Google+ for business should be part of your social media hiring strategy

Using Google+ page as part of online recruitment strategy Many progressive organizations today are using social media as an integral part of recruitment strategy.  The latest weapon the in the armoury of the HR department is Google+. By now most  organization have aligned social media are part of their recruitment process might have developed an [...]


Recruitment applications on iphone

We all know how big the market is for iphone applications and there are brilliant applications on iTunes which are broadly categorized into utilities, games, entertainment being the most sought after.   Apple Inc had officially released iphone SDK in March 2008 and since then the mobile development community has been busy dishing out awesome applications. [...]


Graduates searching for a job in the current market scenario

The job market is tough and it’s even tougher for fresh graduates to get suitable jobs in the current market.  Normally this leads to frustration and depression and most of the students blame it on recession and how bad their luck is. However there are few students like David Rowe of Cambridge.  A law student [...]


A must read for job seekers in current economy

I came across a useful post which gives a list of must read presentations for a job seeker. Applicant.com has compiled a list of 7 presentations from SlideShare. The first thing to hit during recession was hiring and recruitment and the first thing will pick up would be the same. Economy is already showing signs [...]


Recruitment post recession – Hiring upswing round the corner, are you prepared?

The buzz across the world is that the recession is coming to an end and the worst is probably over.  You will see this sentiment being reflected amongst most of the people you talk to.  All the major news items across the globe carry headlines like “the worst is over” and testimony to this fact [...]


Recruitments – India Inc plan to recruit more in Q3 2009

Being a co-founder at Synergy Solutions (a 40 people HR services company), I have been positively waiting to see early signs of recovery as far as recruitment industry is concerned.  The main reason being: General Sentiments in the market Economic Recession Almost freeze on fresh recruitments across sectors Companies negotiating placement fees due to cost [...]


RPO – Recruitment Process Outsourcing

This article deals with what really is recruitment process outsourcing and why RPO is the latest buzzword amongst people involved in attracting, hiring, and retaining manpower.   In last few years I have been actively involved in the RPO space and would like to share my views via this article. To me outsourcing of HR services [...]


Recruitment and Recession

Recruitment and Recession. Recruitment industry is going through a tough time at this moment, the numbers have dropped drastically for the biggies and I know of recruitment agencies that are battling for survival. Being a co-founder of Synergy Solutions (we provide recruitment services to companies in India and in US) the biggest challenge today is [...]