We were amused by an AFP note describing the many creative ways that Indian operations are using to find new employees.

The first one was to modify the Speed Dating concept into the job fair market. In other words, you are interviewing and sometimes even extending offers on the spot!
We often suggested that Taleo users ask their candidates to apply on the spot using Taleos automated prescreening system. You can select who could be interviewed onsite in order to take advantage of the momentum in this unique face to face interaction! Imagine the motivation of a newly hired candidate saying: They hired me on the spot!

The second creative way is to deploy kiosks in malls or book stores in order to capture young programmers. Thats not too far from the party hiring practices in the San Francisco Bay Area region here during the dot-com boom. You could see job ads in movies theatres or career booths at garden shows in efforts to target the right demographics. The difference is probably a couple of years of technology improvements. Recruiters today can expect to not only reach people, but also capture their info in the same transaction!

The next war for talent announces many new creative ways to reach your targeted audience! Email us if you have the most unusual way to do it!