Training Top 125: Alltel Links Training to Sales Success

With wireless voice sales margins dwindling industry-wide, Alltel launched a big push in late 2007 to increase the company`s data services revenue. "At the time, the wireless industry as a whole was no longer making much money on voice, so our sales efforts became heavily focused on data products and services, which were deemed the next big purchasing area for consumers," says Mindy Lane, Alltel`s VP of training. As part of this push, Alltel began selling data cards, which provide wireless co...
Published about 14-05-2009 | Rated 0

New twist on the resume database

Here’s another Web site you can add to the arsenal of tools you use to find job candidates. VisualCV is a Web site that lets job seekers create digital versions of their resumes to post online. Most of the information posted is the same as what you’d see in a traditional resume, except with pictures. But the main difference: Candidates can include links to blogs, other personal Web pages and work samples. For some jobs, especially creative ones, that’s important to have. Employers...
Published about 04-05-2009 | Rated 0

Your peers` hiring plans

Does your company plan on hiring additional full-time employees in the next few months? How about reducing headcount? If you said no to both, you aren’t alone. More than 64% of employers expect staffing levels to remain steady in this year’s second quarter, according to a recent CareerBuilder survey. Just 14% said they plan on adding staff. Another 14% will reduce the number of employees, and 7% aren’t sure. As for 2009 so far: 13% of employers increased headcount in the first qua...
Published about 29-04-2009 | Rated 0

4 in 10 laid off last year were foreigners

4 in 10 laid off last year were foreigners By Zakir Hussain FOUR out of 10 workers laid off last year were foreigners, according to the latest figures from the Manpower Ministry (MOM). The proportion is a 10-year high, and analysts say it shows that, contrary to popular belief, Singaporeans have not unfairly borne the brunt of layoffs in the current recession. `A lot of foreigners are employed in lower-skilled service industries, which slowed down in the later part of last year, so t...
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Laid-off local workers find new jobs quickly

Laid-off local workers find new jobs quickly By Zakir Hussain and Lim Wei Chean SEVEN in 10 locals who were retrenched in the third quarter of last year found new jobs by December, despite the downturn. It was an improvement compared to the three-month period before that, when just over six in 10 Singaporeans and permanent residents who were retrenched found work over a comparable period of time. The Manpower Ministry (MOM), which disclosed these figures yesterday, said the improveme...
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IIM-B ranks sixth in MBA job market : Survey

Business schools in India are doing well even under recession pressure. The QS Global top 200 business schools 2009 survey found the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) as the sixth most preferred B-schools in the Asia Pacific region. Moreover, IIM-Ahmedabad, IIM-Calcutta and ISB Hyderabad are at 11th, 12th and 13th ranks. The survey has closely analyzed factors such as quality of students, specialization, success of alumni and activities of alumni network to decide top instit...
Published about 18-04-2009 | Rated 0

SOON STARTING A TRADING BUSINESS

Hi All, I`m soon going to start my on trading business, i know recruitment link is the site not only for recruiting someone but also its the site for expanding ideas. In fact i`m bit late in writing this to all of you as i had my transfer. But anyways i believe in strong imagination power and always try to give shape to the imagination and that is the main secret of a successful person. I`m really looking for someone who can join me in my trading team. Seriously if anyone believes one...
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STUDY OF RECRUITMENT METRICS

STUDY OF RECRUITMENT METRICS [New Hire Quality and Customer/Hiring Manager Satisfaction] Recruitment metrics are standards of measurement used by human resource professionals to gather, analyze and present important information regarding the hiring process. These statistics can be used to ✔ monitor the hiring process to remove redundancies and bring objectivity ✔ make better-informed decisions and, ✔ help focus resources and actions in order to receive the best return on investment...
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The role of HR has gained importance in the last few years.

The role of HR has gained importance in the last few years. Can you take us through the evolution of HR as a key function in the Indian IT industry? It is ironical but true that although the IT industry is a people business where the real capital is human capital, the awareness level on HR is very low in most IT companies. In fact, many people in this industry are not even aware of the HR model that their company practices. HR, in the IT industry, has gone through a circumstantial and lo...
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Teen suicides live on internet

Florida: A 19-year old Florida teen, Abraham Biggs, reportedly committed suicide in a bedroom at his home, broadcasting it live on the internet. The crazy part of the story is that some viewers incited him on, sat back to watch the live show and then discussed whether what they were seeing was real. A student of Broward Community College, Biggs swallowed a fatal dose of benzodiazepines, which he was prescribed for bipolar disorder, and opiates, after declaring on a bodybuilding website that...
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