Innovations in recruitment: Companies take candidates out to dinner or give them ambiguous case studies
26 November 2013 | Devina Sengupta | Indiatimes.com
MUMBAI: Campus recruitments no longer follow a predictable pattern: Company representatives sit across the table with students, engage them in set-format interviews or group discussions and seal the deal, as it were. In times of heavy competition, recruitments are being given a new spin. “There is an anxiety to get a candidate with the right fit,” says Prince Augustin, executive vice president, group human capital and leadership development, Mahindra & Mahindra.
From taking shortlisted candidates out to dinner or administering psychometric tests to assess their leadership styles, organisations are lining up unique strategies to hire the best candidate in the shortest possible time. ET takes a look at some innovative recruitment techniques.
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