
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change” — Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Work from home is a much-used term these days. Organizations usually have a defined set of processes in place for remote employees and for the one-off instances where a team or department resorts to ‘work-from-home. In fact, this is an option that offers your employees an added flexibility and if research is to be believed, it has also shown higher levels of productivity. Automattic, best known for giving the world WordPress.com, is working on a completely distributed model with employees all over the globe. So yes, there can be a success with remote working models.
Every business has procedures and processes of their own when it comes to hiring and recruiting candidates. They have separate timelines, resources, expectations, needs, and priorities. However, there are some standard tips and guidelines that any company can apply to recruit the best candidates.
There are many ways of connecting with qualified candidates online. Social media has become a place where people like to share ideas and interact with each other. Different companies tend to include social media recruitment process for sharing different job-related messages such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Remember the simpler times when marketing was all about ATL, BTL, and TTL? These acronyms mean above the line and below the line, through the line respectively. This basically means when you had to do the marketing of the products on big billboards, television, newspaper, and via flyers.
Problem: HBR’s (Harvard Business Review) study of the top 100 IT companies indicates a majority of IT services companies are facing two major challenges:
Recruitment means acquiring the best talent for your organization. If you go by the book, you know modern recruiting consists of four stages of recruitment, i.e., Attract, Engage, Retain, Qualify. These levels concern the candidate.
Have you heard about the chain reaction? If you’re thinking…. did she really ask me if I have heard what a chain reaction was? Then yes, I did!
Data Science seems to be in demand lately. The demand for data scientists has been increasing significantly as per the reports from websites like Indeed and Dice.