The Hindu Business Line : <I>Multiple offers, absentee recruits</I>

Apoorva (name changed), a commerce graduate, is in a fix. She has to report for work at the Tirupur branch of an old private bank on April 4, but has constraints in moving out of Chennai.

With just another week to decide her fate in this bank, she is toying with the idea of exploring another offer.

She has cleared the preliminary round in another private bank and has been called for an interview on April 13.

"I am not sure whether to accept or renounce this," says this candidate, very much on the horns of a dilemma.

There may be many more Apoorvas, and banks too have started to feel the pressure.

Often the selected candidates don't turn up on the appointed date. "About 10 per cent of the selected lot eventually do not turn up.

The same is true for officers, where we exhaust even the wait-list. Some of them who appear for the interview have more than two offers on hand and can exercise discretion,' says Mr M.V. Chandrasekar Karanth, DGM (HR and IR), Karnataka Bank.

He also cited instances of candidates asking for more time to join, citing silly reasons as a broken leg or some health reason.

"Such candidates are probably waiting to confirm some other appointment before turning down our offer. We are sceptical about these people. Nevertheless, we give a long rope by rescheduling their date of joining by a week to 10 days.'

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