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Human Resources Putting student-recruits through the paces Anjali Prayag
Bangalore , March 31 CATCH `em young and watch `em grow... Trilogy Software Inc believes that hiring from the best campuses is its first step to success in business growth. "We can only grow as big or as fast as our people," according to Mr Jim Abolt, Vice-President - HR, Trilogy Inc. Speaking to Business Line, he said that world over Trilogy had mastered in college recruitment. "It's such a passion with us that even the top management is involved in campus recruitment." In India, Trilogy is looking at hiring from IITs, RECs, BITS Pilani and Rourkee Engineering College. After recruitment, Trilogy's next step in its people building process is a powerful corporate boot camp. According to Mr Abolt, the Trilogy University pushes its new recruits to work on real business problems. TU is a three-to-four-month total immersion programme that freshers view as the most challenging and most rewarding period of their career. Each TU class is tasked with using innovation and technology to drive the execution of Trilogy's strategy. "In fact, some TU classes have built new products and even new businesses," says Mr Abolt. He describes the training programme as a significant emotional event, where new employees learn about risks, issues and commitment to the company. Lateral hiring too happens at Trilogy, but the HR head clarifies that `we hire only good grown-ups.' For several years, TU was run in Austin, US, where all the new recruits from across the world assembled. "Now we have a large pool of employees from India and so we run it here," he says, adding that the centre of gravity for the company is now shifting here. TU works in consonance with Trilogy's strategies such as `take the hills, build killer applications, make it work and develop star teams.' Young Trilogians are taught that customers are the raison d'etre of the company. If a customer is not happy, then nobody in the team gets a bonus, explains Mr Abolt. The University is one reason why young people are attracted to the company, feels Mr Abolt, adding, "We want to have people who are able to go, but want to stay."
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