Wednesday 4 December 2013

Bullish & Bearish : Recruitment

Bullish & Bearish: Recruitment
I am not pointing out the Rising and Falling of Stock prizes. People in HR / Recruitment may relate to what I am writing. Some pointers you may consider while Recruitment is Bullish or Bearish.
Firstly let me give you a holistic view on Bullish / Bearish: Recruitment. Bullish is means when the ample of opportunities to fill. Bearish means the slack time in Recruitment.
Bullish is the time when Recruiters are occupied with Sourcing, Interviewing, on boarding resources.
Bullish is the time when recruiter gets hands on. It’s the time when individual is recognized for efforts
Put in to hire resources. It’s the time where we do not have time to think about up skilling. It’s the time
Where people do not look for job changes, Recruiters are highly occupied with work, late hours,
Weekend drives, number pressure etc.

Bearish is the time when there are less opportunities to fill. It does not mean Organization is not doing well. Organization might go in reconciliation mode to review their headcount. It’s the time when Hiring Managers are in hibernation, relooking their strategies, re-evaluating their TOM ( Target Operating Model). This is the time to relook our strategies, aspirations, strengths, and weakness as an individual.
Individual gets time to relook on their performances. We may look at our style or identify our trend to close an opportunity.
Time to up skill in other areas, may be making use of other departments within HR.
I have learnt that no learning goes waste, hence revisiting management workshops which can be helpful in doing the job.
Bringing innovative ideas on the table that makes difference to the trend of hiring, or department. These things will act as a catalyst in meeting ambitions. Make use of other teams to cross skill and earn brownie points.
Trending is , making your own niche in the market. It’s like marketing yourself. Colgate is the brand which has ruled in Indian market. Colgate launched its campaign as a germ killer; it did not do as expected.
Colgate though through and re-launched its campaign as a Toothpaste which protects your teeth for 12 hours and the sales went up.
Bearish is not time to look for job changes, it’s an opportunity to up skill and reinvent ourselves.

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