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1. This is a best way to grab C-suite role

Want that C-suite role? Here is what you must do

As someone aspiring to climb the corporate ladder and secure a C-suite role, I found the article to be an insightful guide on the essential traits and skills necessary for success in such high-level positions. Manu Saigal, the Director of General Staffing at Adecco India, aptly underscores the importance of possessing strategic vision, the ability to navigate ambiguity, decisive leadership, collaboration, effective communication, agility in adapting to change, and a constant desire for learning. These qualities, ranging from crafting multifaceted strategies to building trust and adapting swiftly to change, resonate with the complex demands of executive leadership. Ankit Aggarwal, Founder & CEO of Unstop, further emphasizes the need for guiding and motivating others, managing crises empathetically, taking calculated risks, and proactively preparing for potential challenges. The article also stresses the significance of self-assessment, personal branding, and strategic networking in the journey towards the C-suite, highlighting the continuous nature of this pursuit for success.

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2. SDE Hiring Checklist

Hiring Software Engineers? 7 Engineering Leaders Share Their Biggest Lessons

The emphasis on hiring quality talent as the linchpin for organizational success, articulated by Erik Bernhardsson, underlines the pivotal role of personnel in every facet of an organization.

• Set expectations, quickly
• Invest in technical conversations
• Look for people with a “default-to-action” mentality
• Build diverse teams
• Create a great system, and you’ll have great engineers
• Ask yourself if hiring more people is the best solution
• Spend More Time Hiring

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3. Best tools to find personal Email address

How to find personal email addresses, when sourcing candidates

After finding the best candidates you were looking for, based on a very thoughtful sourcing strategy, in the right platforms (Linkedin, Github, Dribbble...), you now want to contact them. To do so, email is often the best option out there. But it's not always easy to find talent's emails. And as a candidate, it's always confusing and uncomfortable to receive emails from a recruiter into your current job's inbox. In fact, 79% of candidates do prefer receiving emails in their private/personal email address vs work one. Here are a few tips to help you find talent's emails.

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4. I built a free Chatbot using AI

Labour Law Buddy Chatbot

• Open Droxy AI
• Upload data source, I uploaded labour law PDF
• Chatbot is available in a jiffy

Droxy can be quickly used to create an MVP for your project, this can used as Candidate FAQ, Policy Bot etc.

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5. 2024 Recruitment trend

Recruitment Trends amp; Industry Insights | January 2024

2023 was a year marked by unprecedented inflation, a robust labor market and rapid advancements in artificial intelligence. As we enter 2024, inflation continues to fall, the labor market remains tight and recruiting quality talent remains as challenging as ever for talent acquisition teams often tasked with doing more with less. To kick this year off, we’ve compiled an overview of the top tech trends that will affect talent acquisition and recruitment. This list summarizes expert commentary and provides organizations with valuable insights into the ever-evolving landscape of HR technology, so your teams can hit the ground running.

Recruiters Embrace AI

• Last year, the Pew Research Center reported that 18% of US adults used ChatGPT. Of those people, 16% used it for work-related tasks. That proportion will likely rise in 2024 as awareness of these tools increases and workplaces roll out policies around AI tool use.

• Experts expect that generative AI tools will assist with more recruiter tasks, like writing job descriptions and drafting interview questions.

Sources: Korn Ferry, Indeed Hiring Lab, Pew Research Center, Gartner

Job Seekers Embrace AI

• AI has the potential to help recruiters find qualified candidates, but it may also make the process of finding great jobs easier for job seekers.

• Tools like ChatGPT can help candidates determine which jobs they’re most qualified for based on their previous work experience and skills. They can also speed up the process of tailoring resumes and cover letters to jobs.

• Generative AI can help applicants prepare for interviews by offering sample interview questions that are tailored to specific job descriptions.

Sources: FlexJobs, Korn Ferry

Data-Driven HR Decisions

• According to Indeed, the human resources sector saw a 35% decline in job postings in 2023 compared to the previous year. HR and talent acquisition will need to do more with less.

• According to a Gartner survey, 89% of HR leaders planned to increase or maintain HR technology budgets in 2024, making it the #1 area of investment for the third year in a row.

• The HR Technology market is forecasted to grow over the next five years from $25 billion in 2023 to $42 billion by 2027.

Sources: Indeed Hiring Lab, Gartner

A Hybrid World

• The prevalence of hybrid and remote work impacted the way many people do their jobs. By the fall of 2023, 32% of workers in the United States were in a hybrid arrangement or were remote full time.

• The onset of the pandemic meant employers needed to rapidly incorporate virtual hiring practices into their workflows. Fast forward to 2023, and organizations continue to embrace a variety of tools in the hiring process.

• A survey by Criteria found that 72% of employers reported interviewing candidates over the phone, 69% used live video tools and 7% used pre-recorded video.