Monday, March 14, 2005

Every soldier is important...

Greetings to you this Monday Morning!!
My colleagues and I are definitely not in the army but we are at war -which can be termed as - "A War for Talent", and that is what the current IT industry is all about. The business of recruiting can be made very exciting by perceiving it as a war and not simply as a job.Last weekend I participated in a "battle", i.e. "mega" recruitment event - and I call it "mega" only because of the scale at which the preparations happened. We rented an entire college in Mumbai, leased out a large Volvo bus for 50 "soldiers", managed our risk by traveling in different vehicles and on different days and before doing all this, carefully planned thecomplete execution of the "battle".Like in any battle, the "army" was divided into "units" that were assigned specific responsibilities and each unit, headed by a "unit leader"consisted of "soldiers" who knew where exactly they were to be positioned and what exactly each of them was supposed to do. Each one of them may not have known the details of the whole "battle", but each soldier'scontribution was extremely important. A blunder by any one of them was very likely to affect the overall success of the "battle".
You could actually be in the army, or you may be part of a softwareproject delivery team. You could be a teacher in a school or a salesperson in some company. If you look at your business as a war to be won,you would be occupying the position of a "General", a "unit leader" or probably a "soldier".A General may plan his battle brilliantly but its success depends as much on the execution by the soldier in the battlefield as on the planning by the General.
Remember that we all have a part to play in a larger objective and Every Soldier is Important.
Have a great week!!!

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