A tale of two strategies

Finally, there is empirical evidence that you and I make a difference. Two recent surveys, one by Mckinsey and the other by Boston Consulting Group, released barely a month apart, point out that in......

Important lessons for HR managers

As the curtain comes down on 2006, HR managers and consultants do not expect any great improvement in the current mismatch between the demand for and supply of talent. They believe existing trends......

Talent crunch tops companies' cup of woes

India's top seven IT companies are due to add 150,000 engineers in 2006-07, of which Infosys Technologies alone will account for 25,000. And staffing solutions company TeamLease Services expects......

Tackling work-related stress

How are companies tackling rapidly rising work-related stress levels?Bloodshot-eyed men resembling somnambulists sit glued to their machines, working away frantically, much like machines......