I AM IN MEETING!!!

Ravi was walking towards the cafetaria with his friends and in between he got call and ravi replied "Hey I will call you later,I am in meeting right now" Meeting,What the hell meeting is he attending?? This was the third instance I have been facing since morning.I know,he knows and whole of the deaprtment knows that he has been free for last three days as the recruitment which he was looking into was freezed because of business decisions.As we sipped coffe at the barista shop and were discussing about the weather in bangalore,another call for Ravi and same reply came "I am in meeting right now,can I call you later?"I said - Liar!!! Ravi --No yaar not a liar,I have to do that else I wont be able to maintain work life balance if I answer all these calls.I thought,this is only work time,Life is only after office hours.During office hours he should not use these excuses.Ravi interrupted my thought process and said yaar kisi college ke placement committee se phoen tha pareshana ho gaya hoon in logon se.Abhi placement 6 mahien door hai abhee se Jaan kha rahe hain(Someone from placement committee of a colloge had called,I am tired of all these.Still there are 6 moinths for placement season to start and these guys have started eatign my brains).Now I realize why the hell placement committees of B-School have to struggle so much for the placements.I asked,If you are so uncomfortable while talking to people and facing them,why did you choose this career option?Ravi replied "I was given this mandate by my boss and I had to do it,though I am not liking it et al".I am just completing for the sake of doing it,this is not my cup of tea.I asked "Wont this impact the companys brand in market?Ravi said - abe apun ka kya jaata,khao piyo apne target meet karo,bhaad mein gaya brand(Eat,drink,mneet the tartgets and to hell with brand of company) with a grim smile on his face.Numbers,so is recruitment only about meeting the numbers without looking into customer(candidate's) experience.Some companies hardly give a damn about this because of the industry dynamics and availability of talent pool in indian market and ofcourse the frequent movement of candidates from one job to other.

I feel Recruitment is the career option for only those who are ready to be on toes,have guts to face people,answer the questions for which they have no answers,might have skip fun time during office hours and stop sayinmg to your customers that "I am in meeting,Can I call you later?" and then never call back.Customer would come to you when he needs you but would not come back ever when company would need him/her.So,someone has to stop attending these fictitious meetings and start doign the work for which he/she is hired.

It is only lack of committment and effort from the recruiters which is the prime cause of not meeting the numbers,as recruitment is extendend arm of the sales and recruiters have to sell company while maintaining brand name.For people like ravi,other career options would be better where "Khao Piyo and meet the target is mantra of life".