2 cities as Pune, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Jaipur, Madurai, Lucknow. Tier 3 cities as Nasik, Kanpur, Salem, Aurangabad, Mysore, Surat, Bhopal etc.
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Hi all,
I am now in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and trying to gauge the mood of potential recruits from here. It is true that most people in tier 3 cities would like to remain in their comfort zone unless they are in a location in close proximity to a metro. For instance, a person from Mysore could be open to Bangalore, or a person from Durgapur could be open to a job in Kolkata.
Similarly, companies seem to prefer employees from the metro location itself as such employees seem to be more acclimatized to urban environments, do not face problems with accommodation, etc., and are perceived to be more stable.
Your views and comments are solicited.
Regards,
SD
From India, Bhubaneswar
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I am now in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and trying to gauge the mood of potential recruits from here. It is true that most people in tier 3 cities would like to remain in their comfort zone unless they are in a location in close proximity to a metro. For instance, a person from Mysore could be open to Bangalore, or a person from Durgapur could be open to a job in Kolkata.
Similarly, companies seem to prefer employees from the metro location itself as such employees seem to be more acclimatized to urban environments, do not face problems with accommodation, etc., and are perceived to be more stable.
Your views and comments are solicited.
Regards,
SD
From India, Bhubaneswar
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