In an online chat with Get Ahead readers Ramaswamy Kavalapara, HR Head, Xchanging India offered tips on how they could make a winning career in the information technology sector.
'I'm a very positive and optimistic human being.' 'You put a pile of garbage in front of me and I will find a flower in it.'
"Under the contingency plan, we are operating 50 flights across the network today," an Air India official said. From Delhi, the national carrier will be operating just 10 flights and almost an equal number from Mumbai to metro cities.
At a recent HR professional meet in the city, hiring managers and employers from leading firms in the country addressed the issue of growing unemployment in the country and discussed plausible solutions to solve the issue.
The company has decided to consolidate its delivery functions horizontally
The annual placements at B-schools like Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and others are like a 'cattle fair' held in Pushkar, Rajasthan, every year, said Tata Sons' Chief Group HR Satish Pradhan.
WCH Training Solutions is organising a three-day certification workshop on Training and Facilitation Skills.
With the changes in the workplace, in-demand skills, flexibility and being tech-savvy will help you save your job.
The information technology sector, India's largest private-sector employer with 3.1 million direct jobs, will witness muted hiring activity this year.
PVR Cinemas, an exhibition-cum-distribution company, is recruiting.
Specialisations through correspondence courses in marketing, HR, finance, operations and systems.
Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research introduces a master's level Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration through the distance learning mode.
Graduates in any discipline from a recognised University or appearing for final year exam are eligible to apply.
To young professionals I would say, work hard, play hard and not be constrained by fads like WLB, says Sudhir Bisht.
Criticised for being too big, Janette Tirkey is winning hearts on the ramp.
Kalpana Bansal, author of Up The Beanstalk, talks about the challenges faced by a start up company, her success mantras, five avoidable mistakes that working professionals should know and offers useful tips for first-time job seekers.
Kalpana Bansal, author of Up The Beanstalk, talks about the challenges faced by a start up company, her success mantras, five avoidable mistakes that working professionals should know and offers useful tips for first-time job seekers.
Would you like to work from home or prefer flexi work hours?
According to Korn Ferry Global Salary Forecast, India's salary growth for 2020 stood at 9.2 per cent. down from 10 per cent last year, while real-wage after adjusting inflation may remain constant at 5 per cent in 2020.
India doesn't have a data protection law or a dedicated law on cybersecurity. Also, there is no specialised law on privacy. Experts say this complicates the scenario for businesses as they continue to be liable for breach in client data even when employees work out of the home.
The RBI wants to enforce more transparency in public sector banks. Manojit Saha The Apex bank wants the government t oreduce stakes in PSUs.
Upasana Modi from WeSchool, Mumbai shares her experience.
Vanguard Info Solutions, a US BPO company, is recruiting Telemarketing Executives, Executives - Collections, Manager/ Deputy Manager - Telemarketing Operation, Senior Executives - HR and Trainers.
According to a study conducted by HR consultancy Towers Watson's Talent Management and Rewards, 61 per cent of the Indian companies surveyed said that they are able to provide their employees a wide range of jobs and work experience over the last 12-month as against 50 per cent in the Asia Pacific region.
IndiGo clearly needs to refresh its HR and training manual, says Shyamal Majumdar.
The Honda CB Unicorn 160 has a very good engine, offering excellent performance, says Faisal Ali Khan of MotorBeam.com
LG Electronics India on Tuesday made three movements in its management. The company appointed Moon B Shin as deputy managing director at LG Electronics India.
Flipkart's value has eroded by a third from a peak of $15.2 billion to as low as $9 billion following several investor markdowns
With economic slowdown casting a shadow on profits, companies may increasingly turn towards offering flexible benefit programmes to employees, among other measures, for managing costs and attracting the right talent, a survey by global HR consultancy Mercer says.
The industry is hoping the Tatas deepen their dive and offer two stable airlines -- a Vistara merged into Air India servicing the international routes, and an AirAsia India merged with Air India Express that competes with the low fare airlines in India and offers destinations within five hours, says Anjuli Bhargava.
The seven Indian-Americans are cybersecurity firm ZScaler CEO Jay Chaudhry, founder and chairman of Symphony Technology Group Romesh Wadhwani, cofounder and CEO of online home goods retailer Wayfair Niraj Shah, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures founder Vinod Khosla, managing partner of Sherpalo Ventures Kavitark Ram Shriram, Airline veteran Rakesh Gangwal and Workday CEO and co-founder Aneel Bhusri.
The company stated that it was taking steps for cost rationalisation across all businesses to maintain liquidity and due to a prolonged slowdown it had to take a few tough measures.
HR audit, Strategic Training Unit, leadership development - SBI is doing all that it takes to be an employer of choice.
The modern hardware on the Pulsar AS 200 makes it excel in almost every department, which the dated Karizma and Pulsar 220F find hard to match up to, says Indian motoring website MotorBeam.
This increase in federal IT outsourcing, from the $12.2 billion spent in fiscal 2005, will be registered with the help of specific drivers.
Experts at various HR consultancies feel New Year 2010, would be considerably better in terms of salary hikes and hiring, although firms will continue to tread cautiously.
As part of the commercial deal, the council's IT department will collaborate with TCS to integrate and rationalise its back office IT systems.
Instead of a one-size-fits-all strategy, employees can be allowed to tailor their benefits package to their specific needs.
