Head Hunter 2022

The School of Business and Management, MBA-HR specialisation CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa Campus organised a three-day long event HEADHUNTERS’22, themed International Human Resource Management on 18th, 19th, and 20th October 2022. This was the first mega event conducted by the HR department. The first day was in virtual mode, whereas the second and third days were offline.

The first day was the case-study round named “Scrutinize the Scroll”. Participants were given a case study to be solved within the stipulated time. The HR club developed the case based on a real-life situation. The participants were asked to crack the case and solve based on the given indication. Each team was given a time of 3 hours to solve the case. Most of the teams were successful in completing the case on time, but few were. Those who failed to complete the case on time were eliminated after day one, even though they completed round 2. The case study was followed by a surprise night task which included designing a “Strategy Map”. After the case study second round started in a short period. Students were supposed to complete round 2 by 12.00 am midnight. 

The second day was “Treaty Meet”, where two teams had to work in an alliance with another team to create Mergers or acquisitions. Each team selected after rounds 1 and 2 was qualified for the treaty meet. Each team was assigned a company and have to do a merger or acquisition with another company. The task was challenging as most companies were from diverse industries and the participants found it difficult to come to a neutral ground. After day two, the 4 best teams were selected for the finals. 

The third-day mega finale was conducted in the central block auditorium of CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa Campus, with Dr Becky Thomas HOD-MBA being the chief guest of the evening. The final was inaugurated and declared open by Dr Becky M Thomas. She reiterated the importance of HR skills and the need for human resources in modern organisations.  The judges for the event were Prof. Jobin Jacob, Prof. Mohit Boralkar, Prof. Blesson James, Prof. Monica Lawrence, and Prof. Jibrael Jos. Participants were asked to create a hypothetical company and sell the potential jobs in the first round. The second round was a hiring round where the participants were asked to convince a panel of candidates to join their organisation and the rounds culminated with the third  and last round, which was the stress round  The rounds included participants showcasing their presentation skills, creativity in situational analysis, and interview skills in convincing their candidates to join hypothetical organisations. 

The runner-ups for the event are Sweta Nandi and Eric Joseph (BCom), and the winners are Jones Joseph and Anirudh Menon (MBA). The participants were involved enthusiastically, resulting in the event’s grand success. The session ended with a vote of Thanks by Santosh