While recruiting freshers offers the most cost-effective means of hiring entry-level talent, it brings its own set of challenges for hiring managers and the biggest one is understanding the capability of a fresher on the basis of their resumes.
"Be it campus hiring or large-scale walk-in drives, recruiters and companies grapple with several problems that are unique to fresher recruitment," Wisdomjobs.Com Founder & CEO Ajay Kolla said.
According to its survey, around 65 per cent of recruiters surveyed said understanding the capability of a fresher on the basis of their resume is the biggest challenge while, 62 per cent said they regularly come across embellished resumes.
Kolia said: "From sketchy resumes and insufficient practical exposure to unrealistic expectations about the job and attitudinal issues, recruiters feel are some of the problems which companies deal with as they try to onboard fresher talent".
Besides, resume related issues recruiters have to deal with issues like qualification wise skills gap and attitudinal issues also, the Wisdomjobs.Com survey said.
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