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Times Ascent (Wednesday, 12th December) published an interesting article on the predicted talent crunch that India Inc. is facing. The article talks about how MNCs in Indian are finding it extremely difficult to find talented people to work with and how the trend will continue for the next few years. Read the entire article here. Internships to the rescue : Can the trend be Share and Enjoy8 companies, a premier Engineering college, a campus full of spirited participants – The Twenty19.com Internship competition at IIT Guwahati took companies to the campus – virtually. Internship competition at IIT Guwahati Twenty19.com Internship Competition is a one of its kind contest where we take companies to the doorsteps of top Indian colleges. In the past, Twenty19.com has organizedInternship competitions in IIT – Guwahati, BITS Pilani Share and EnjoyHiring relevant interns for your internship role is an extremely cruicial aspect of making an internship work. Most often an internship fails because the hired candidate is not relevant for the job.Dealing with misfits in your organization is both time consuming and unproductive. 5 ways in which you can hire relevant interns for your company : – Start early – Many times, companies are in urgent need of a candidate Share and Enjoy What is the best time to hire interns? When are the students available for full time internships? Arestudents available in the month of August for internship? Many companies ask us these questions to plan their internship program for the year. So we thought of sharing the ‘Internship Calendar’ with you. Internship Calendar helps you in planning your internship programs/projects as per students’ availability for the entire year. How to use Share and EnjoySometimes referred to as ‘Work from Home’ or ‘offsite work’, Virtual Internships have become a trend in the hiring industry. In our previous newsletter you learned about Virtual Internships and for what kind of roles you can comfortably hire virtual interns. Now when you are thinking of having some virtual interns to finish those pending projects and tasks of yours, (in addition to general guidelines like setting clear objectives, Share and Enjoy You are a startup, a small but growing firm, and you have exciting learning and work opportunities for students but can’t afford to host an intern. Virtual internships are just the thing you need. With improving technology and growing social media, virtual internships are becoming more popular among small & medium companies and startups. Companies are using different tools like Skype for video conferencing, Google, Yahoo for instant messaging, Google Share and EnjoyRewind a few years in your career and think if at any point you had the feeling – “I wish someone had given me this feedback earlier”? Or, how many times have you asked for references before you recruit someone to your team? Feedback is an essential part of an evaluation process and a few minutes of your time to give feedback to your interns will go a long way as they Share and Enjoy Yes, the traditional method of hiring via campus recruitment & job portals no longer works for SMB Fresher hiring. Most students in college campuses want to join large MNCs and Job portals flood your inbox with junk resumes. So, what is the solution for fresher hiring ? Simple – Give students an internship / project for a short duration & make a full-time employment offer, if the student performs well Share and EnjoyTargeting your internship posting to students from the right educational backgrounds gets you the best responses. But, the challenge is in targeting it right. Consider these cases… Case 1: I want to post a market research internship – who should I target? Should I target just the MBAs or will engineers also be suitable? Case 2: I want to post a software development internship. I want all students from Share and Enjoy Let me ask you this question: Does hiring the right fresher talent for your company eat up a lot of your time and resources? To be honest, till about a year back, fresher hiring was a PAIN for us too! We used to conduct interviews over lunch with the phone in one hand and a sandwich in the other. Our most productive employees and our top management spent almost Share and Enjoy |
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