"The company first scouts for talent within the organization to provide growth opportunities to its employees. This is done by notifying vacancies internally. This practice helps in managerial cross-functional exposure for career development and learning."

Internal Resourcing

"The company first scouts for talent within the organization to provide growth opportunities to its employees. This is done by notifying vacancies internally. This practice helps in managerial cross-functional exposure for career development and learning."

Talent from Campus

"Raymond recruits young textile engineering graduates, textile technologists, chartered accountants, fashion technologists and MBA's only from some of India's leading Institutes. They are then rigorously trained for a period of one year, during which they are placed across different departments, before being finally placed in their area of specialization. The objective of the programme is to gauge the recruit's area of expertise and then train them to independently shoulder their responsibilities. A Mentoring program for new inductees in the organization enables them to adapt themselves to the organization."

Lateral Recruitment

"Market-skilled' employees from other companies are periodically inducted into the organization from time to time. A combined force of existing talent and induction of fresh blood helps the company to be competitive in the face of increasing business complexities."

Objective

• To build up a talent pool for the final Management Trainee recruitments.
• To ensure that likely employees develop a better understanding of the Raymond vision and the overall business.

Recruitment

• Summer Trainees will be recruited from the leading business schools which are short-listed by the Group.
• All selected Summer Trainees will be expected to join in the first week of April/May (depending on the academic calendar).

Projects

All projects will serve the following purpose:

• Enhance the overall business knowledge of the Summer Trainees.
• Enhance depth of knowledge in the same functional area in which the Summer Trainee major.
• Offer hands-on and challenging operational projects.

Mentoring

During the course of the training period, each Summer Trainee will be assigned a mentor, who might be a senior executive in the organization or immediate supervisor of the Summer Trainee.

Assessment

"All Summer Trainees will be assessed once they finished there project by Department Head followed by personal discussions by General Manager – Corporate HRD. Particular review will be conduced for the project undertaken by the Management Trainee."

• Textile Engineering Graduates
• Textile Technology Graduates
• Textile Chemistry Graduates
• MBA’s – Marketing/Finance/HR/Exports
• Chartered Accountants
• NIFT Graduates
• Garment Manufacturing Technology Graduates
• Fashion Designing Graduates

Objective

To enhance overall competency level of the managerial staff over a period and to develop nursery of professionals with a view to create a pool of managers for succession plan.

Recruitment Process & Career path of Trainees

Management Trainee Annual Requirement: Corporate HRD will assess the requirement of Trainees in consultation with all Unit /Divisional Heads

• Campus Recruitment:
  • Trainees will be selected on All India basis through campus interviews
  • Corporate HRD and Divisional HRD will be responsible for Recruitment by Campus Interviews or any other suitable process.
• Final Interview
  • The panel for the Final Interview for Trainees shall consist of Divisional Head , VP – HR and General Manager – Corporate HRD.

1 year Career path

Training of Trainees: Period 1 year

• Classroom Training plan will be drawn for a period of two weeks wherein all the Division/Unit Heads will provide an overview of the Division/Unit as the case may be and the functional heads will provide detailed information.
• On the job training plan including rotation on various jobs as well as locations shall be drawn in consultation with the Division/Unit Heads.
• A review of the training input will be conducted in presence of Unit Head, Functional Heads and HR.

Assessment of Management Trainee

All Management Trainees will be assessed once in a quarter by Department Head followed by personal discussions by General Manager – Corporate HRD. Particular review will be conduced for the project undertaken by the Management Trainee.

Mentoring

During the course of the training period, each Management Trainee will be assigned a mentor, who will be a senior executive in the organization, but not the immediate supervisor of the Management Trainee.

Absorption & Placement

On successful completion of training, the Management Trainees/ Sr. Management Trainees will be absorbed in various units in their areas of specialization after assessment. Management Trainees/ Sr. Management Trainees will be absorbed and confirmed as Assistant Managers/Dy. Manager in the Assistant Manager’s Grade.