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Friday, June 27, 2014
Respect The Recruiter
Respect The Recruiter
An Article on LinkedinThere was a time when Recruitment companies were like call centers, and the recruiters were mere telecallers. Mass mailers and bulk job postings were the game deciders. Today the scenario has changed; well, at least to the serious players in the business. Recruiters today are Consultants. They help you choose a career, they guide you with inputs on the company, and the role and the USPs that would help you clinch the deal. A real deal breaker then, is when the candidate does not appreciate this, and does not carry the Respect for the Recruiter. I'm penning my thoughts on this from a recruiter perspective. I'm sorry, if some of it is too candid.
1) Be Polite:
They say, politeness is a virtue. No harm in showing that to a recruiter who is calling you. Yes, she gets paid for calling you, and it is her job. But also remember that YOU are not the only one available for that job in the market. You stand a better chance of your CV reaching the HR manager, by being just a little polite.
2) Tell the Truth
DO NOT lie to the Doctor, Lawyer and the Recruiter. Many times candidates hide critical information about their current role, salary or even if they are in a job. It cuts a very sorry figure in front of the client, after they find out the truth, which will happen inevitably. If you are truthful, a recruiter can help you by advising you on how to handle it. A lie is not going to take you further.
3) Are you even looking for a Job?
Be Sure. Have you made up your mind that you are looking for a job? .If not, please be upfront in the first call. It saves a lot of effort for the recruiter and yourself.
4) Don’t Juggle offers.
If you are in discussions with another client or if you have another offer in hand, it is best to tell the recruiter. May be she can fast track your interview, or at least she would be upfront with you if her client would hire you or not. Playing smart to get the best deal by juggling, can end up with empty hands.
5) Don’t wait for eternity to decide
Clients work on strict time lines to fill up positions. Most recruiters face competition from other recruitment companies for the same position. You need to decide fast before the client decides otherwise. Please don’t keep the recruiter hanging in balance for eternity while you decide.
6) Have Patience
Recruiters will get back to you as soon as they hear from the client. Please give them that bit of time. Over follow up may be counterproductive. Approaching the client directly through other means will be an act of desperation, and may kill your chances.
7) Respect the Time:
Most good recruitment consultants are girls, and they don’t work 24 hours. It is unfair to ask them to call you at 9.30 in the night after you have finished with your day, or on a week end. Don’t expect her to give you her mobile number so that you can call her after your work hours. Respect her and her time.
8) If it is Confidential, it is Confidential
Many clients want the information of a search to be kept confidential, mostly because there is an incumbent. Keep it as confidential when the recruiter says so. Many time the candidate’s over enthusiasm to check with the client on the position falls directly into the incumbents ear, leaving the HR and the recruiter red faced. And your CV gets red flagged.
9) Help us to Help You
Simple, just keep up to your words. If you have agreed to go for the interview, please go on the agreed time. If by any chance you are unable to go, please ensure you inform the recruiter well in advance. She can keep the client informed. Imagine yourself waiting for a candidate to turn up for an interview and being told 15 minutes post the scheduled time that the candidate won’t reach!!
A recruiter changes your life. Help her to make her life a little better.
I'm sure many more points can get added to this. Look forward to hearing from fellow recruiter fraternity and potential candidates.
Note : I have used feminine gender for recruiter and it was to address the vast majority of brilliant recruiters in this industry.
Author: Sanjeev Vajpai
iQuest Management Consultants Pvt Ltd
Friday, November 8, 2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Arabian nights Story competition winner: A Cute story
A man and his
girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. All of their friends and
family came to see the lovely ceremony. Both of them were looking
beautiful. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife comes to the husband with a proposal:
“I read in a magazine,
a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage.” she offered. “Each
of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the
other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and
make our lives happier together.”
The husband
agreed, so each of them went to a separate room
In the house and
thought of the things that annoyed them about the other.
They thought about this
question for the rest of the day and wrote down what they came up with.
The next morning, at
the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.
“I’ll start,” offered
the wife. She took out her list.
It had many items on it
enough to fill 3 pages, in fact. As she started reading the list of the little
annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her
husband’s eyes. “What’s wrong?” she asked.
“Nothing” the husband
replied, “keep reading your lists.”The wife continued to read until she had
read all three pages to her husband. She neatly placed her list on the table
and folded her hands over top of it.
“Now, you read your
list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” She said
happily.
Quietly the husband
stated,
“I don’t have anything
on my list. I think that you are perfect the way that you are. I don’t want you
to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn’t want to
try and change anything about you.”
The wife, touched by
his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned
her head and wept.
Moral of the Story
In life, there are
enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really
have to go looking for them.
We have a wonderful
world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in
this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look
around us, and see the wondrous things before us?
I believe that
We are happiest when we see & praise the good and try our best to forget the bad.
Author of the post: This story has been posted as a recognition to Ms. Anuradha Rana who won the first prize in the Story writing competition organized in iQuest on the occasion of Eid (2013) under the Arabian Nights theme.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Wings and Respect...
As we step into the 96th year of
celebrating the International Women’s Day, it’s not just the piece of history
of the soviet women aspiring to win respect at their textile industries exactly
a century ago , or how the day is commemorated in south east Asia today . It’s
a point in time to stop and ponder over and think – ‘of how far we have come in
realizing this dream ’.
I am no pessimist, but series of
unfortunate events develop one question and the one which does not escape my
mind is,” have we learnt to respect women?” Let me be more specific here. As a
fellow citizen of 120 Crore people comprising 48 percent women, can ‘they’ all
call us a nation of equality?
Traditionally, India has been a patriarchal
society for over 5000 years of its civilization. We now come up with statements
suggesting changes and development, sugarcoated with adjectives that run “women
empowerment” and of how things have gotten better. Maybe-we are all missing the
point here! Statistics that speak of a rape every twenty minutes is not only
shameful and agonizing ,but spells of an unimaginative bear reed character the
men have displayed ever since .
Yes, not all men would be potentially the
‘rotten fruit’, but the rest should stand up and be counted in supporting the cause.
when I speak of supporting the cause –it ‘simply’ means respecting the views,
priorities and making a conscious effort in motivating women around us . It
isn’t very difficult. Start with your mother – the yoga academy she wants to join,
our sister – the skirts she fancies to college, your wife – the job she wants
to take, your friend – the man she wants to chase, your colleague – the project
she wants to lead. And the men – stop your father if he tries to win terms,
your friend if he’s agony to his girl friend, your neighbor if he’s violence to
his wife. Stop making rapists at home. Before all those decisions and
statements we men make, which do sound harsh, think not once but twice if it’s
going to shred the wings or give them the phoenix’s .
There is definitely more to a country than
statistics that speak of violence .And for women who do not find men around to
support you , stand up for yourself for everything – for education , to compete
, to vote, at the workplace , to own , to contraception, to non violence , to a
life . It is about you, about the respect you deserve, and if it’s not being
given – demand and fight.
And like Sridevi states in the film English
Vinglish ,"mujhe pyaar ki zaroorat nahin hain , zaroorat hain toh izzat ki " .
UN
theme for IWD 2013 : a promise is a
promise : time for action to end violence against women
Author of the post: Mr. Shailesh Gaikwad (Client associate - BD team, Kondwa, Pune)
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Mohe Rang de........
Throughout our lives, as citizens our India, we have always been claiming our rights. We have luxuriously been enjoying the privileges of a democratic country that allows us to live a peaceful life securing and safeguarding our interests in the best of its form. Though very often, while voicing out our concerns regarding these rights, we tend to forget our fundamental duties as citizens towards this great nation.'Mohe Rang De...' was just a small step taken by iQuesters to make people realize these fundamental duties where various teams participated to perform a street play and reinforced the reason for celebrating Republic day!
Author of the post: Suraj Pathak (Sr. Executive - HR)
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Legal rights of Women
Given
below is an email sent by one of our members from qualified legal experts -
Saumya Bhaumik (Women Rights Lawyer) & Tariq Abeed (Advocate, Supreme
Court)
"Lets be safe by knowing your rights... as
women, we are entitled to some rights by law that protect
us, specially when we have been violated. Here are some that we
should be aware of:
· Right to
privacy while recording a statement: Under
section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code, a woman can record her statement
before the district magistrate when the case is under trial, and no one else
needs to be present. Alternatively, she can record the statement with only one
police officer and woman constable in a convenient place that is not crowded
and does not provide any possibility of the statement being overheard by a
fourth person. The police have to, by law, protect the woman’s right to
privacy. It’s important for the person to feel comfortable and not be under any
kind of stress while narrating the incident.
·
Time does
not matter: The
police cannot refuse to register an FIR even if a considerable period of time
has elapsed since the incident took place. If the police tells you that they
can’t lodge your FIR since you didn't report it earlier, do not
concede. “Rape is a horrifying incident for any woman, so it’s natural for her
to go into shock and not want to report it immediately. She may also fear for
her safety and the reputation and dignity of her family. For this reason, the
Supreme Court has ruled that the police must register an FIR even if there has
been a gap between the report and the occurrence of the incident,” says Tariq
Abeed, advocate, Supreme Court.
·
Police
cannot refuse: A
victim can register her police complaint from any police station under the Zero
FIR ruling by Supreme Court. “Sometimes, the police station under which the
incident occurs refuses to register the victim’s complaint in order to keep
clear of responsibility, and tries sending the victim to another police
station. In such cases, she has the right to lodge an FIR at any police station
in the city under the Zero FIR ruling. The senior officer will then direct the
SHO of the police station concerned to lodge the FIR,” says Abeed. This is a Supreme
Court ruling that not many women are aware of, so don’t let the SHO of a police
station send you away saying it “doesn't come under his area”.
·
No
arrests after sunset: According
to a Supreme Court ruling, a woman cannot be arrested after sunset and before
sunrise. There are many cases of women being harassed by the police in the wee
hours, but all this can be avoided if you exercise the right of being present
in the police station only during daytime. “Even if there is a woman constable
accompanying the officers, the police can’t arrest a woman at night. In case
the woman has committed a serious crime, the police has to get it in writing
from the magistrate explaining why the arrest is necessary during the night,”
says Bhaumik.
·
Women
cannot be called to the Police Station: Women
cannot be called to the police station for interrogation under Section 160 of
the Criminal Procedure Code. This law provides Indian women the right of not
being physically present at the police station for interrogation. “The police
can interrogate a woman at her residence in the presence of a woman constable
and family members or friends,” says Abeed. So the next time you’re called to
the police station for queries or interrogation when you have faced any kind of
harassment, quote this guideline of the Supreme Court to exercise your right
and remind the cops about it.
·
The
doctor cannot decide: A
case of rape can’t be dismissed even if the doctor says rape had not taken
place. A victim of rape needs to be medically examined as per Section 164 A of
the Criminal Procedure Code, and only the report can act as proof. “A woman has
the right to have a copy of the medical report from the doctor. Rape is a
crime, not a medical condition. It is a legal term and not a diagnosis to be
made by the medical officer treating the victim. The only statement that can be
made by the medical officer is that there is evidence of recent sexual
activity. Whether the rape has occurred or not is a legal conclusion and the
doctor can’t decide on this,” explains Bhaumik.
·
Protect
your identity: Under
no circumstances can the identity of a rape victim be revealed. Neither the
police nor media can make known the name of the victim in public. Section 228-A
of the Indian Penal Code makes the disclosure of a victim’s identity a
punishable offense. Printing or publishing the name or any matter which may
make known the identity of a woman against whom an offence has been committed
is punishable. This is done to prevent social victimization or
ostracism of the victim of a sexual offence. Even while a judgment is in
progress at the high court or a lower court, the name of the victim is not
indicated, she is only described as ‘victim’ in the judgement.
·
Employers
must protect: It
is the duty of every employer to create a Sexual Harassment Complaints
Committee within the organisation for redressal of such complaints. According
to a guideline issued by the Supreme Court, it is mandatory for all firms,
public and private, to set up these committees to resolve matters of sexual
harassment. It is also necessary that the committee be headed by a woman and includes
50 per cent women as members. Also, one of the members should be from a women’s
welfare group.
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