iGate to hire 300 professionals by December

As the software company iGate sees rebound in contract and demand picking up gradually, the company will hire 300 people by December this year. "We will hire 200 people for our software services and 100 for BPO by December to expand our existing operations. We believe there is already revival of demand for IT and BPO services and to meet that demand we are hiring," said iGate CEO Phaneesh Murthy. The company had frozen recruitment earlier this year when recession was at its peak. Murthy said...
Published about 25-10-2009 | Rated 0

7 Steps to Right Recruitment

This article is my effort to share my experience with the fellow recruiters. After spending around 6 years in Staffing and Recruiting for IT, Software and BPO companies; I learned that attrition rate in all the companies are increasing day by day. The managements of many companies are not being able to retain their permanent employees and it results in decrease of the overall performance of the organization. After thinking on this issue, I came to one conclusion: The attrition or turnover ...
Published about 24-10-2009 | Rated 0

Interviewing techniques

Interviews are an integral part of the recruitment process. The one-to-one contact can provide an in-depth impression of how a candidate would perform on the job. Getting the most out of interviewing is a combination of preparation, suitable questioning and listening. Methods of interviews There are a number of different approaches to interviews, an example of which is behavioural event interviewing. This delves into the past and examines how the applicant handled a previous task or duty. Th...
Published about 24-10-2009 | Rated 0

What Is Recruitment Processing Outsourcing (rpo)?

Businesses have started outsourcing many different tasks these days. It seems like everything from human resources to technical support to billing can be outsources to another company, and if a business really wanted to, they might be able to outsource everything! Well, it may not be quite possible, but there are many different departments that can be outsourced, including recruitment activities. Recruitment processing outsourcing, or RPO, is the process of hiring an outside company to handle al...
Published about 23-10-2009 | Rated 0

The checklist for modern enterprise learning

Today`s corporate learning organizations are facing a barrage of challenges from every direction. On the one hand, the current business climate is forcing budget reductions, organizational consolidations and shifting program priorities. On the other, social and informal learning technologies are causing us to rethink investments and program deliveries. If 2009 has a silver lining, it is that training executives in companies of all shapes and sizes are being forced to re-examine priorities, r...
Published about 22-10-2009 | Rated 0

Making the boss pay

Executive pay is linked to recruiting, engagement and performance management, thus the chief talent officer is in a perfect position to develop a process for sound decision making. By partnering with management, boards and compensation committee members, talent leaders can build unassailable compensation designs. Outraged shareholders, legislators, regulators, investor activists and the media decry the disconnect between corporate performance results and executive compensation payouts. These...
Published about 22-10-2009 | Rated 0

Big cos in hiring zone again, B-schools cheer

Mumbai: Mumbai`s top B-schools have managed to attract some big names across the spectrum during the current summer placement season, from the troubled banking and financial services sectors to FMCG. The recruiters, who have made their presence felt at the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), include Nomura, ICICI Bank, JP Morgan, GE, M&M, L`Oreal, Britannia and Idea Cellular, reports Economic Times. While L`Oreal has so far recruited eight students, Idea has hired five. "Al...
Published about 22-10-2009 | Rated 0

Aricent, Sapient to hire 1500

Bangalore: Aricent, a global innovation, technology and services company, and Sapient, a business and IT consulting company are planning to hire around 1500 professionals in the next three to nine months. While Sapient will hire around 800 professionals, Aricent plans to hire at least 700. The hire-no-more hysteria seems to be heading for a soft burial, with mid-tier and niche technology companies returning to the employment orbit as they plan to take in 25,000 to 30,000 experienced hands in ...
Published about 22-10-2009 | Rated 0

Top women execs quit office to become CEOs elsewhere

The companies like Archer Daniels Midland, PepsiCo and Kraft Foods all have women CEOs, as the former CEO of eBay, Meg Whitman, is running for governor in California. The Secretary of State is a woman, as are this year`s Nobel Prize winners in medicine, chemistry and economics. According to a new study by Xavier University Business Professor Hema Krishnan, the turnover rate for women in top executive spots is more than double that for men. Hema Krishnan, in an interview to Enquirer, sa...
Published about 22-10-2009 | Rated 0

Rural job scheme turning wage seekers into entrepreneurs

Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh): What is common between a small farmer whose son is studying medicine, a smuggler of valuable wood who gave up the illegal activity and an agricultural labourer who raised a loan to buy a buffalo? All of them are the beneficiaries of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which is bringing a silent revolution to the countryside in Andhra Pradesh by turning wage seekers into farmers and entrepreneurs. The scheme, which assures 100...
Published about 22-10-2009 | Rated 0