Emininet Speakers from Human Resources enthrall students in "Kshitij 2015"
6th September 2015, Bhubaneswar
XIMAHR, the HR association of XIMB organised "Kshitij" 2015, their flagship annual HR conclave on 6th September. This year’s topic of discussion was “Emerging trends in Recruitment”. Eminent speakers on Human Resources from diverse industries graced the panel, which included Pradeep Deshpande, GM Talent Acquisition, Schnieder Electric, Priya Ranjan Prasad, COO and SVP, Essar Steel India Ltd., Simanta Mohanty, Executive Chief Consultant, Rashtriya Uchchatar Shikha Abhijan and Jayati Dwivedy, Recruitment Head, British Telecom. The discussion was moderated by Prof. D. P. Kar of XIMB.
The event started with the speakers officially launching the 9th edition of 'HR Xpert' magazine of XIMAHR.
The first speaker of the day was Ms. Jayati Dwivedy who is also an alumnus of XIMB. She said that that recruitment came to the forefront after the blast growth of the industries and then proceeded to describe the importance of various kinds of diversity in the workforce, like gender, culture, geography. She also spoke about the significant role Big Data is going to play in the field of talent acquisition: "Some years down the line, probably there will be no need for a talent acquisition team, because of Big Data analysis." She concluded by talking about social media, channels and compliance.
Next, it was Mr. Pradeep Deshpande’s turn to take the stage. He started off by saying "Today, recruitment is much more than matching profiles and checking resumes." Social media sites, especially LinkedIn has helped recruiters tap in to the huge pool of passive applicants and also understand important trends, like attrition. S.P.I.C.E is the internal social media collaboration platform of Schneider Electric, which Mr. Deshpande described to the students and explained how it helps his office to understand the employee better.
The third speaker, Mr. Simanta Mohanty talked about the new hunt for 'Startup' people in the market and gave insights on the challenges faced by the recruiters in today’s world, the most important being talent acquisition . Hiring right is the top priority is what he reiterated quoting the words of business personalities like Mr. Punit Rengen andRahul Bhatia.He also highlighted the importance creating a consumer experience for employees wich will serve as a fulcrum of recritment strategy.Besides social media like linkedin, facebook etc, the role of headhunters is crucial to the recruiters as they need to capitalise on the collective network of the group he said.He introduced to us the western or flip thinking ,"I let the inmates run the asylum”which is a creativity challenge faced by Indians.
The last speaker for the day was Mr. Priya Ranjan Prasad, who described the TATA business excellence model and threw light on the strategy of talent acquisition of both white collared and blue collared workers. He spoke about the onboarding process and the cultural shock employees face because of changing jobs and the importance of mentoring and coaching in the whole process of recruitement. The importance of Engagement, that is the state of emotional and intellectual involvement with the organisation and the process of positive and negative feedback is what he stressed on. He concluded by stating the role of training and development in the complete ambit of a successful HR system.
The discussion by the speakers were followed by a QnA session with the students. After that, the winners of the article writing contest were announced: First prize went to Arka Chatterjee and Debangshu Bhattacharjee whereas Kavyashree M Hegde came second.
In the end, Prof. D.P Kar gave the vote of thanks and concluded Kshitij 2015.
ABOUT XUB
Xavier University, Bhubaneswar (XUB) was established in accordance with the Xavier University Act 2013 and was inaugurated on the 7th of July 2014. The University is India’s first digital University and an institution of higher learning for imparting professional and technical education.It is a self-financing institution of higher learning for imparting professional and technical education.XUB offers its Masters in Business Management through its flagship school, XIMB. It also offers Masters in Human ResourceManagementthrough Xavier School of Human Resource Management, Rural Management through Xavier School of Rural Management, Sustainability Management through Xavier School of Sustainability and graduate programme in commerce through Xavier School of Commerce. Apart fromtheseit has proposed to set up other schools of higher learning in various areas like Public Policy, Sustainability, Media & Communications, Finance, Education and Centers of Research in Public Policy & others.
ABOUT XIMB
XIMB, a 28 years old business school of global repute is the Flagship School of Xavier University. Inspired by the Jesuit spirit of ‘Magis’, or excellence, XIMB strives to be a premier institute globally recognized for management education, training, research, and consulting that help build a just and humane society. The Institute today has become widely recognized for its excellence in imparting management education. It is counted among the leading management institutions in the country.
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