Click to play videoNew Delhi: The Indian economy is booming, but corporates are still a worried lot as finding the right talent is becoming increasingly difficult.
Cases of fake CVs and serial job hoppers in sectors like IT and banking are driving companies to executive recruitment agencies to look for candidates with the right skillset.
At a panel discussion called 'koffee with kiran' organised by the executive recruiters association, NASSCOM president Kiran Karnik expressed disappointment over the quality of graduates in the country.
"What we need to do is to take a look at hoe to change the education system to make it market responsive," says President of NASSCOM, Kiran Karnik.
Others like Director (HR) of South-AsianBharti Airtel, AVK Mohan agree: "All the training programmes are trying to address the problem of how to equip the new recruits with skills and the attitude."
But while recruitment at lower levels may still be a manageable task, both the industry and recruiters are finding it tough to hire people at senior levels.
"Well, at the mid and senior levels, there are simply not enough people. In this industry which is young, attracting people with the right talent is difficult," says Karnik.
Another issue which discussed was the prospect of blacklisting serial job-hoppers.
While corporate india believes public blacklisting by making names accessible to other companies could be fraught with legal and ethical implications, recruiters believe there is another side to the coin.
"There could be a mean recruiter perspective, there could be a vindictive corporate perspective or there could be a bad candidate perspective," says Convenor of Delhi Chapter of Executive Recruiters Association, Dony Kuriakose.
The Indian I-T industry alone needs to recruit at least four lakh people this year and that is just a part of the entire demand for reliable and productive talent across all sectors of the economy.
So, is blacklisting the solution? Or, as Mr Karnik says, should the market forces of demand and supply just be allowed to weed out the bad apples? The industry is still searching for answers.
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