Two consecutive years of success with #TASCON15 & #TASCON16 and now Sourcing ADDA presents #TASCON17, this time in Bengaluru which was a success.

The Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Conclave (#TASCON17) was held this time at Bengaluru, in Hotel Chancery Pavillion which helped Sourcing ADDA achieve another milestone. The event consisted of 18 renowned speakers from reputed companies with 250 attendees ranging from Directors, Heads, Managers, Executives, Sourcing, Recruiting and H. R. professionals within the Recruitment sphere.

We @SourcingAdda would like to take this opportunity to thank our Sponsors i.e. Timesascent as Media Partners, Indeed as a Platinum Sponsor, Talent Recruit & SourcePRO as the Silver Sponsors while the Rewards & Recognition Partner i.e. XOXOday and the HR Partner i.e. HR Enlight for their support and assistance. The combined efforts and support of the Speakers, Delegates, Sourcing ADDA Team and the volunteers from Indus Business Academy, Bangalore (formerly known as Indian Business Academy) that altogether made the Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Conclave (#TASCON17) achieve its grand success.

We had several activities where we divided the sessions in to sections namely, Strategy Hub and Sourcing Lab. Several of the Sponsors joined in by conducting activities themselves. We even had some general activities for all the attendees and speakers to enjoy at #TASCON17 which were the ‘Best #Twitterati Contest’ (most tweets), ‘#SelfieContest’ (best selfie) and an open ‘#SourcingContest’ (to utilise Sourcing skills acquired and improve your Talent Acquisition skills by competing with the best within the industry) to complement the event.

The sessions that were conducted in the two sections were related to the names of the sections. The Strategy Hub being more of a theoretical one while the Sourcing Lab was a practical one. The Sessions in the Sourcing Lab included live demonstrations of tips, tricks and hacks to capture the Talent Magnets. Here techniques and skills were showcased for fellow Talent Acquisitionist’s to acquire and build on; in an attempt to be better Talent Magnet Sourcing professionals. Apart from this we also had three networking breaks for the Speakers, Attendees and Sponsors to interact with each other and form connections.

After a brief introduction about the host i.e. Sourcing ADDA and the purpose for conducting the #TASCON17 event were delivered by Yusuf Pathan (Managing Director at Key Resourcing & SourcePRO & Founder of Sourcing ADDA) the sessions commence beginning with the Keynote session.

Keynote Session

The enlightening sessions commenced with the Keynote session delivered by Rajeev Mendiratta (Vice President – Head Workforce Management & Overseas Operations from Wipro Technologies) which was about, “Board Room Perception & Expectation from Recruitment as a Function in an Organization”

The informative and enlightening sessions conducted in the 2 sections were as follows…

Strategy Hub

The section as mentioned above was more of a theoretically based one where trending Recruitment practices were addressed.

The first session conducted by Natalie Bayliss (Head of Talent Acquisition from Cisco) was about, “Creating a Transformational Talent Acquisition Team”

The next session was conducted by Namita Vyas (Head of Talent Acquisition from Inmobi) was about, “Make your Employer Brand a Talent Magnet”

The session after that was a panel discussion conducted by Clive Rodrigues (Talent Acquisition Partner from APAC, Kronos),  Anjana K R [Talent Acquisition Head  for Karnataka from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)], Rahul Mitra (Head Talent Acquisition – India from ZS Associates) and Gurinderpal Singh (CEO / Founder from Talent21 Management & Shared Pvt. Ltd.) They collectively discussed about, “Innovations in Campus Engagement”

The fourth session was conducted by Bhaskar Bhattacharya (Head – Learning and Organisation Effectiveness from Aditya Birla Group) which was about, “Innovations in Interviewing – A Path towards Employer Branding.”

The second last session was conducted by Yusuf Pathan (Managing Director at Key Resourcing & SourcePRO & Founder of Sourcing ADDA) which was a, “Round Table Discussion”.

After separate sessions going on simultaneously in the 2 sections for the final session the division was removed and everyone came together for a panel discussion. The session was conducted collectively by Clive Rodrigues (Talent Acquisition Partner from APAC, Kronos), Jashan Joshi (Sourcing, Talent Acquisition & Research from ZS Associates) and Srikrishnan Ananthanarayanan (Founder & Partner of Adviti Consulting) which was a, “Surprise Session!”

Sourcing Lab

As the name suggests this particular section was more of a practical one where live demonstrations of tips and tricks or hacks to capture the Talent Magnets were covered. Having, said that here techniques and skills were showcased for fellow Talent Acquisitionist’s to acquire and build on.

The first session was conducted by Akberali Engineer (Social Media / Internet / Passive Sourcing / Training Specialist from Capgemini) on, “Stalk the right way” which comprised of live demonstrations of tips & tricks for Sourcing Talent Magnets.

The next session was 2 sessions of 30 minutes each conducted by Nikhil Patil (Senior Specialist Talent Acquisition from Netcracker Technology Solutions) and Snehal Gaikwad (Recruitment Specialist from Tieto on, “Sourcing Google…ly”.

The session right after was based on LinkedIn where there were 2 sessions of 30 minutes each namely, Mitchell Dudani (SourcePRO Trainer from SourcePRO ) which was about, “Demystify new LinkedIn” and Anshuman Mukherjee (Recruitment Specialist from Tieto) who spoke about, “LinkedIn Hacks.”

The fourth session was again for 30 minutes each which was conducted by Anoop Kesiraju (Talent Magnet from Technovert) &  Ashwani Paswan (Digital Marketing Manager with NimbleHype) who spoke about, “Job Description 2.0”

The last session in the Sourcing Lab was again divided in to 2 session of 30 minutes each namely, “Chrome Extensions” conducted by Sashwanth Bellan (Staffing Recruiter from Cisco) and, “Best way to find Email Address!” by Tatyasaheb Kolage (Sourcing Manager from Helix Recruiting)

The Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Conclave (TASCON17) concluded with the prize distribution ceremony and a thank you Speech also delivered by Yusuf Pathan (Managing Director at Key Resourcing & SourcePRO & Founder of Sourcing ADDA).

To get a coup d’oeil of #TASCON17, Bengaluru you can catch the Storify here – https://goo.gl/qSo0jB  And if you wish to get a sense of what we’ve accomplished or achieved so far you’ll have to find out for yourself by visiting Talent Acquisition and Sourcing Conclave (#TASCON17).

If you’re looking for an opportunity to gain practical exposure and experience it then, be sure to join us for another remarkable and enlightening experience at Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Conclave (#TASCON17) soon to be held in Pune as well. And on an even grander scale with twice the fun scheduled and win exciting prizes. To experience it first – hand and catch all the action live while you enjoy while adding to your knowledge and blossom into better Talent Acquisitionist’s it is important that you attend the #TASCON17 Pune event.

Two consecutive years of success with #TASCON15 & #TASCON16 and now Sourcing ADDA presents #TASCON17, this time in Bengaluru which was a success.

The Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Conclave (#TASCON17) was held this time at Bengaluru, in Hotel Chancery Pavillion which helped Sourcing ADDA achieve another milestone. The event consisted of 18 renowned speakers from reputed companies with 250 attendees ranging from Directors, Heads, Managers, Executives, Sourcing, Recruiting and H. R. professionals within the Recruitment sphere.

We @SourcingAdda would like to take this opportunity to thank our Sponsors i.e. Timesascent as Media Partners, Indeed as a Platinum Sponsor, Talent Recruit & SourcePRO as the Silver Sponsors while the Rewards & Recognition Partner i.e. XOXOday and the HR Partner i.e. HR Enlight for their support and assistance. The combined efforts and support of the Speakers, Delegates, Sourcing ADDA Team and the volunteers from Indus Business Academy, Bangalore (formerly known as Indian Business Academy) that altogether made the Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Conclave (#TASCON17) achieve its grand success.

We had several activities where we divided the sessions into sections namely, Strategy Hub and Sourcing Lab. Several of the Sponsors joined in by conducting activities themselves. We even had some general activities for all the attendees and speakers to enjoy at #TASCON17 which were the ‘Best #Twitterati Contest’ (most tweets), ‘#SelfieContest’ (best selfie) and an open ‘#SourcingContest’ (to utilize Sourcing skills acquired and improve your Talent Acquisition skills by competing with the best within the industry) to complement the event.

The sessions that were conducted in the two sections were related to the names of the sections. The Strategy Hub is more of a theoretical one while the Sourcing Lab was a practical one. The Sessions in the Sourcing Lab included live demonstrations of tips, tricks, and hacks to capture the Talent Magnets. Here techniques and skills were showcased for fellow Talent Acquisitionist’s to acquire and build on; in an attempt to be better Talent Magnet Sourcing professionals. Apart from this we also had three networking breaks for the Speakers, Attendees, and Sponsors to interact with each other and form connections.

After a brief introduction about the host i.e. Sourcing, ADDA and the purpose for conducting the #TASCON17 event were delivered by Yusuf Pathan (Managing Director at Key Resourcing & SourcePRO & Founder of Sourcing ADDA) the sessions commence beginning with the Keynote session.

Keynote Session

The enlightening sessions commenced with the Keynote session delivered by Rajeev Mendiratta (Vice President – Head Workforce Management & Overseas Operations from Wipro Technologies) which was about, “Board Room Perception & Expectation from Recruitment as a Function in an Organization”

The informative and enlightening sessions conducted in the 2 sections were as follows…

Strategy Hub

The section as mentioned above was more of a theoretically based one where trending Recruitment practices were addressed.

The first session conducted by Natalie Bayliss (Head of Talent Acquisition from Cisco) was about, “Creating a Transformational Talent Acquisition Team”

The next session was conducted by Namita Vyas (Head of Talent Acquisition from Inmobi) was about, “Make your Employer Brand a Talent Magnet”

The session after that was a panel discussion conducted by Clive Rodrigues (Talent Acquisition Partner from APAC, Kronos),  Anjana K R [Talent Acquisition Head  for Karnataka from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)], Rahul Mitra (Head Talent Acquisition – India from ZS Associates) and Gurinderpal Singh (CEO / Founder from Talent21 Management & Shared Pvt. Ltd.) They collectively discussed, “Innovations in Campus Engagement”

The fourth session was conducted by Bhaskar Bhattacharya (Head – Learning and Organisation Effectiveness from Aditya Birla Group) which was about, “Innovations in Interviewing – A Path towards Employer Branding.”

The second last session was conducted by Yusuf Pathan (Managing Director at Key Resourcing & SourcePRO & Founder of Sourcing ADDA) which was a “Round Table Discussion”.

After separate sessions going on simultaneously in the 2 sections for the final session, the division was removed and everyone came together for a panel discussion. The session was conducted collectively by Clive Rodrigues (Talent Acquisition Partner from APAC, Kronos), Jashan Joshi (Sourcing, Talent Acquisition & Research from ZS Associates) and Srikrishnan Ananthanarayanan (Founder & Partner of Adviti Consulting) which was a “Surprise Session!”

Sourcing Lab

As the name suggests this particular section was more of a practical one where live demonstrations of tips and tricks or hacks to capture the Talent Magnets were covered. Having said that here techniques and skills were showcased for fellow Talent Acquisitionist’s to acquire and build on.

The first session was conducted by Akberali Engineer (Social Media / Internet / Passive Sourcing / Training Specialist from Capgemini) on, “Stalk the right way” which comprised of live demonstrations of tips & tricks for Sourcing Talent Magnets.

The next session was 2 sessions of 30 minutes each conducted by Nikhil Patil (Senior Specialist Talent Acquisition from Netcracker Technology Solutions) and Snehal Gaikwad (Recruitment Specialist from Tieto on, “Sourcing Google…ly”.

The session right after was based on LinkedIn where there were 2 sessions of 30 minutes each namely, Mitchell Dudani (SourcePRO Trainer from SourcePRO ) which was about, “Demystify new LinkedIn” and Anshuman Mukherjee (Recruitment Specialist from Tieto) who spoke about, “LinkedIn Hacks.”

The fourth session was again for 30 minutes each which was conducted by Anoop Kesiraju (Talent Magnet from Technovert) &  Ashwani Paswan (Digital Marketing Manager with NimbleHype) who spoke about, “Job Description 2.0”

The last session in the Sourcing Lab was again divided into 2 sessions of 30 minutes each namely, “Chrome Extensions” conducted by Sashwanth Bellan (Staffing Recruiter from Cisco) and, “The best way to find Email Address!” by Tatyasaheb Kolage (Sourcing Manager from Helix Recruiting)

The Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Conclave (TASCON17) concluded with the prize distribution ceremony and a thank you Speech also delivered by Yusuf Pathan (Managing Director at Key Resourcing & SourcePRO & Founder of Sourcing ADDA).

To get a coup d’oeil of #TASCON17, Bengaluru you can catch the Storify here – https://goo.gl/qSo0jB  And if you wish to get a sense of what we’ve accomplished or achieved so far you’ll have to find out for yourself by visiting Talent Acquisition and Sourcing Conclave (#TASCON17).

If you’re looking for an opportunity to gain practical exposure and experience it then, be sure to join us for another remarkable and enlightening experience at Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Conclave (#TASCON17) soon to be held in Pune as well. And on an even grander scale with twice the fun scheduled and win exciting prizes. To experience it first – hand and catch all the action live while you enjoy while adding to your knowledge and blossom into better Talent Acquisitionist’s it is important that you attend the #TASCON17 Pune event.

Two Consecutive years of success with #TASCON15 & #TASCON16 now Sourcing ADDA presents #TASCON17 Bengaluru which was a grand success. Like the previous two Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Conclaves we can say with confidence that all of us present have added to our learning and are looking forward to another one.

While some of us are confident that we’ll be implementing what we’ve learnt we @SourcingADDA are sure that if you weren’t able to attend #TASCON17 you’re hoping to join in the learning. We’ll you are so you need not wonder, as the wait is over. Here are the Top Tweets of #TASCON17, Bengaluru –

• Thirukumaran R‏ @ThiruHR
• Emp. Brand impacts corporate brand and vice versa @vyasnamita @SourcingAdda #TASCON17
• Nitesh Kumar‏ @niteshnishuUse #linkedintopic search to research on the skills before jumping to search!! Research is always recommendable says @anshumanhr #TASCON1
• Amit Patel‏ @amitpatelHRkunjal23 SourcingAdda Yes, there is a lot of tools where we can find the relevant profile. #TASCON17 #SourcingIndia has 42 million users on @LinkedIn & 1 lakh posts get published #TASCON17
• Anjali‏ @AnjaliTwistBoolean search is back on @LinkedIn. Thanks for the update @mitchdudani #TASCON17
• Aditi Sharma‏ @aditi_sha26#Profinder and #lookup new features on @LinkedIn #Tascon17
• Sandeep Baswa‏ @baswasandeep Apr 27#TASCON17 #textio #vizi #halogen stop posting the jobs…..start marketing them.#jobdescription 2.0
• Jashan Joshi@jashanjoshi#Hunter email Hunter is a chrome extension to extract the email id #Tascon17
• Anjali@AnjaliTwistThe most entertaining of all sessions was by Bhaskar Bhattacharya on Innovation in interviews #TASCON17
• Nitesh Kumar@niteshnishuNew website is trending for finding github profile email address!! #givehub.io which is free @Tatya_Kolage #Hikido is also cool #TASCON17
• Reema PK@RimzPk#github: great tool to explore sourcing techniques… @SourcingAdda #TASCON17
• Aditi Sharma#TASCON17 is trending pic.twitter.com/hdZiJJNoY8

Here’s something for you, since you’ve read this far, as always we had several informative sessions clubbed together with fun activities to ensure the participants and attendees had an amazing time adding to their learning. It is important to remember that the success of #TASCON17 was due to the combined effort of the speakers, attendees, contestants, volunteers and the Sourcing ADDA team.

To know more about what went on and for more exciting news that will certainly leave you awe-struck, wishing to have been there be sure to follow @SourcingAdda. Having, said that you’d be delighted to learn that we’re conducting another #TASCON17 but this time in Pune soon so you’ve got another opportunity to catch up. Be sure to grab it and we can assure you that you’ll definitely go back more knowledgeable than you were prior to attending the #TASCON17 Pune event.

Two Consecutive years of success with #TASCON15 & #TASCON16 now Sourcing ADDA presents #TASCON17 Bengaluru which was a grand success. Like the previous two Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Conclaves we can say with confidence that all of us present have added to our learning and are looking forward to another one.

While some of us are confident that we’ll be implementing what we’ve learnt we @SourcingADDA are sure that if you weren’t able to attend #TASCON17 you’re hoping to join in the learning. We’ll you are so you need not wonder, as the wait is over. Here are the Top Tweets of #TASCON17, Bengaluru –

• Thirukumaran R‏ @ThiruHR
• Emp. Brand impacts corporate brand and vice versa @vyasnamita @SourcingAdda #TASCON17
• Nitesh Kumar‏ @niteshnishuUse #linkedintopic search to research on the skills before jumping to search!! Research is always recommendable says @anshumanhr #TASCON1
• Amit Patel‏ @amitpatelHRkunjal23 SourcingAdda Yes, there is a lot of tools where we can find the relevant profile. #TASCON17 #SourcingIndia has 42 million users on @LinkedIn & 1 lakh posts get published #TASCON17
• Anjali‏ @AnjaliTwistBoolean search is back on @LinkedIn. Thanks for the update @mitchdudani #TASCON17
• Aditi Sharma‏ @aditi_sha26#Profinder and #lookup new features on @LinkedIn #Tascon17
• Sandeep Baswa‏ @baswasandeep Apr 27#TASCON17 #textio #vizi #halogen stop posting the jobs…..start marketing them.#jobdescription 2.0
• Jashan Joshi@jashanjoshi#Hunter email Hunter is a chrome extension to extract the email id #Tascon17
• Anjali@AnjaliTwistThe most entertaining of all sessions was by Bhaskar Bhattacharya on Innovation in interviews #TASCON17
• Nitesh Kumar@niteshnishuNew website is trending for finding github profile email address!! #givehub.io which is free @Tatya_Kolage #Hikido is also cool #TASCON17
• Reema PK@RimzPk#github: great tool to explore sourcing techniques… @SourcingAdda #TASCON17
• Aditi Sharma#TASCON17 is trending pic.twitter.com/hdZiJJNoY8

Here’s something for you, since you’ve read this far, as always we had several informative sessions clubbed together with fun activities to ensure the participants and attendees had an amazing time adding to their learning. It is important to remember that the success of #TASCON17 was due to the combined effort of the speakers, attendees, contestants, volunteers and the Sourcing ADDA team.

To know more about what went on and for more exciting news that will certainly leave you awe-struck, wishing to have been there be sure to follow @SourcingAdda. Having, said that you’d be delighted to learn that we’re conducting another #TASCON17 but this time in Pune soon so you’ve got another opportunity to catch up. Be sure to grab it and we can assure you that you’ll definitely go back more knowledgeable than you were prior to attending the #TASCON17 Pune event.

There has been a lot of talk about the challenges that Talent Acquisitionist’s face such as how to improve the offer to joining ratio? Some of the possible solutions were, to provide joining goodies or on-boarding goodies and interview goodies to candidates to improve the chances of on – boarding.

While joining goodies is one of the many solutions; another one to boosting the offer to joining ratio is  Gamification but what it is and how can Recruiters use it to their advantage and improve their KRAs? Are questions that remain unanswered hence we @SourcingAdda decided to have a discussion about “Best practices of the Gamification process prior to joining” based on the suggestion of our Bangalore group member Shashank. And you’ll to have access to this information shortly but remember to view the key take away pointers thereafter so here’s what we’ve come across…

If you’ve been wondering whether you’ve missed out on an insightful discussion session then don’t fret as we can help you there. We @SourcingAdda have considered that and hence we’ve displayed the discussion above for your reference. Now that that’s settled let’s get right down to helping you retain what you’ve learnt. So here goes…

Gamification in on – boarding

• Marriott is an excellent example for Gamification in On-boarding
• Knolskape and Ripple Hire are excellent examples of Indian Companies implementing Gamification in On-boarding for their Clients in the Recruitment, on boarding, employee referral processes.

Gamification

• Gamification can be integrated in recruitment, process covering quizzes around industry challenges, company related quests, behavioural quizzes…
• Gamification personalises and adds a fun element to the whole boring recruitment process
• It encourages the candidate to engage with your company by providing a stimulated work environment
• It helps Recruiters also check the Candidate’s aptitude creative thinking and problem solving capabilities
• Have a simple process because it helps people to get a clear understanding of what is expected of them
• People need rewards to move forward and they need to see their progression
• Therefore have a progression or status bar that best meets their needs
• It encourages competition between friends or teams
• Use social media to your advantage because people like to have fun and chances are that it is more likely that it will be shared.
• Always reward your users/candidates, etc. for example, when a company like Dropbox — offers free storage based on your response to their advertisement
• If friends respond through a special referral link that you share you are provided with extra storage
• This creates an overloaded of database for an ATS although the possibility of lots of irrelevant profiles in the database is there.
• If utilised efficiently Recruiter can find the right people easily and get a great pool of potential talent for the future.

Precautions to be taken before on – boarding

1. Collect all the required documents before the offer so that at the time of joining; it doesn’t get deferred due to document issues.
2. Initiate a back ground check (BGC) as soon as a candidate accepts the offer. Conduct an interim or final (BGC) report before joining to ensure that a Candidate is genuine.
3. The BGC and on – boarding process should be interlinked and conducted online
4. The documents or information required is almost the same hence it reduces duplication of work which speeds up the process.
5. Candidates can fill online BGC / on-boarding forms as per their convenience for instance from home to save time at office so manually filling forms isn’t required.
6. Candidates can connect with the reporting manager to arrange f2f or tele – connect with the reporting manager to engage the candidate till their joining.
7. Make sure you ask for references from the Candidate
8. Distribute joining goodies like gifts for instance send them small gifts or greeting cards to the candidate and their family as it creates a feel good factor.
9. If the candidate is relocating than ask them for their travel tickets before arranging for accommodation which should be done well in advance.

Well these are the key take away pointers that are sure to assist you in retaining information that you want to add to your knowledge. If you’ve read this far then you know exactly what you’re missing. So avoid being a passive learner rather join the conversation and become an active learner.

If you’d like to join these WhatsApp groups and learn more about trending topics like Recruiter Rewards & Recognition and its Impact on Recruiters then leave your request’s to join along with your views in the comments section or simply DM us @SourcingAdda.