7 non-negotiable roles of Human Resource Management
Talent Acquisition at Larsen & Toubro
1.
2. MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
• Construction industry has been growing very fast since the
past decade.
• More growth opportunities, new funding mechanisms,
evolving customer demands-driving the industry’s players
to diversify, geographically and in terms of their offerings
in the global market.
• To compete, companies will need risk management and
capital allocation, operational efficiency, supply chain
management, multilingual workforce with relevant skills.
• Construction industry has led to the development in
India. (2013-14, 10.1% share in GDP)
3. Started in 1946.
A technology, engineering, construction
manufacturing and financial services
conglomerate.
L&T has an international presence.
Larsen & Toubro Construction is India’s largest
construction organisation.
LDA SARGAM, Lucknow
4. SAMPLING METHOD
• Non Random Sampling Method
o Convenient Sampling
SAMPLING FRAME
• Population size 80 employees
20 interviewers
• Sample size 30 employees
10 interviewers
• Sample frame 29 employees
10 interviewers
ITC Grand Chola, Chennai
RESEARCH PROBLEM
Acquiring the right person for the
right job with the right talent.
SOURCES OF DATA
Primary
Questionnaires
Observations
Secondary
Journals
Research Papers
5. • To genuinely understand the talent acquisition process of
the company and its effectiveness.
• To see whether the employees are satisfied with the norms
and procedures of the selection.
• To check whether the selectors are happy with the
candidates shortlisted by the HR.
• To check whether the candidates are getting jobs as per
their qualifications.
• To check whether candidates/applicants are happy with the
talent acquirers.
• To check whether applicants are responded within
stipulated time period.
M3M GOLF ESTATE, Gurgaon
8. 59%
41%
Whether L&T provides Job Description
before Recruitment?
YES NO
6%
31%
31%
19%
13%
Tests considered at L&T
PSYCHOMETRIC
MEDICAL
REFERENCE
ENGLISH
OTHER
FORD
9. 0
5
10
15
20
25
30
NoOfEmployees
What attracted you to join L&T?
ATTRACTION IN L&T
0
5
10
15
20
25
Less than 1
year
1 to 5 years 5 to 10 years More than 10
years
NoofPersons
Years
No of years of Experience in L&T
Employees
Interviewers
L&T ANDHERI
10. • 50% of the employees seems to be
satisfied with the Talent Acquisition
Procedure.
• L&T is not able to meet the uncertain
increase in applicants.
• HR works really hard to keep the
employees satisfied and engaged.
• Extreme care is taken in selecting the
panel for the interviews.
• Lack of proper time management.
• Decisions are taken collectively.
• Proper Time Management.
• The applications - scrutinized by the
HR Department
• Feedback
• Orientation
• Provision for recreational facilities
• Proper guidance in relevance to the
EIP (Enterprise Information Portal)
System
TCS KOLKATA
11. • Employees were highly engrossed in their respective tasks.
• Certain employees were absent.
• Certain denied to provide their views.
• One of the question in the questionnaire was a bit tricky.
• Many did not give much relevance to the questionnaires.
• Study was confined to the RBU of Mumbai Cluster Office.
CTS, Sholinganallur, Chennai
12. • Employer Branding and Employee referrals plays a key role in Talent
Acquisition. (Study on Talent Acquisition Practices-a Review on Global Perspective by Parthasarthy et
al, International Journal of Emerging Research in Management & Technology)
• Data Analytics also brings good talent. (Study on Talent Acquisition Practices-a Review
on Global Perspective by Parthasarthy et al, International Journal of Emerging Research in Management &
Technology)
• Organizations desire loyal development-sector job entries such as
devnetjobs.org, barefoorjobs.com rather than job gateways like
naukri.com, monster.com, etc. (Changing Dynamics of Talent Acquisition-A Tool for
Managing business teams)
• Talent Acquisition should not only improve the HR performance but
also the overall business performance. (Talent Acquisition 2013 by Madeline Laurano;
Aberdeen Group)
CESC Mall, Kolkata
13. WEBSITES
• www.lntecc.com
• www.larsentoubro.com
• www.en.wikipedia.org
• www.pearsoned.co.in
• www.managementparadise.com
• www.timesofindia.com
• www.economictimes.indiatimes.com
BOOKS
AUTHOR PUBLISHER ARTICLE
Gary Dazzler Pearson Sources of
Recruitment
K Ashwathappa Tata McGraw Hill Factors affecting
Recruitment
Naval Bajpai Pearson Research
Methodology
(REFERENCE)
JOURNALS
14. “Machinery must be there, buildings must be there but without the people it's all nothing. People are
our only real asset.” - Henning Holck-Larsen
“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes but in liking what one has to do.” - Soren Kristian
Toubro