Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Drama Of Recruiting(5-Dec-2017)



One guy left the job. HOD decided to hire his old colleague 'X' for that position. But he had no option but to "follow the process" of that MNC.

Replacement position was raised,6 candidates were called, all came for an Interview, 3 individuals came twice before X was finally recruited.

No reimbursement was given to anyone Except 'X' & BTW no feedback was given to remaining 6.

Following were the reasons(for Internal use) for rejections

Candidate 1- Not from relevant Industry (His company name was given on his CV clearly)

2- Higher Salary (First Thing asked in the first Conversation was his Salary)

3 - Had no relevant Functional Experience (First telephonic conversation was about his Experience and Job Profile)

4 - Over Qualified (His Education and Experience made him Overqualified, though these were also mentioned in his CV from 1st Day)

5- So many job changes in last 3 years( Already mentioned in CV)

6 - Currently Not working ( Obviously this was the first thing he told to HR)

On an average, each individual spent 1000 Rs to attend this Interview plus 1 Day off, 3 Candidates spent twice. This was for the position where joiner was pre-decided. 

Anupam S Shlok



P.S - Feeling ashamed and regretting would be enough if you also have hired X ever.

Great capabilities = Great career, is a lie (6-Dec-2017)

Great #Capabilities = Great #Career , is a lie

We both were drunk, revealing #secrets. He was one of the #overpaid guys in my company.

Out of nowhere the secret came from him in broken English "I got into "XYZ" B-School by paying money. They played with #CAT score, my score was changed with someone else's score"

Whatever he achieved in his career it was directly or Indirectly because of the B-School tag he had. For me, he was just an average but a tactful guy. He had B-School #alumni sitting in all the Top companies, so getting a job wasn't a great deal.

A good B-School + name of some 'Big' companies in the CV. What else you would ask for?

Does he know the job?

Aah any individual with average #IQ would do the same, degree or without a degree. A number of years of #experience gives an obvious growth, plus companies invest decently in #training people.
He is now HOD of his department for one of the MNC. He just needs to delegate his work to the #team under him. Some of his team members are more capable than him but they don't have the degree to justify their capabilities.

His favorites pet statement to his subordinates is "Don't bring me #problems, bring me #solutions.”

Do you know someone like him?
Anupam
#Anupamism

P.S. - Don't ask me the name of that B-School.

Circus called Interview(13-Dec-2017)



I remember recruiting my plant head, 50+-year-old guy, extremely humble, knew the industry & product thoroughly.I had a pretty positive interaction with him then I requested my COO to meet him.

"Let Rahul meet him once. If he says Ok, ill meet him" he responded.

Rahul was a recent recruit 24-year-old from one of the NIT, a pretty decent guy with 2 years experience with some IT company. COO liked him from the first day.

But was he capable of interviewing this old pal and eventually 'Rejecting' him?

Do you agree "Interviews are torture sometimes", Not because candidates are not prepared but because Interviewers are 'Sick, Insane, Sadist, Dumb'.

I used to sit with an Interesting character for Interviews, HOD of a department,55+. He had a pet question "What is Multiplying factor" No matter how well your interview has gone , if you could not answer this you are rejected. Or no matter how dumb you are if you know this, your recruitment is approved by him.

I have seen "Terrorist sitting as Interviewer" literally abusing candidates, terrorizing them. They are not Interested in what candidate know, only interested in teaching what they know.

Anupam S Shlok

P.S. Dont treat people as shit. Its OK if you dont recruit them but make Interview process happy & cheerful

Companies are heartless (15-Dec-2017)


I got a call from a consultant hired by Shapoorji Pallonji Group. They wanted my views on a senior guy they hired from my company. I asked them to mail me the details they want, generally, the way reference check happens.

They never mailed me and I never replied to them.Why would I reply to someone unknown asking information about my ex-employee?They tried some more time before they stopped calling.

Two days later, I received a call for a job opportunity for some MNC starting operations in India. Profile, role, money all looked excellent. A couple of days later we met at a hotel in Gurgaon. The first question after "tell me about yourself" was "What are your views about that ex-employee of yours".

"I was trapped"

I took a day off, I spent 2000 bucks for the taxi. Eventually to realize I was made fool. All the drama was to gather information about that ex-employee of mine. I left the place without saying a single word.

While coming back I played "Apna kaam banta, bhaad me jaaye janta" song thrice.

From that day onwards I made sure no one known to me join Shapoorji Pallonji International


Anupam S Shlok

P.S. - Absolute true event.

Jio's Dadagiri (19-Dec-2017)



Morning 9'o clock I receive a warning message from Jio ,"You are misusing your Jio number by abnormally high number of calls, Please stop misusing",I laughed at it first but took it seriously & made sure I am not calling from #Jio number.

At night around 1'o clock I felt severe pain in my chest,I thought to call my Doctor but could not call rather I received a message, "Because you have still not stopped misusing jio, we have stopped your services"

I was all alone in the chilling winter night, not able to contact my doctor. He does not use WhatsApp and messages were not enough to wake him up.

"I survived" & met my doctor in the Morning.

Jio Customer care blamed me for using it for Commercial uses.I have 3 contacts saved in my Phone.My Mom, My sister, and my fiancee.

No one ever told me(even now) what exactly is "abnormally high" 10 minutes a day or 10 hours a day. I was never intimated before & after intimation, in next 15 hours, I reduced my usage to almost 10 %.

What if that chest pain was a heart attack.

By all the means,Jio grabbed us, Killed almost all the industry. Now they are in a position where they rule the terms. Either we accept the terms or suffer. We don't have the freedom to ask or counter.

Anupam S Shlok

P.S. - Based on True Events

Thursday, November 30, 2017

She was a selfish Linkediner (30-Nov-2017)


This morning I received a message with Subject line "HI Dude" from an unknown connection which I added recently.

"Hey, Anu, Awesome Picture.I have been following your posts for some time.Do you work as an HR?Buddy, please visit my profile and suggest relevant job opportunity to me.Share your email ID as well"

Messager sender must be in her late 20s,who looked pretty attractive in her office attire.I looked at the message in awe for 5 minutes, spent next 5 minutes on her profile, felt 'Hopeful' by her selection of words.

" Yes,she wants to start a conversation.Oye Anupam teri to nikal padi" I screamed within me.'Bachelor' side of me replied with joy

"Hey, thanks for great words of appreciation.You work in a completely different industry & unfortunately,I am almost "Unemployed" so practically would not be able to help you at this point in time.My email is anupamism@gmail.com.Let's get connected over the phone, what is your phone number?

She replied back with an alone "OK" within seconds.

An hour later I messaged her reminding to giver her phone number.

"I don't give my number to strangers" was the last reply before she blocked me.


Anupam S Shlok
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