The Hindu Business Line : <I>ICICI Bank in talks with ISPs on hiring format </I>

In a bid to control recruitment costs and raise productivity of its HR personnel, ICICI Bank is in talks with Internet service providers such as Reliance Infocomm for providing interview cubicles with audio-visual recording and tele-conferencing facilities.

ICICI bank expects to hire 15,000 people every year for the next several years and most of the recruits will come from tier-II cities. "We will set up separate kiosks inside the branch where candidates can attend interviews besides submitting resumes and job application forms," Mr T. K. Srirang, Head, Human Resources, Retail Banking, ICICI Bank, told Business Line today. "This will enable candidates to attend interviews at centres nearest to their homes, instead of travelling to Mumbai, where interviews generally take place," he said.

The interview centres are expected to improve productivity of the bank's human resources (HR) personnel by about 30 per cent, said Mr Srirang. "HR heads spend a lot of time travelling to tier-II cities to interview candidates. This will be avoided," he said.

These interview centres would remain open 24 hours a day. "This is a boon for working candidates who can find time only after office hours", said Mr Srirang.

Online application forms and an in-bound call desk are other initiatives the bank is taking to support recruitment.

At present, the bank hires mainly from metros and plans to hire aggressively from tier-II cities starting next year.

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