Immediate boss: Indian employees` biggest motivator

Bangalore: Indian employees report higher levels of manager effectiveness, than employees in most other countries. According to a research, immediate managers have influence on their employees beyond their role as delegator, evaluator or motivator. The research has been conducted by the Kenexa Research Institute (KRI), a division of Kenexa, a provider of business solutions for human resources. The results suggest that an employee`s view of his/her immediate manager has a significant impact on...
Published about 24-11-2009 | Rated 0

Have an edge over competitive colleagues

Sparkle that turns the tide in your favour Laziness will take you nowhere; but just hard work may not do much either. Experts tell you how to have an edge over equally good and competitive colleagues. Doing a good job here is like wetting your pants in a dark suit. You get a warm feeling but no one else notices. You may have read these lines in an internet forward and may have put them up on your desk too, partly out of jest and partly because you know it’s your case too, right? Very...
Published about 24-11-2009 | Rated 0

Undergrad nets Rs 32 lakh offer from Deutsche Bank

For someone who aspires for a hole-in-one as an amateur golfer, Adit Mathur has made a Tiger Woodsian debut on the job circuit. The 20-year-old undergrad of Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) is now the toast of Delhi University (DU) as he has teed in an offer from Deutsche Bank for an annual compensation package of Rs 32 lakh ($69,000). Mathur, a resident of Civil Lines in Delhi, will be trained in London next year for a plum posting abroad. The size of the offer made to a student from D...
Published about 24-11-2009 | Rated 0

Being a CEO no more fascinating?

Whether it is an established MNC, aggressive start-up, a stodgy family-run business or a new-age retail business, CEO poaching has become the latest game in town, as a burgeoning economic recovery and intense competition turn them into high-value targets. Indian firms saw a staggering 84 percent rise in CEO attrition in just 10 months of the current calendar year. Just one sector, banking and financial services, alone saw its churn rate rise by 74 percent compared with the past year. "The ch...
Published about 23-11-2009 | Rated 0

India`s workforce unskilled? Only 5 percent certified

Pointing out that enhancing the skill sets of the workforce in the country is a challenge, President Pratibha Patil regretted that large chunk of workforce in India did not have skill certification, contrary to the developed countries. As reported by the Indian Express, the President said, "Only five percent of the workforce in India has some kind of certification. This is in contrast to over 85 percent in the developed countries. Encouragement of work-integrated learning followed by examinat...
Published about 23-11-2009 | Rated 0

Firms firing U.S. workers cannot hire foreign tech pros

Seeking to prohibit companies that lay off large number of American workers, from subsequently hiring temporary workers (such as tech professionals) from outside the U.S., two U.S. senators - Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator Chuck Grassley have proposed the `Employ America Act`. The proposed legislation, if passed, could severely hit tech companies that had resorted to axing jobs during the economic downturn even as they continued to file for H-1B visas. As reported by Business Line, Ameet...
Published about 23-11-2009 | Rated 0

Recruitment Outsourcing

There are of course, certain reasons driving people to start outsourcing human resources abroad. One of the most obvious reasons lies in the low cost of recruitment. Recruitment outsourcing is also gaining popularity because it makes the whole process faster. Besides, outsourcing centers offer enhanced recruitment quality. The respondents presently delegate the recruitment operations, connected with background checks, sourcing, screening and testing, application tracking systems, and name genera...
Published about 22-11-2009 | Rated 0

3 Tips for Screening Candidates

Sorting Candidates In a slow job market, anyone who posts a job opening these days is sure to get swamped with resumes. I`ve heard stories of 500 resumes for a single customer service opening or receptionist position. So when you are swamped like that, how do your sort them to find the top 3-4 candidates without spending weeks reading each of them? Remember if you are more than 50 employees or do government contracting you have to comply with EEOC hiring practices, so you have to show your...
Published about 22-11-2009 | Rated 0

Hire the Right Person

The million dollar question these past few months has been, "How do I attract and hire the right people in my practice?" The real kicker is that it has to be done now because a team member has left. Does this sound familiar? If you have ever been in this position, it feels very uncomfortable. Your thoughts begin to fill with fear and you wonder if you will ever find someone who will fit well into the position available. Rest assured these are normal feelings and you are not alone. Somewhere o...
Published about 22-11-2009 | Rated 0

Five Steps to Successful Headhunting

In a candidate short market, talented individuals (the very people you need for your clients vacancies) tend to be sitting tight and very content in their jobs. More and more employers are recognizing the need to look after the people they want to keep in their business with plenty of perks, tie-ins and generous pay checks. As a recruiter, I have shunned the persistent calls from job boards peddling their resume databases. I understand that they have the largest number of resumes anywhere ...
Published about 20-11-2009 | Rated 0