Osmosis-Recruitment

                                                Osmosis-Recruitment

It is a process where a rookie experiences a gradual assimilation of ideas, knowledge etc. in the field of Recruitment. We often argue that a person has worked 5 different organizations in h/she 6 years of stint is considered to be unstable. Recruiter will not even make a call to the prospect and find out reasons of jumping the ships.

A Prospect might have worked in contract companies earlier or may a startup companies to mitigate the risk of being unemployed for a long time. It may also happen prospect might have been switching jobs because of the rising inflation.

Recruiter when inducted in the system always under the impression that the resume will be a misfit if the candidate has jumped more than 3 companies in 2 years unaware of the real scenario behind the scene. A candidate who has been switching his jobs frequently to meet his economic demands raised by his/her family vis-à-vis rising inflation.

Rookie (recruiter) assumes that the candidate would have been asked to leave because of xyz reasons, however if one has a robust verification check process in place all the doubts can be answered. Before that the candidate also has to go through resilient selection process.

I am sure the candidate if found misfit will not sail through the selection, background verification process.

I am contradicting the old adage, “The best predictor of future behavior is … past behavior"

We should not go by proverbs rather we should have a pragmatic approach, rational thinking while scrutinizing resumes. We may not go for the best fit; ideally we should go for the right fit.

We should give an opportunity to candidates in this rising inflation seen in our daily lives, not without proper scrutinizing and increasing time and cost to the process.

It is a gradual and systematic process where one gathers knowledge, experience in recruitment.

It is something which is not taught in the high reputed B-Schools or MBA colleges. One may realize there will be only one chapter on Recruitment & Selection in the course. Definitely can’t expect much from a fresher in Recruitment. It is the apprentice, intern who has to get proactive and learn from the veterans in the field. An experience which will be learnt on the job rather than in classrooms unlike courses in SAP, Java or any other technical courses.

                                I say it is Osmosis in Recruitment.