Recently I came across a news article in a reputed daily about a leading IT company having placed a mandate with some manpower firms to help them source non engineering candidates for IT roles. The mandate involves preliminary training of the candidates and subsequent placement.
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Mondelez International Nominates Ratan N. Tata to Board Of Directors
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Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) has announced the nomination of Ratan N. Tata to its Board of Directors. Tata, 75, is Chairman of the Tata Trusts, which are among the largest private sector philanthropic trusts in India. "Ratan is an outstanding candidate for our Board," said Chairman and CEO Irene Rosenfeld. "A global citizen and accomplished…
Some data about those who read our posts on mobile devices.
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Some data points from the visitor logs and analytics data for www.hiringsquare.com. (Last 1 Months Data) In last 1 month about 15 % of our visitors have accessed the site from their mobile devices. This figure for last 1 year is about 7 %. Amongst those who accessed the site from mobile devices, 26 %…
JC Penney CEO pay slashed by over 96 % in 2012
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ShopRunner Appoints Scott Simmons as COO and CFO
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ShopRunner, has appointed Scott Simmons as its chief operating and financial officer (COO/CFO). With over a decade’s experience in the eCommerce industry, Scott joins ShopRunner after most recently serving as president of NexTag Inc., a leading global eCommerce services company. "Scott brings an impressive combination of executive and financial leadership skills to ShopRunner,…
Akamai Appoints James Gemmell as Chief Human Resources Officer
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James Gemmell has been appointed as Chief Human Resource Officer for Akamai. Genmmell, is a former Cisco executive and he brings over 25 years of global HR experience within high-growth organizations. Gemmell will lead Akamai’s global HR strategy including employee development, talent acquisition, inclusion and diversity, and compensation and benefits. He will report to…
Honda Cars plans to invest Rs. 2500 crore in Tapikara, Rajsthan plant.
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Honda Cars India plans to invest Rs. 2500 crore in its Tapikara plant in Rajasthan by next year. The investment and the proposed capacity expansion is expected to generate over 2000 jobs in the region. As of now the company employs around 1500 in Rajasthan. The company had commissioned the first phase of Tapikara, Rajasthan …
Dr. Reddy’s appoints GV Prasad as Chairman and Satish Reddy as Vice-Chairman of the Company
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Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (NYSE: RDY) today announced that based on the recommendations of the Nomination, Governance and Compensation Committee, its Board of Directors have appointed GV Prasad, presently Vice-Chairman and CEO as the “Chairman and CEO” and Satish Reddy as “Vice-Chairman” in addition to his present role of Managing Director and COO, effective from…
DMRC appoints Anoop Kumar Gupta as Director (Electrical)
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DMRC (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.) has appointed Anoop Kumar Gupta as Director (Electrical). Anoop, takes over from Satish Kumar, who retired on 31st March, 2013. His appointment is effective 1st April 2013. Before assuming charge, he was working as Chief General Manager and was heading the electrical maintenance wing of the company for the…
Job generation drops by over 14.1 % on year on year basis during October-March 2012-13
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An ASSOCHAM Economic Research Bureau (AERB) report based on the job posting data from various job portals says that new job generation has come down by 14.1 percent during the second half of financial year 2012 – 13, as compared to corresponding period last year. “A total of over 5.38 lakh jobs were generated during…
Ricoh Expands New Business Creation in Silicon Valley
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Ricoh Company, Ltd. will restructure its subsidiary, Ricoh Innovations, Inc. (“RII”) as Ricoh Innovations Corporation (“RIC”) effective April 1, 2013. The company’s charter as a research center developing innovative technologies will be expanded to include the development of new businesses worldwide applying advanced information technology. RII was founded in 1997 as a subsidiary of…
D Shiv Kumar quits Nokia
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For those who are still asking – “What is Social Recruiting ?”
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In business, we love playing with terms and terminologies. Every now and then , every year some new terminologies evolve and catch the fancy of businesses and professionals. These words and terminologies subsequently become a routine buzzword. However, for at least some time these terms have a mystical value for a…
Suzlon Group appoints Amit Agarwal as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Suzlon Energy
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Suzlon Group, the world’s fifth largest wind turbine maker, has appointed Amit Agarwal as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Suzlon Energy. He will be taking over from Kirti Vagadia , and will report to the Chairman, Mr Tulsi Tanti. Kirti Vagadia would be focussing on his role as Suzlon Group Head of Finance, overseeing…
AstraZeneca to reduce global head count by over 5000 between 2013 – 2016
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AstraZeneca has come out with its list of strategic priorities while the company plans a return to growth and achieve scientific leadership. The actionables being announced during the investors day briefing , introduces a series of measures that would lead to efforts and resources getting rightfully directed towards the businesses priority growth platforms…