Chief Executive Officer -- The Driving Force behind the Organization

A Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the highest-ranking senior management professional who aligns an organization (both internally and externally). He guides the employees and other professionals at C-level jobs (such as CIO and COO) towards a more central organizational objective. The core duty of a CEO is to facilitate business outside of the organization. The secondary responsibilities of a CEO largely depend on the size and sector in which a particular organization works in. Here are some of the jobs he does and thus, serves as the driving force behind the success of an organization.

Providing Directions: CEOs along with other C-level senior personnel lead the organizations from the front. They build the organization, build the senior management team (at C-level jobs), reshape it if needed, create culture and do everything that help the organization grow, especially if it is a startup. In established organizations, a CEO is expected to make improvements in the overall processes and thus, help the organization touch new heights.
Set Strategy and Vision -- The CEO along with other senior management professionals in the organization sets the strategy and direction for the present and future course of action. He decides the market-segments the company will enter into and also about the product lines for the company.
Instrumental in Setting the Tone of the Company -- Why is it so that one organization faces a high rate of attrition while the adjoining one successfully attracts and retains the very best people? Keeping other factors constant, it is the work-culture that can make or mar an organization. And it is the CEO who builds and maintains the culture in the organisation. His every action and/or inaction sends the culture messages to the employees and professionals at C-level jobs.
A CEO thus, is undeniably the driving force behind the success of an organisation. Along with other management professionals in the c-suite, they are the key players in the organisation. There is no doubt that the new generation CEOs are also capable enough to handle the growing global competition and take Indian corporates in the list of the most successful ones in the world.
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The challenges of senior recruitment

The recruitment business has come a long way since newspaper classified ads and cold calls. Employers and job seekers across the globe have embraced the power of online recruitment. The emergence of online job portals, a few years ago, undoubtedly transformed the way recruitment took place in India. However, so far online portals have conclusively provided value only at entry and junior management levels. The web is yet to make its presence felt in a significant way when it comes to recruitment for senior level jobs.

What are the challenges that job portals continue to face when it comes to senior hiring?
For senior level jobs, recruitment can be complex and it requires an in-depth understanding of the nuances of senior hiring. The challenge is to find the right job and fitment for a candidate, rather than any job. Senior hiring also calls for expert knowledge of each industry vertical and the organization structures within the industry. As a result, the expertise and personalised approach of recruitment consultants is what most candidates prefer over cluttered job sites.
Some executives at higher positions also find that job portals lack the insider’s perspective that is imperative in the specialised hiring of senior professionals. Moreover, they believe that job portals may not attract C-level and senior level jobs as employers find it tedious to search through piles of irrelevant responses on job sites. Free-to-all and open-access job sites attract hundreds of unqualified applicants who apply to the best sr management jobs, making it unproductive for employers and recruiters to identify the few high quality candidates.
There is a need for a more focused approach towards senior recruitment. A few emerging models are expected to bridge the gap that has been prevailing for long in senior recruitment and also to create an online environment that can support the endeavours of senior professionals and employers.
It is only when these are successfully implemented, that the real potential of an online model for senior recruitment can be realized.

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