Debating skillbased hiring at Shine conclave
LONG TERM HR community needs to develop a sustainable procedure to ensure a balance between skillbased and resumebased hiring to maintain equilibrium
MUMBAI: Shine.com, the most innovative and the second largest online job portal in India successfully concluded another chapter of HR Conclave in Mumbai recently. The conclave is a part of a series of events that is conducted by Shine.com, across the year, spanning the cities of Mumbai, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai.
The Mumbai conclave witnessed the panel discuss emerging trends that impact the hiring and recruitment landscape in India - such as the Impact of Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and other similar emerging skills.
The panelists of the Mumbai conclave included industry leaders like Madhavi Lall, Head of HR, Deutsche bank, Nirav Jagad, CHRO of Nykaa, Alok Sheopurkar, Executive Vice President & Head HR of HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd and Unmesh Pawar, Global Managing Director Human Resources of Accenture.
The panel shared its valuable insights on The Emergence of Skill Based Hiring in the industry. The discussion was moderated by Avijit Bhattacharya, CHRO of Tata Capital.
The insightful panel discussion set minds thinking about the trends in hiring and the challenges and opportunities that the employees and HR leaders may come across in the future.
The topics discussed included the role of skill-based hiring in India, initiatives that companies can take to skill their employees, key skills that will be in demand in the coming years and the factors that will determine the short listing of candidates in future.
Speaking at the event, Madhavi Lall, Head, HR, Deutche Bank said, “The hiring industry is witnessing pragmatic changes basis the new- age job requirements. Conventionally, recruiters are not used to hire candidates based on skillsets. So, there is a pushback when they are asked to hire based on skills and not resume. This is one of the biggest challenges that we face in HR today. It is essential for the HR community to develop more sustainable procedure and address the significance of skillbased hiring. There should be a balance between skill-based and resume-based hiring to maintain the equilibrium in the long run.”
Unmesh Pawar, Global Man- aging Director Human Resources, Accenture, said “If organisations are real about reskilling talent to build the workforce of the future chances are they will succeed in creating an edge over competition in the market.”
Alok Sheopurkar, Executive VP & Head HR, HDFC Asset Management company added, “If you cannot engage your client for more than three minutes, the party is over because that’s the maximum time to take investment decisions and for which re-skilling is very important.”
Zairus Master, CEO of Shine.com commented: “The employment industry is currently going through a transition. With the emergence of new age skills, there has been a huge amount of unfulfilled demand for skilled candidates in the market. We at Shine, are not only addressing this issue, through our conclaves but also providing a solution to it by launching portals like Shine Learning. Through Shine Learning, we are aiming to become the top recruitment portal for HRS by offering India’s largest upskilled candidate database.”
Shine HR Conclave series is aimed at providing a platform to HR professionals to address the emerging industry issues.
The event includes panel discussions, question-answer rounds and addresses from distinguished speakers on the pivotal theme of the event.
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