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Internet Access at workplace: Should be or Should Not ?

by Arun Prabhudesai on March 15, 2010

internet-workplace

Internet access at workplaces is restricted in most of the big & medium sized companies. They restrict blogs, social-networking, shopping sites, popular email sites (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo), forums, dating sites from being accessed while at work. Most companies do this as they think Internet access will affect productivity. The question is [...]

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B-School Placement Salaries: Are we being told the real Truth?

by Viral Dholakia
IIM-MBA-salary

Finally, the placement season of ‘Top’ Indian MBA grads has begun (or, shall I say, ended the way it’s been projected that all have been placed already?). And with the placement seasons come eye-popping Salary figures as headlines in major newspapers. I never could understand the real reason for the major Institutes or major dailies [...]

11 comments March 10, 2010 Continue Reading →

71% of Indian companies currently hiring – One of the highest in the world

by Arun Prabhudesai
job-market-growth-India

It seems that we are well past recession – The best indicator of that is how corporations see the future growth – If they are positive, they hire ! That’s exactly what is happening in India currently – based on a survey conducted on more than 6000 companies spanning 30 countries, [...]

0 comments February 3, 2010 Continue Reading →

A Job Portal For Aspirants With Disabilities, courtesy Nasscom

by Ankit Agarwal

Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies) is going to launch a dedicated job portal that will facilitate recruitment for persons with disability by creating a repository of applicants, available skill-sets and potential recruiters.

This is one of the first initiatives that Nasscom has taken after the formation of Nasscom’s disability advisory group (DAG). In [...]

1 comment February 3, 2010 Continue Reading →

American Visa Application process goes online

by Arun Prabhudesai
H1B-Visa

I still remember the days (nearly 10 years back) when I was first applying for my H1B visa, it still gives me creeps to think of the whole process – from filling up the form to going for an interview at the Consulate for that one small sticker on your passport called Visa. It felt [...]

1 comment January 12, 2010 Continue Reading →

Its India nor China, but Women who will be saviors of World Economy !

by Arun Prabhudesai
women-consumer-shopping

Yeah, that’s true – Women will be saviors of World Economy more than what India & China will be – You want to know why? According to Global Study by BCG (Boston Consulting group) – The earning power of women globally is expected to reach $18 trillion by 2014 which is [...]

1 comment October 27, 2009 Continue Reading →

Finance Friday: Infosys rolls back freeze, pay hikes proposed

by Arun Prabhudesai
Infosys Pay Hike

If you wanted any more proof that the economic scenario is geared for better days, this one is only going to reassure your hopes. Infosys- the IT bellwether has finally decided to hike pays coming this October. It is notable that Infosys among others had initiated a freeze on pay [...]

1 comment September 25, 2009 Continue Reading →

Puneites are least satisfied employees -75% feel stress at work is healthy

by Arun Prabhudesai
Work related stress

I dont understand this – Stress and Healthy are oxymoronic words in my dictionary – How can stress be healthy? be it at work or home or anywhere else. But that exactly what Pune and Bangalore Employees feel, infact nearly 75% of all feel the same – This is according to [...]

0 comments September 21, 2009 Continue Reading →

Indians most optimistic about Employment

by Arun Prabhudesai
India Employment Survey

Recession seems to have well and truly been overcome – The Indian Employment market is bustling again. According to Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, Employer Hiring Expectations in India Remain the Most Optimistic Worldwide. So if you are one of those looking out for jobs, worry not – It may soon come knocking at your [...]

0 comments September 14, 2009 Continue Reading →

Self Employment: Positive Resultant of Global Downturn

by Arun Prabhudesai
Self Employment

Recent volatility in Global Market did pose a question on the credibility of outsourcing market; hundreds of highly trained and hard working professionals recruited from India’s best colleges/universities were laid off to save the multi billion dollar companies from vanishing. These moves not just made consideration of uncertainty in one’s career [...]

0 comments August 18, 2009 Continue Reading →

India Inc added 300,000 jobs in the US. What was all the fuss about then?

by Sriram Vadlamani
Obama

For all the outsourcing rhetoric and Say no to Bangalore slogans, India Inc has added 300,000 jobs in the US. As per the India Brand Equity foundation study India Inc created 30000 jobs and contributed $105 billion to the US economy between 2004 and 2007. India Inc is too broad a [...]

3 comments June 18, 2009 Continue Reading →

Lucky you are in India – It is the best place currently for Job Seekers

by Arun Prabhudesai
employment

Recession, crisis, downturn, Job losses etc. etc. have become so common that I dont think we spend a single day without uttering those words.

But there is a silver lining – why lining – there are many silver linings that have popped up suddenly in last month since the new potentially stable government has come to [...]

4 comments June 9, 2009 Continue Reading →

Tips that will put you ahead of the pack in your Job search!

by Arun Prabhudesai
Job-search-resume

If you are looking to change your job or get a new one in this challenging environment, you are not alone.  As unemployment rises in India and other parts of the world, finding a job has become a relatively tough proposition.

But what are things you should be doing before start your eternal quest for your [...]

2 comments May 29, 2009 Continue Reading →

Firms hiring again. Now, don’t tell that to real estate folks

by Sriram Vadlamani
Revival

This new survey by the labor ministry shows that firms are hiring and there are signs of revival. The keyword here is: Survey. We all know how surveys work. So, without spending much time on that let’s see what the survey says. Jobs were created in gems and jewellery, textiles, Information technology and handloom. [...]

0 comments May 19, 2009 Continue Reading →

IBM is shipping jobs overseas to India – take that Obama

by Sriram Vadlamani
ibm

453 container ships or 11% of global ship capacity is lying idle. With the kind of job’s being shipped overseas at least some of the ships can be put to use. The latest in the line of shipping jobs overseas to India is IBM. It plans to lay-off 5000 employees in the US and employ [...]

1 comment March 27, 2009 Continue Reading →
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