1. Participate in our and win a free seat
to our “The Bread, Salt & Definitely Wine” Social Media
Workshop on 10 May, 2014 at Hotel Atria, Bengaluru
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

2. SyncedInA measure of transactional effectiveness
at work place
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

3. Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

4. A Note
• While the questions in the contest are focused on the
recruitment process, you will appreciate, that the transactions
can be extrapolated to other functions in an organization.
• Our effort is to drive home to importance of transacting
effectively irrespective of the functions that you perform.
• I therefore request professionals from all the other fields to
also participate in this competition.
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

5. The Business Process : Recruitment
The Organization : Recruitment Consultancy
OR
Recruitment Agency
The Players : The Manager, The Recruiter
The Stakeholders : Hiring Organization,, Applicant,
Recruitment Agency Or Consultancy
The Challenge
10 Simple Questions
You are the recruiter in the recruitment consultancy or agency,
Are you SyncedIn ?
Scenario
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

6. Who can participate in the
contest
• This competition is open to all Professionals from all over
India.
• Any contestant who lives outside Bengaluru and who wins the
contest can gift their Seat to any of their friends in Bengaluru
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

7. Contest Rules
STEP 1: Answer the next 10 Questions, in the ensuing slides
STEP 2: Share our Facebook on your Timeline
STEP 3: Share our about the event on Spectrum Consulting Social
Media Corporate initiatives group on LinkedIn
Send your answers with the alphabetical Options pertaining to the Question
Numbers To
Deadline for the contest: 04 May 2014 Midnight (Sunday)
NOTE: Incase of tie, Stage 2 of the contest will be announced

8. 1. Can you kindly ensure that you will henceforth send the
resumes to hiring organization with cover sheets*?
a) Most of times I send the resume with cover sheets. Only once or
twice I have not sent the resumes without the cover sheets.
b) Most of the consultants upload the resumes in the portals
without sending the cover sheets, this is only going to increase
the processing time.
c) Point understood, will do the needful.
d) The manager does not have his connect with reality. Ultimately
results matter. Let me deal with this when we face this situation.
* sheets which contain a proper justification of why the resume is
suitable for a position

9. 2. Did you check for feedback with the hiring
organization?
a) I am waiting for the feedback from the hiring organization.
b) I have sent a mail to the hiring organization for the
feedback.
c) I have not checked for the feedback with the hiring
organization.
d) Hiring organization is not responding to my calls.
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

10. 3. Has the applicant reached the venue?
a) She is not picking up my call.
b) She has confirmed yesterday that she will be attending the
interview today.
c) The hiring organization has confirmed that the candidate has
reached the venue .
d) She is on the way.
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

11. 4. How many applicants attended the interview?
a) Satish and Shilpa have been selected for the next round
b) 20 people have been lined up for the interview
c) 20 people have turned up for the interview
d) Hiring organization is not reachable
e) None of the above
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

12. 5. Has the applicant accepted the offer?
a) Offer has already been sent by the hiring organization
b) Offer has been received by the applicant
c) Applicant will get back to me
d) Applicant claims to have sent the acceptance letter to
the hiring organization
e) None of the above
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

13. 6. Are you sure that the applicant will join?
a) She has just entered the building to complete her joining
formalities.
b) I am sure she will not join.
c) I am sure she will join 99%.
d) She has resigned her current job and has not got other
offers and since she is expected to join the next few days,
there is very little chance of her dropping out.
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

14. 7. How many resumes will you send to the hiring
organization by the end of the day?
a) I will send as many resumes as possible by the end of
the day .
b) I am working on the requirement very seriously.
c) There are too many applicants who have received calls
from other consultants.
d) I am working on pre-existing commitments till about
three in the evening. I will have to commence the
sourcing activity only after three. It is therefore very
difficult for me to commit any numbers.
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

15. 8. A requirement at you work is that you plan at the beginning of the
day. The organization believes the greater you plan the lesser time
you spend in execution. The manager is exasperated that you are not
able to fall in line with the expectations of the organization
a) Recruitment is a very interrupt driven activity, the manager has a
reality disconnect. Planning is an unrealistic proposition.
b) I used to spend quite some time planning and begin with ‘n’ number of
things. I recognized that ‘m’ number of things would get added and the
end of the day the ‘n’ number of things which I planned at the
beginning of the day would still remain. I recognized the futility of
planning and gave it up.
c) As soon as I enter the premises I keep on getting calls, where is the
time to plan?
d) I recognize the need to plan and seek the help of my manager to
cultivate the habit of planning.

16. 9. A manager reviews a recruiters deliverables for
the last one month and is exasperated with her
quality of work
a) My offers to joining conversion ratio has been very good.
Am surprised at his reaction.
b) I do not understand this exasperation since I have over
achieved my targets.
c) The ratio of resumes sourced to resumes shortlisted is
alarmingly low.
d) Have managed interview schedules very well.
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

17. 10. Will you be able to achieve your targets for this
month?
a) I have quite a number of offers with a reasonable
confidence interval of joining.
b) I think I will overachieve my targets.
c) There is a good possibility.
d) My pipeline looks bad, and added to that is a depressed
market. I will certainly not be able to achieve my targets.
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

18. Awards Announcement
Date: 05 May 2014 after 6.00 PM (Monday)
18
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

19. What if you have already registered
for our event?
In case you have registered and are adjudged the winner, we
shall refund you the money.
19
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

20. Our Record
We have been consistently conducting LinkedIn Training
Programs since Oct 2012.
Our philosophy and approach is reflected in the following
documents
20
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience

21. Thank You
Contact:
Raghunath Ramaswamy,
9840925155
Twitter:@RaghuRamaswamy
LinkedIn Pub url:
21
Spectrum Consulting
Fostering Experience
is a registered trademark of LinkedIn Corporation
Link to Register:
Early Bird Offer closes on 04 May 2014