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REACTION 6

 A few weeks back, one of my connections posted on the need for improvement by HR Professionals and Recruiters as regards the Recruitment Process and went ahead to identify five critical areas of improvement.

- Recruiters must honour commitments stating that failure to do so damages the reputation of the organization. When you invited people for interview, you must not fail to show up.

- Be transparent about budget constraints. Do not reject candidates because of salary demands.

- Respect candidates time, punctuality matters. You must not delay candidates due to your lack of organization.

- Remember that the interview process is the building of relationships and not doing anyone favours.

- Provide closure. Ghosting candidates is unprofessional and harmful.

Finally, we should create recruitment process that reflects mutual respect and professionalism.

REACTION

While I agree completely with the author, it must be stated unequivocally that the shortcomings highlighted are some of the differences between real professionals and charlatans.

All the points are the things that form the basic preparation for the interview process. You cannot give what you do not have.

Anybody irrespective of what big title you answer and/or professional grade, should you be guilty of these five points, be assured that you are not a HR Professional or Recruiter but a Charlatan.

I still remember a job offer I rejected because of the attitude of the head of the HR Function. Infact he was not allowed to participate in the interview process.

The HR Professional is the face of the organization for those staff joining and those staff exiting.

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