Recruitment through my glasses

Well, before I start let me tell all of you that recruitment didn’t happen to me by chance, it was my choice and I don’t regret it! I have been a part of recruitment industry for over 6 years now and I feel it’s time for me to share my experiences so far. I know recruiters who are reading my post now will agree that our job role is way more challenging than it looks like to others. With candidates hovering over you for feedback and business chasing you for candidates it is a race that has no finishing line. And the biggest disappointment that we face everyday is with the offer rejects, declines, dropouts etc. I have come across a lot of postings where candidates have mentioned their bad experiences with some of the recruitment process, but we have rarely witnessed any recruiter penning down their side of the story. While I don’t encourage any such experiences to candidates but being a recruiter, I know the other side of the grass is not green either. Be it any part of globe, recruitment remains same throughout and the only difference is the market dynamics. With my years of experience, I must admit that India recruitment is probably the most difficult market to work with. Job market is equally difficult for job seekers and providers. While the companies are trying to do their best to attract best talents, I see most of them are also facing challenges in absorbing those talents. Primary reason is the availability of opportunities vs candidate pool. The industry subtleties have changed dramatically in 2021, where we have seen that hiring has been picked up really well especially for the technology and analytics/data science sector whereas there are areas which are still suffering due to the ongoing global pandemic situations. Not only the market but I have witnessed changes in expectations that candidates carry these days for a job change. Well, I agree that compensation can been one of the primary motivations, but what I see these days is that this has become the only motivation for most of the candidates, which is sad. I really don’t know if money can really be the only reason for a job change. Should we not consider the organization values, learning scope and growth opportunities? However, I do understand that for some candidate compensation plays a vital role because of the responsibilities that they hold in family but what about the rest?

I am open to understand more on this and will look forward to your thoughts. Since this is my first article, request you all to excuse me if you find errors made fortuitously. Also, this article is purely based on my experiences and is not intended to hurt anyone’s feelings or emotions. There are a lot more to share…stay tuned??

-Aditi Guha