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- Lateral hiring in IT sector grinds to a halt
Lateral tech hiring seems to have come to a near halt with many IT firms giving fresh instructions to third party hirers to put hiring on “...
- IT companies give new recruits English, etiquette lessons
IT companies too have increased the time spent on training on soft skills and communication from 10% to 30%.
Singapore likely to hire 60k Indian professionals in 2011Singapore expects to hire over 3 lakh professionals in 2011. Hiring firms say over 20% of this talent will be from India.
- Singapore likely to hire 60k Indian professionals in 2011
Singapore has emerged as one of the worlds largest hiring markets this year,and this offers opportunities for Indians.
- For IT hiring, 2011 to be landmark year after 2007
The calendar 2011 is expected to be a landmark year for tech hiring and job movements after 2007 as market visibility improves, global cust...
- IT companies reducing bench strength
The bench refers to employees who currently do not have any projects on hand. Longer benches mean thinner margins and profitability.
- MNC headhunters chase women to fill top jobs
MNCs are chasing the fair sex big time to fill the top positions as women are better communicators and negotiators. Interview mistakes I Sm...
- 'Hiring momentum to pick up in 2010'
After long hibernation, headhunters are actively out in market as talent requirements have started trickling in. You can lead. But can you ...
- Recruitment shrinks, hirers in trouble
Global meltdown has taken such a bad shape that recruiting firms themselves are cutting their recruitment staff.
- To sack staff... tech cos get them new jobs!
BPO firms are adopting a novel retrenching mechanism to get their unwanted staff out, sans any negative media publicity. Top 20 IT Exporter...
- More pink-slips for technology professionals this year
Cos normally ask around 10% of their bottom-level performers to quit after appraisals. This no is likely to go up to 20%-25%. Biz week in p...
- IT tries fancy designations to retain talent
This trend was rampant among banks. Some analysts worry that it might now dilute the value and meaning of designations in the IT industry. ...
- IT companies create shadow talent pool
With no slack in job hopping by technology professionals, firms are adopting 'shadow hunting' to preempt any work-flow discontinuity due to...