SightsIn Plus Magazine - Apr'20 Issue

"To say the recently concluded American election process was emotional would be an understatement."

"The year 2020 has been a watershed year. Or, as I would prefer to say (if allowed to coin a new term) – a ‘tearshed’ year."

"When the ball dropped above Times Square at the very end of 2019, the world welcomed 2020 with much joy and hope. months." 

" Herein lies the conundrum. How do you change the mindset that has solidified over 21 years that growth, by design, is vertical only? "

"The single most important tip that I would share with a budding HR professional is to not see herself (or himself) as one. "

" These misses or what I call ‘recruitment crimes’ impact both the organization (in terms of loss of brand value) and applicant candidates (through poor candidate experience)"

"Recruitment is no easy task. Period. A critical aspect of the ‘HR’ or ‘People’ function in most large organizations, recruitment is at best, misunderstood, and at worst, derided. "

" A résumé, by design, looks back at the past. Is past performance, a reasonably good indicator of the future? As ‘Mutual Fund’ disclaimers rightly put it – this may or may not be the case. "

"As we step into a fresh new year, there’s no denying that during the year gone by, from all visible perspectives, it’s been a choppy job market in India, especially at the middle and senior management levels."