Who`s asking these silly interview questions?

Some companies, such as Google, are famous for asking weird, off-the-wall interview questions. Are they innovative or just wasting everybody’s time? Monster’s SalesHQ Web site recently posted a list of 100 interview questions sales employees should be prepared to answer. The list includes the basic “Why do you want this job?” fare, but also several items that are a little less ordinary. For example: Why is there fuzz on a tennis ball? How would you weigh a plane without scales?...
Published about 19-10-2009 | Rated 0

Mid-tier IT firms to hire about 30,000 experienced hands

New Delhi: Returning to the employment orbit, the mid-tier IT companies plan to take in 25,000 to 30,000 experienced hands in the next three to nine months. Those on the lookout for trained hands are companies like GlobalLogic India, Aricent, MindTree, CPA Global, Sapient, Symphony Services, Citrix, Adobe, Persistent Solutions, nVidia, Amazon, Agilent and Vertex. The demand has been spurred by a spurt in outsourcing, better order positions and companies expanding their India operations and m...
Published about 18-10-2009 | Rated 0

Recruitment India

Recruitment India refers to the process of finding possible candidates for a job or function, undertaken by recruiters. India recruitment may be undertaken by an employment agency or a member of staff at the business or organization looking for recruits. Either way Recruitment India may involve advertising, commonly in the Recruitment India section of a newspaper or in a newspaper dedicated to job adverts. Employment agencies will often advertise jobs in their windows. Posts can also be advertis...
Published about 16-10-2009 | Rated 0

13 Trends In Corporate Recruiting for 2009

A significant part of my work involves giving presentations around the world on the hottest recruiting topics. It is an aspect of my work that I truly enjoy because it affords me an opportunity to continuously learn about where our profession is headed. Through speaking, I not only help companies understand the latest recruiting trends, but I also learn from hundreds of professionals about what they see as hot topics, emerging trends, and how they are approaching them. I wanted to take this o...
Published about 16-10-2009 | Rated 0

MBAs manipulating resumes to get jobs

Bangalore: It is not only the techies, but also several employees who hold a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree fudge their resumes to get jobs. About 37 percent of B-school respondents, according to a new survey by a job portal, say that they manipulated their resumes at some stage in their careers. While 26 percent of the respondents confessed to lying about their employment history and projects in their previous organisations, six percent said they lied about their academic creden...
Published about 15-10-2009 | Rated 0

Do hiring managers care about online degrees?

You get a resume from a candidate with the education and qualifications you’re looking for. Do you care if the person’s schooling took place online? HR managers care less than they used to, according to a recent Society for Human Resources Management survey. Nearly all (90%) of HR managers say online degrees are viewed more favorably that they were five years ago. And individual courses taken online are as credible as traditional courses, according to 68% of HR managers. But still, mor...
Published about 13-10-2009 | Rated 0

Infosys to replace Indian staffs by Americans

Bangalore: To overcome the VISA problems and strengthen their businesses, Infosys Technologies is likely to hire more number of local talents in the U.S. The company has already recruited 72 Americans and 140 more offers are under way....
Published about 13-10-2009 | Rated 0

Indian IT firms back in action, begin hiring

Bangalore: After having canned hiring for the whole of the last financial year, Indian IT companies are back in action, as majors like Infosys and Wipro have begun approaching engineering and management institutes, besides head hunting companies to add to their rolls. According to Rediff, IT companies hire an average of 50 students each from engineering campuses and 20 students from management institutes. Headhunters confirm that many of the IT companies have given them mandates for hirin...
Published about 13-10-2009 | Rated 0

TCS to increase manpower in China

New Delhi: TCS plans to increase its workforce in China by four times over the next five years. The software exporter major plans to increase its China staff to 5,000 by 2014 from 1,100 currently, said a senior official from the company. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Chinese companies are now more open to outsourcing and many of them will be looking for support in information technology outsourcing services as they globalise. TCS reportedly entered the Chinese market in 20...
Published about 13-10-2009 | Rated 0

Recruitment process in IT sector

Recruitment refers to the process of selecting an individual for a particular job. It is a process of finding a right man at a right time for a right job. It is a process of screening and selecting a qualified person for a job at an organization or a firm. It is divided into two types: internal recruitment process and external recruitment process. “Internal recruitment is the process of selecting employees inside the organization. Moreover, external recruitment is selecting the employees outsi...
Published about 13-10-2009 | Rated 0