HR consultancy is not something which you can compare with other businesses. Most of the HR consultants do not charge anything upfront and this has become a trend in the market.

I  still remember the days when i just started the company and was looking for some clients. Searching for new clients is always the harder part and it has become more difficult because of the level of competition that is present in the market.  Since i was all alone that time, I did a lot of research on how to get new clients for the company.

I tried all sort of things i.e. cold callings, references, email marketing, ppc advertising, seo, and other stuffs. Finally, i succeeded in getting my first client in the form of a trading company. Company was very small they required an account executive but it was my first requirement and i have read that no job is a small job.  I was excited,  i mailed the proposal and eagerly waited for their acceptance. They accepted it and they made a commitment they will pay the money after the opening is filled by us.  I asked for signed copy of the contract and an approval mail from them.

Although they did not send us the signed copy of contract, but they assured me that they will definitely make the payment once the position is filled. Since my company was quite new that time, i did not stuck to the contract thing after all words have some value in business. I happily arranged the interview and lined up 11 candidates but only 4candidates appeared for the interview. On the clients request, i lined up 18 candidates for the next day. The client shorlisted 2 candidates and offered job to one of them.

That was my first closing and i was happy about that. But that was not all, next day a called a candidate and she said that she cannot join the organization as they are giving little hike and want her to work  for a week before the job confirmation. It was really a tragic situation as trial hiring is really not acceptable to experienced candidates. I  made a call to concerned person he said that he will not appoint anyone without observing, i suggested him that he want an experienced person in that case its difficult for any candidate to work on trial basis who is already working somewhere. but the client got firmed on that.

That was my first client and i had to close the position anyhow. I took it as a challenge and spoke to lot  of candidates about the position and finally got few candidates. I gave a call to the client to make suitable arrangements for the interview and guess what… he said that that they have already hired a candidate from there reference.

My whole effort and hard work went in vain. But As a good service provider I asked him to contact me for any future requirement.  After a week i received a email from that candidate and when i called the candidate i came to know that she had actually joined the trading company that also without without any trial.  I instantly gave a call to the client but i was surprised at the fact the client denied that he hired any of our candidates.  It was total lie but i could not do anything. I was still shocked how a owner of the company can speak such a plain lie. This incident really made me think is Honesty really the best policy these days.

what I learnt from my first experience is:-

• Ask the client for sign contract, or acceptance mail of agreement,
• If the client is new, you can always ask for small upfront payment and observe his reaction.
• Do regular followup from the Candidates,
• Be professional, never go on words or promises as they are mostly for negotiation.
• Always ask client to sign the copy of contract on his/her company letterhead

Hope you will be able to learn something from my mistakes.

Keep Smiling 🙂

Grass Always Looks Greener on the other side of the road!

After so much efforts and tiring work,  i started my own consultancy firm in Lucknow. Soon, i realized that it was not very easy to survive in Lucknow. Lucknow had its own consultancy trend, where the Job consultancy company charged money from the candidates instead of  the companies. I never liked this trend because i still remember the days when I was student. We were given limited money and it was very hard for us to pay membership fess to the job consultancies for jobs and sometimes we even fall prey to some of the fake consultancies who charged us money promising jobs but we never received interview calls from them.

I know how much it troubled me. Even after paying fee to many consultancies,  jobs weren’t guaranteed. What was guaranteed was just tension for jobs.  I wanted to do something, something  for the students.  I wanted to provide appropriate jobs for them without charging any fee from them. But it wasn’t so easy. When every consultancies charged money, and you decide not to charge any money from students you have to have some backup plans for survival.

Survival with the above decision was really tough, but not impossible.  Initially companies  were not wiling to partner with Gs Job Point for their Jobs requirements because GS Job Point charged them whereas  other companies did not charge them.  Many companies suggested us to charge money from candidates, but i was firm that GS Job Point will never charge money for jobs. from students.  Soon, Companies started realizing the difference between GS Job Point and other job consultancies and they started to come themselves to partner with us. In just one years time, GS Job Point was counted among the top consultancies of Lucknow

What i learnt is that Its important to have a vision for your company. I had the vision to help students and to change the trend that is prevalent in Lucknow. Although it takes a huge lot of patience to convert your vision into reality, Its always worth the effort. GS Job Point has already placed hundreds of students free of charge and will continue to do so even in the future.

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Happy Friendship Day to every  GS Job Point Visitor

Friendship Day celebrations take place on the first Sunday of August every year. The tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends began in US in 1935. Gradually the festival gained popularity and today Friendship Day is celebrated in large number of countries including India. On this day people spend time with their friends and express love for them. Exchange of Friendship Day Gifts like flowers, cards and wrist bands is a popular tradition of this occasion.

Friends are really one of the most important asset of any one’s life.  You are lucky even if you have only one good friend.  It does not matter if you have thousands of friends, what matters at the end of the day is whether you have any good friend or not? So, if you have any good friend, take the occasion to tell him how important he/she is for you.

bye bye  and take care.

Everybody has dreams. I also had. But what is required to convert dreams in reality is ACTION. Most people dream and they continue dreaming, I never wanted to be one of the them. So, I finally decided to quit my job and wrote a resignation letter to my boss. It took a huge lot of courage to write the resignation letter that time.

I finally took action to convert my dreams into reality. Taking action is always hard and it was very hard for me also because i was just another Joe in the classroom and i was always an average student. Most of my friends thought i was not capable of starting my own company and they always advised me not to give resignation. Many friends even told me that i was ruining my growing career. I thank all those friends for all the discouragement they gave me, because that made me more stronger than ever to go for my dreams.

I came back to Lucknow to start my own firm. As a beginner, I was quite tensed and confused on how to go ahead starting a company. I talked to my friends for help, some friends did not help and some ignored me so that i may not ask any help from them. It’s well said ” friend in need is friend indeed “. I realized the truth of the statement,  i was very confused and broke.

But i always believed in the almighty, I believed in him as i knew he will never let me down. When most of my friends did not help, some of my friends  whom i  have never expected came forward to help me out. they are  still with me for any help and support i need. After discussing with my friends, i decided to launch my company. The first thing they  suggested was to decide a name for company.

I love my father a lot, so i wanted name of the company to be something in the name of my father. After much thinking, I decided “GSJOBPOINT” as the name of my company. It was put on the name of my father, whom i love a lot.  Starting a company formally was another difficult step which every aspirant has to undertake. I will write about the steps of opening a consultancy company in India in my next post.

I never thought there are so many things in starting a new company, but trust me starting your own company is a very satisfying experience. I will continue in next post, till then bye bye.

Hello World,

Warm welcome to the  visitors of my blog. This is Sangita Singh, Owner and Director of  GS Job Point. A revolutionary HR Consultancy agency headquartered in Lucknow.

I have seen many ups and down’s in my entrepreneur  career.  A journey as an entrepreneur is never easy, but after all its always fruitful.

My main aim of building this blog is  to share ramblings of my life as an entrepreneur. I wanted to share what i did for my survival and what were the shocking parts of  business. I have met good people and bad people, its another thing that bad people always out numbered good people :).

I will put together my whole experience in this blog, may be that will serve you as a guiding star. So don’t forget to visit often.