How NOT to Hire Right !

Yes you read it right. It's about how NOT to hire right. While a lot of literature is rampant on the net about how to hire right, here's an audacious attempt to share with you how not to. This audacity comes from the fact that these are not based on any theory or principles proposed by the so-called Management Gurus. These are a classic example of "Experience speaks" types where the people around us have gone through. Let us look at those simple and easy-to-implement tips to make the poor job hunting prospective employee shy away in no time. Just get into any of the below categories and watch the prospect vanish in a second.

The "I-don't-know" type : They are too naive..work for a small firm..whose earnings are also small. They desparately wait to hire without being smart enough to know how?? Usually start off by addressing you "Sir / Madam" and giving some vague info like there is an opening (without giving you the whats of it) but persist asking you "Are you interested?" They sound more like a Customer Care Executive of a Bank asking if you want a Credit card!! The prospective employee by now understands that you hardly know anything and so will think of giving your company a miss !! Try it out..it sure works !!

The "I-am-smart" type : Here I recall an incident which my friend shared with me. She got a call from a girl who claimed that she was calling from a Top brand. After my friend's excitement and promise to her to meet the next day the girl slowly discloses that she is calling from a small firm and they deal with the top brand and this firm can be considered a subsidiary of it !!! That the girl got the firing of a lifetime from my friend is not relevant now anyways !! This is one trick to get an easy prey!

The "I-dont-care" type : Sometime ago when I was very busy with my wedding shopping in a big sari mall I got a call from this Gentleman who is supposed to be the Regional Head of a popular Indian MNC. As soon I pick up the call he doesnt care if I am even interested or if I can talk to him then...all he says was "Hi I am XXX calling from YYY. When can you come down to meet me tomorrow? I will be here in Hyderabad only till tomorrow evening." I was shocked by his attitude. How could such a senior person calling from such a popular company talk like this??? An utter disrespect towards the candidate. Go for it and you wouldn't be hiring right even if you are calling from the biggest brand :-) !!

The "I-am-too-desperate" type : One of my friends got a call from the biggest brand for a position of Resource Manager. She was never into Resourcing and had conveyed the same to the recruiter. But the recruiter persisted in saying that it is ok as she holds an MBA and is into HR. When she shared this with me I was wondering if he is trying to tell us that the biggest and the most wanted brand is not finding people to fill their positions that they have to compromise like this??

The list will go on and on and on....

On a more serious note, are jobs only for people? Don't companies need the right candidate? If yes why aren't they recruiting right ?? Most of people's experiences make me feel if the companies consider all these job-hunting candidates beggars begging for a job !!

Agreed that we need to be aggressive in reaching targets, closing positions and growing but what about Quality? what about values? and what really is "Right person for the Right job" all about ? Are we soooo lost in the number game that we miss wood for the trees, that we recruit for the heck of it only to see the wrong-fit vanishing in just a couple of months time?? Look who's talking about "Attrition" !!!!