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“BeKnown” in Facebook
Sometime back I remember seeing an email from Monster about BeKnown. I hadn’t tried it until today when I happened to get another email about it. What is this? This is an application for Facebook to make it appear/work similar to LinkedIn. So you can use facebook to...
Google+ For Recruiting
Well – No “Wave”, no “Buzz” but “Plus” seems to be way to go!! After two failed attempts, Google has a promising product – something I can use. What’s the selling point for me? I couldn’t figure out how to use Facebook categories to slice-n-dice my friends list....
High Potential Hires
Continuing on our saga to hire good candidates – here is what we are looking for. I believe this applies both for our internal hiring at both Pragna and SmartCloud companies as well as the hiring projects we undertake for our clients. Essentially there is a lot of...
Hiring in India: How not to be surprised?
In the past year since we setup shop in Bengaluru, we have lots of interesting stories to share about hiring in India – sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying and in some cases depressing stories. That said, we do have a few nicer stories to tell as well. The other...
“A” Resume vs. “The” Resume
What’s the worth of a resume anyway? The answer depends on whether its “A” resume or “The” resume. Let me explain – Majority of recruiters tend to send back as many resumes as they can find which kind of matches the text of the job description. Well – that’s what is...
Joining NPA
Well just 3 months ago, I had not heard of NPA. But the concept itself wasn’t new to us. We at Pragna were looking at ways to grow our business and we stumbled upon the idea of partnering with other staffing/recruiting firms to share requirements and leverage our...
Tips for Start-up’s to Motivate And Retain Employees
Working in a Start-up is always exciting, challenging and at times can be frustrating as well. People who have come from a corporate world can see huge difference if they enter into a start-up. Well both have its pros and cons. Having been in Start-ups most of the...
Fixed Price RPO – Hire faster, cheaper…
It’s been sometime since I wrote Pragna blogs. I got little busy working on some new product ideas. However its been an exciting time here at Pragna where we have just launched new products. The economy has improved and new jobs are trickling in… But finding the...
Which Is More Important Passion or Skill, or Both?
Many organizations identify “Passion” as a very critical component in the candidate hiring process. No doubt I have had personal experiences of my own performance as well as others that I have seen vary based on their passion and the inherent drive towards a given...
Sourcing Strategies #3: Using meta-search engines
So far we have looked at imaginative searching of active job seeker profiles and being a good Linkedin Recruiter. Now we will look at another strategy to get more inbound leads for your open jobs through internet marketing using meta-search engines. There are quite a...
Sourcing Strategies #2: Being a Linked-in Recruiter
Its almost a month since my previous post. As part of ramping up our team, we have been training them about how to use the job boards effectively, its an art that takes some time to master. I keep saying if you can locate the right candidate faster than others –...
Sourcing strategies #1: Search with Imagination
Candidate sourcing is starting point of the Recruiting Process. In a series of blogs I will try to capture some of the nuances that I have learnt. In the first part, lets look at maximizing the results from job boards like Monster, Dice, Hotjobs etc. They are a great...
Improving candidate hit rates
At Pragna, we took upon the challenge of improving the candidate hit rates for Full-time (FTE) hiring. Improving the hit rates obviously provides significant advantage to Organizations – They can spend more time with project work and employee training than...
Contract or Full Time Which is the Best Method for Hiring
Many folks have asked me – How does one determine if a resume is suited for Full-time (FTE) vs. Contract positions? The fundamental difference is in the intent for the Contract position is a specific short-term skill need whereas FTE is a hire for company for a...
Why the name Pragna?
Well.. In the past 18 months since we started this company. Many people have asked me why the name Pragna. Well there is not a great scientific explanation to this. What I tell people is we loved the name and decided to go with it in a heartbeat. Part explanation is...
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