17 Exciting Years: Our Founder’s Reflections on Our Journey
Ratnesh Jain founded Blue Genes Research on Feb 10, 2006. On our 17th anniversary, he reflects on BGR’s journey thus far, the key learnings we now live by, and his vision for the company’s future.
I am writing this today upon completing our 17 years, filled with gratitude for all who have supported us, pride in our achievements, and excitement about BGR’s future.
First, a big thank you to all who brought us to this milestone—including the team members, mentors, customers, thousands of LinkedIn connections, and lakhs of candidates we have met along the way—who have made this long and challenging journey incredibly enriching and rewarding.
As I look back on the past 17 years, I am proud that we have been able to help many corporates and entrepreneurs grow faster and better by partnering with them and solving their hiring challenges.
Today, I am reflecting on all we have acquired over these years, including the quantum of our team’s combined hands-on experience, deep knowledge, and delivery championship. These acquisitions have made us stronger and more capable than ever.
I am thrilled to see that we are in a position to partner with even more entrepreneurs and corporates in making people their competitive strength.
TOP 10 LEARNINGS
Through the course of these 17 years, we have imbibed 10 key learnings into our DNA. We have acquired these through our own experiences as well as from observing the shortcomings of common recruitment practices, and I am happy to share them with you today:
1. Speed & accuracy of delivery is the only benchmark
Nothing is more important. No amount of marketing or pedigree or jazz can compete with fast, accurate results.
2. Solid research with a curious mind and a consulting approach is the best strategy
Listen to the client, conduct solid research, question assumptions, make the client aware of market realities, and offer the client practical and profitable advice.
3. The best possible—not best available—is the right choice
Never settle for the best available options. Often, the lowest hanging fruits don’t deliver the best performance in the long-run. Instead, strive hard for the best possible fit.
4. Searching where no one searches is worth the effort
The easiest and quickest sources, such as job portals and outdated databases, will not deliver the best possible results. Go for the hard route; start every search as a fresh search and look for referrals, live databases, and other up-to-date sources to headhunt the best possible and most suitable talent.
5. Looking for the unknown makes for better matches
Resumes and job descriptions can be deceiving because, after all, they are marketing documents. In most cases, they represent only one side of the story. Taking them at face value could result in a poor match for both the company and the candidate. That’s why we dig deeper to find what is not told to us, to uncover the complete story.
6. Mis-selling won’t get you far
Communicate the right picture to the client and the candidate. For headhunters, mis-selling is the most short-sighted strategy, and a recipe for self-sabotage; sooner or later, it will damage your reputation and business.
7. Upgrading every day is essential to deliver the best
Regularly optimizing process excellence and technology usage empowers teams to deliver the best results fastest. For executive search and other recruitment efforts, staying on top of and adopting global best practices benefits clients tremendously.
8. A promise is everything
As cliché as it sounds, this is a time-tested strategy to build long-lasting goodwill. Promise what you can deliver, and then fulfil your promise. Only operate within domains in which you can deliver.
9. The hunger to grow must never die
Never lose the drive to serve clients better. At BGR, successful closure is our poison. We strive for that one smile of satisfaction that we can deliver to our client.
10. Taking full ownership of the assignment fuels success
When we accept an assignment, we accept full ownership of it. Then, we do what it takes to complete it successfully. This entails deploying our best dedicated resources who give the assignment their full attention until it is closed.
These 10 learnings have allowed us to maintain the extremely high quality of service we offer every single client at BGR. We will be taking them with us into the future, as we continue to tackle the toughest recruitment challenges.
WHAT NEXT?
The way I see it, our journey has just begun—we are only seventeen. There is so much more to master and deliver.
We will find new ways to empower our clients and solve their growth challenges by helping them hire the most suitable team members as quickly and accurately as possible.
We will use disruptive ways and the latest technology to evolve newer leadership hiring and recruitment methods, always empowering our team members to deliver the best possible.
THANK YOU
Once again, I would like to thank everyone who has been a part of our story for the steady support and encouragement BGR has received. Every interaction with you enriches us with new knowledge that allows us to help our team members, clients, and candidates grow faster and better, together.
I am honored and humbled to be surrounded by the talented and dedicated people on my team. Thank you for believing in our company vision and always striving to deliver the best.
To our excellent clients and exceptional candidates, thank you for being part of our incredible journey and for trusting us with your success.
After 17 years in the people business, we can say with certainty that there is no substitute for having the right people to drive growth—for our clients as well as for ourselves.
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