The Khaleeji Times, has an interesting AFP article on job recruitment in India, using the concept of "speed dating".The article tells how, "Gautam Sinha, chief executive officer of TVA Infotech, one of the more than 300 technology recruiting firms based in Bangalore, hired an indoor basketball stadium recently to help his software clients meet employees".
'It is like speed-dating. Earlier we had six months to hire a person. Now we have six weeks,' said Sinha as scores of job hunters clutching their CVs queued at booths throughout the floor of the 20,000-seat stadium.
He said 400 candidates came to meet TVA clients and 80 found their match - a job from companies such as computer networking giant Cisco, the world’s largest business software firm SAP and supply-chain software manufacturer Manhattan Associates".
B.R. Sheaker, managing director of Mind Group, a headhunting firm, which recruits people for more than 100 firms such as Wipro, Google, EMC Corporation, Yahoo and Amazon, said: "Today the focus is all on speed, speed and speed".
I particularly liked one remark by Sheaker - "The aim is to cater to a niche category. One must know today the candidate is becoming an extremely perishable commodity. He or she is like a fruit. So you’ve got to gear yourself towards that sort of environment".
Full article: Indian head-hunters use “speed dating” to meet job demand
