The hiring process is a complex cycle in the recruitment industry. People and organisations are difficult, and matching people and organisations are far more complicated with it being extremely difficult to predict who will be brilliant and who will be a bust. Read what #TeamEdge recruiters have got to say about it.(…)
2018 to date has been a much more robust year from a recruitment perspective and this has also been reflected in an uptick in hiring within the Finance space. We have explored some of the rationale behind this below as well as insights into specific functions within Finance.
If you take a good look around – we are surrounded by smartphones, smartwatches and intelligent data-driven technology aimed at optimising our lives. But this is just the beginning. The real change lies in how people react to workplace relationships, new communication tools, workplace hierarchies and leadership approaches to ensure greater connectivity in a network(…)
Authored by Priya Bala, Managing Director at The Edge. She has a decade of recruitment experience in the local and regional markets and retains a personal focus on the Marketing, Communications and Digital sectors. As a recruiter, I meet and speak to dozens of people on a weekly basis. Some have left lasting impressions(…)
Rushit Shah, an Associate Director with The Edge who oversees the Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement and Quality Management functions within multiple Industries in the Asia Pacific shares his top 6 takeaways on the biggest trends in the supply chain industry for 2018. #1 When it comes to supply chain talent, what are the biggest(…)
Authored by Shalini Parupudi, a Human Resources and Administration Consultant at Bangalore with The Edge Partnership. She is responsible for mid to senior level positions within BFSI, Technology, E-Commerce and Start-ups. Thinking of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a self-sustaining monster is a good concept for any dystopian fantasy fiction, but the fact stands that(…)
Authored by Vitthal Dhingra. Based in Bangalore, Vitthal is a Consultant with The Edge Partnership specializing in Information Technology and he is responsible for mid to senior level positions with Telecom, Semiconductor, Networking, Product and Consumer Internet as well as E-Commerce clients. Machines do not understand feelings but humans have succeeded in transferring their(…)
That was the question I was asked, by an Indian expat in Hong Kong just over a year ago as I was quietly planning my move to India. I was subtly testing the waters to get their view on the market in India and what it is like to work there permanently and not just(…)
“What’s your pay like?” Perhaps an all too sensitive question that most of us have faced in our careers. The strange thing is that people will be willing to disclose their electric bill, mobile bill, mortgage payment, or even whether they can afford to buy an iPhone next month and everything except for their salary.(…)
Should Expats Always Have A Plan B As someone who has never had a plan B (or really a Plan A coming to think of it)! – writing this post is somewhat cathartic. But considering the … (…)