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I knew of Dr. Randy Pausch, just the day he died. He inspires. I’d pray for his soul to rest in peace.

In the last six years of my consulting practice as a recruiter, I have had the privilege to interact with a few hundred people and transact their career movements. I’d in my posts share some interesting notes on these interactions. As a practice I would stick not to reveal name/organisation.

A challenge, we face as a recruiter is to believe in the stability of a candidates term in a position and map the natural growth from the position. It is very common to come across many who look for a change in job within short span of time of their joining new assignments (anything less than 6 months is usually considered very short span). Before discussing such profiles with a client, we get the candidate to explain us the reasons, and tend to believe in the reasons offered. The usual reasons include a role mis-match or the work environment not being as conducive as they would have expected.

More often in such scenario by the time they actually reach the interview rounds and discussion table, many tend to get wary of their own explanation on having had to look for a change. They probably over time introspect; during the process are not able to invoke the same conviction with which they began; and are eventually not able to get the prospective employer to see their point of view.

Weariness on self conviction at any stage of interview process actually jeopardises the candidature, irrespective of career levels. This holds as much good for being confident on technical skills as well as on personal skills.

The most cited reasons for rejection in personal interview processes are lack of energy, vibrancy and conviction. One could make the mistake of making a wrong move, even if it was un-intentional, but may not have the luxury of being able to rectify it, unless we are able to admit it; accrue honest reasons for such a move and carry on with conviction to another opportunity.

Confidence motion won, trust lost and citizens eye-washed. We have always known to have very short memories. All that have concerned us for 4 long years has now been forgotten and there is jubilation over the accomplishment to offer nuclear power to us, the citizens, to eradicate poverty, and which may reach us in 6 years! No other PM has staked so much ever on a deal, but then there was never an issue to  cover up many other…!

In the Business – HRM Process I’d update about some of the exciting recruitment projects we currently manage. Readers interested in knowing more about these requirements could please email me at praveen(at)greyflex(dot)com.

We at GreyFlex HR Consulting currently are on look-out for,

• CNC Machines Sales and Service Engineers located at Chennai and Cochin.
• Fresh HR MBA aspirants have project openings at Mumbai.
• Textile industry professionals in managing sourcing quality, production, and planning have senior opportunities at Bangalore.
• Premium School HR post graduates have opportunities at Bangalore.

Watch out for this space more often!

The parliament debates on confidence in the Government, over the n-deal, which apparently will generate 6% of our energy usage in around 6 years. I wonder if this hype is a leading eye wash over issues on price-rise, inflation, decline of business opportunity, and corruption. Isn’t it ironical, the ruling alliance manages to accomplish this almost every-time they near completion of their term. What’s next?