Hi All,
I'm working in IT company as a HR executive, i'm finding very difficult to search candidates in portals , but my Boss is asking me to do Head Hunting. But i'm not interested to do and they are not allowing me to give the requirement to consultants also,so please suggest me.
I hope Head hunting is unethical as Hr Executive I should not do, but please suggest me.
Regards
Rekha
From India, Madras
1I'm working in IT company as a HR executive, i'm finding very difficult to search candidates in portals , but my Boss is asking me to do Head Hunting. But i'm not interested to do and they are not allowing me to give the requirement to consultants also,so please suggest me.
I hope Head hunting is unethical as Hr Executive I should not do, but please suggest me.
Regards
Rekha
From India, Madras
There are two ways of looking at it. One, to get the job done, you must go to any extent. Two, headhunting might wreck the employer's name. I guess having an anonymous phone line (a company sponsored mobile etc.) would be the best go without compromosing one point two.
With the way the market is heading towards shortage of employable talent, I guess headhunting cannot be considered unethical. Rather it is something that would provide a competitive edge to employers.
Go on, pick the phone and hunt them down. Moreover, headhunting is not the only way you can recruit inaccessible talent. Think alternate means to attract people. Devise an attractive referral scheme. Let the employees brand the company and recruit (to a great extent) for the company.
From United States, San Diego
With the way the market is heading towards shortage of employable talent, I guess headhunting cannot be considered unethical. Rather it is something that would provide a competitive edge to employers.
Go on, pick the phone and hunt them down. Moreover, headhunting is not the only way you can recruit inaccessible talent. Think alternate means to attract people. Devise an attractive referral scheme. Let the employees brand the company and recruit (to a great extent) for the company.
From United States, San Diego
Dear Colleagues,
Getting people employed is basically the job function of HR, the way you go about is a different ball game entirely.
With reference to comments made by Vindixit, I think Remi should go out of his way to Headhunt, Poach and Cajole if possible to get that position filled if it is important to the organization.
In as much as I do not want to encourage poaching, I will suggest that Remi moves close to competitors in the industry attend related exhibitions, workshops where he can come across people that can fill these positions.
One thing of note is that even if you make an employment offer it is up to the candidate to accept or reject, you can not force someone to work for you.
These days getting the right candidate, HR will have to apply all necessary recruitment mix/es and strategies...the days of prim and proper has long gone, CEOs want the job done and now!
Thanks.
From Nigeria, Lagos
Getting people employed is basically the job function of HR, the way you go about is a different ball game entirely.
With reference to comments made by Vindixit, I think Remi should go out of his way to Headhunt, Poach and Cajole if possible to get that position filled if it is important to the organization.
In as much as I do not want to encourage poaching, I will suggest that Remi moves close to competitors in the industry attend related exhibitions, workshops where he can come across people that can fill these positions.
One thing of note is that even if you make an employment offer it is up to the candidate to accept or reject, you can not force someone to work for you.
These days getting the right candidate, HR will have to apply all necessary recruitment mix/es and strategies...the days of prim and proper has long gone, CEOs want the job done and now!
Thanks.
From Nigeria, Lagos
Hi,
Head hunting is not a an unethical practice but still if you are inconvenienced you cannot do that perfectly. So instead you can look in to forums and groups (Yahoo, Google...)where the techies discuss their issues. You can identify a few and mail them in person and also try to get references form them.
Maintain a good relationship with them.
regards
Vijayakumar
From India, Coimbatore
Head hunting is not a an unethical practice but still if you are inconvenienced you cannot do that perfectly. So instead you can look in to forums and groups (Yahoo, Google...)where the techies discuss their issues. You can identify a few and mail them in person and also try to get references form them.
Maintain a good relationship with them.
regards
Vijayakumar
From India, Coimbatore
Hi Rekha,
Understand your problem, but if you are saying that you are not finding resumes in job Portal that will be wrong. This may Sound rude but believe me even i use to say the same thing
You have to refine your search differently and you have to spend a lot of time in the portal only then you will get resumes. Believe me, it works.And you will get relevant resumes, have patience you will get resumes but you have to really brain storm on that.
Regards
Dinesh Shankar
From India, Mumbai
Understand your problem, but if you are saying that you are not finding resumes in job Portal that will be wrong. This may Sound rude but believe me even i use to say the same thing
You have to refine your search differently and you have to spend a lot of time in the portal only then you will get resumes. Believe me, it works.And you will get relevant resumes, have patience you will get resumes but you have to really brain storm on that.
Regards
Dinesh Shankar
From India, Mumbai
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