Hunting on right Target is always Difficult.


Recently One of my close friend, Pathik Variya, has emailed me an article Named Why Employee Leaves Organization? It was really nice and with the facts!! I personally believe it is true or it can really change the employees’ perception towards the company.

Lets not talk about that, I would like to focus on another issue, which take place on a very frequent basis in companies. Yes I am talking about the selection of right Candidate. During my MBA, I have come across Human Resource Management. If we go to the subject in depth, it starts with Human Resource Planning, Recruitment, Selection, Identification and Selection of competent employee, Orientation, Training and many more. Out of these steps, which should be the most important stage for a company? Of course each and every step has its own importance. But here I am sharing my own thoughts so it may differ from others’ point of view!

As per my understanding of this process, I would like to put Selection as first and Identification, Selection of competent employee as second most important stage from the companies’ view. Today corporates are facing tremendous pressure for selecting right candidate. Many a times it happens that within a short span, newly recruited employee leave the company. As a result of this, if we compare the Positive and negative factors of the case, one will be not be surprise to see more negative factors than positive. Companies spend lots of money to select the right candidate and that too with the no guarantee of having the same candidate with them for a long time! The decision is a very high-risk one. If he is with the company then the cost of induction training, the first 6-7 month there is no result expected from the candidate too. It is an investment made by companies, which has no assurance of having return! In such case is it a good deal by the company?

Well, I too am a candidate. What if I plan to leave current organization? Most of us believe that HR is not an important field but now you consider the importance of it. If we go more deep into the subject, it is very agreeable if the candidate is fresher, the risk factor is very high. Companies must think twice before selecting fresh candidate. Fresher will always show full interest at the time of recruiting and selection because he is desperate to be employed as soon as early. But who knows how much time he will be staying with the company and how much return will he give to the company?
Companies also take care of Salary Band too. Overvaluation of an employee may also give hidden loss to companies. Especially in the case of fresher. I think there is a solution to having right candidate. That is attitude!! HR person must try to analyze the attitude carried by the prospective candidate. At the starting of a carrier it is the attitude that influence the newly selected candidates’ work, behavior, and job involvement. A candidate with positive attitude will always be ready to adopt the organizations’ environment. So at time of selecting right candidate HR professionals must try to analyze the attitude of the candidate.

Anyways, I am not a HR specialized person. But certain points that I would like to highlight are:

There should be some specific criteria for selecting Fresh Candidate.
Attitude of an individual must be analyzed.
Overvaluation of a fresh candidate.
The Job Profile given to the fresh Candidate.
The Cost of Hiring fresh candidate and consecutive Return from them.


I came to the above conclusion because I have experienced this. Fresh candidate join the company, take the high salary, enjoy the respect owned by the company and then leave the company. Of course it is but natural including myself. But companies must think twice before selecting candidate. Because Investment made by the company is invisible like time, experience, Learning, Money and all. It may possible that the same company who has invests the time & money in a candidate will not get the return from him. The benefit of Investment will be to the other companies.