While some resolutions are meant to correct the past, others are made to mend the future. Ankita Shreeram profiles key HR trends that will pave the way ahead for 2013. on the edge of the December and 2012, Career News banked the issues of upcoming career and recruitment trends and its impact though social media.

2013, are WE READY? GREATER UTILIZATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA
"Companies started utilizing social media for branding and hiring.A lot of companies have now established social media guidelines.Customers are more tech-savvy and are exploring their options on-the-go before making a choice and employees too have to match up to this trend,"says HR manager- Courtyard by Marriott Chennai.
  
RECRUITMENT PROCESS OUTSOURCING
"In a number of sectors such as financial services, we have seen a growth in the demand-supply gap as banks increasingly offshore a number of their middle and back office functions to India.This has resulted in a need for a more focused, widespread and an aggressive talent attraction strategy.While traditionally a majority of recruitment was done in-house through referrals, etc, we are seeing more recruitment through offbeat sources and many BFSI organizations have also adopted an RPO model,"suggests MD, Michael Page (India).
  
ADOPTION OF E-LEARNING TECHNIQUES
"HR departments are now including e-Learning course-ware,consisting of videos, pod-casts and other learning resources,in their L&D mix.The lower cost, and a wider reach with less logistical challenges,of eLearning is forcing a major reshuffle in focus (and budgets) in corporate training,"says founder & director,Technology Solutions, Upside learning.

INCREASED SCARCITY OF TALENT
"An estimated 31 per cent of employers find it difficult to fill positions because of talent shortages in their respective markets/industries. Average attrition rate in India has increased by 25 per cent over the last year.Women employees are less prone to frequent job changes. For every 10 men changing their jobs, there are only two women doing so,"avers partner, KPMG India.
  
GREATER AWARENESS TOWARDS WORKPLACE DIVERSITY
"Most of the corporates are aware that diversity plays a key role considering the increasing number of educated women who are joining the workforce and therefore,it’s no longer a situation where the diversity agenda applies to select large companies or MNCs,but it's equally important and relevant for all organizations. I think awareness levels as well as intent are becoming clearer and HR continues to play a very important role in this regard,"opines Indrajit Chatterjee VP,HR,Nitco Ltd.

SMALL BUSINESSES ADOPT HR TECHNOLOGY"Looking at the rising technology,the small business firms introduced HR technology to their workplace and got rid of the manual methods of scheduling and payroll.It not only saved a lot of their time and money,but also reduced the scope for mistakes to a great extent," says Deepak Kaistha,managing partner, Planman Consulting.
  
ADVANCED ANALYTICS FOR ANDIDATE SELECTION
"This is an area, which is gaining foothold and bringing in value. With the resources available to collect and look through a large amount of personal data and those becoming easy,‘Big Data Analytics’ methods help recruiters derive concise insights into the candidates’ competencies based on the insights generated," says CEO and founder of Classle Knowledge Pvt Ltd.

CHANGING EMPLOYER BRAND
"International banks have struggled this year to manage the duality of information about the organization and its growth/hiring plans within India v/s the news regarding its downsizing globally.This required a number of organizations to relook at the way their employer brand is positioned. Also, in certain areas where sectors have seen a slowdown, smaller domestic firms had the advantage of being able to cherry-pick strong talent,"suggests Tripathi.

EMPHASIS ON INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
"With the Maruti incident that took place in mid-2012, companies are taking a harder look at their IR capability.We have also seen business schools invest in new IR specific courses to help HR professionals in developing a stronger understanding of the complexities of this area," says Tripathi.

REORGANIZATION OF THE HR FUNCTION
Many organizations are observing a transition from the strategic role of HR to a transactional one.'HR outsourcing' as a concept is increasingly gaining steam."For instance, many organizations have globally outsourced more than 80 per cent of their transactional HR activities. At home, many Indian conglomerates are housing most of the transactional HR activities into a separate organization called ‘Shared Services Organization’," says Shermon.

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Build Your Recruitment Portal With Odeskclone: A Scriptgiant Product

Odesk clone script is the platform where employers find the right candidates that they are looking for to accomplish their projects. This is the room where job seekers also manage to get their dream project they want to work on. The best customized views, narrative sliding and all manageable screens will make yourself comfortable to filter out the right area you want to work on. For both freshers and experience people, Career News has brought a new concept of earning money by making a job portal.

It comes with following features:
1 Projects are easy to manage and simple to deploy
2 Options for personal inbox and email notifications, edit and monitoring project status.
3 Strategic view of control over all operations via web browser(s)
4 Strong Admin panel for creating new business categories, candidate/user profile management
5 Secure and fast online money transaction
6 Probation to view your history of transaction(s) and communication
7 Provides powerful accounting tools
8 Provides you with online portfolio hosting, personalized marketing tools and a suite of performance tools

It also comes with secure transaction system through payment solutions. The profile making strategies are fully integrated with PayPal, Checkout.com, Authorize.net. Another basic advantages include fast services, quick response and easy to get in. It also includes complete control over your performance. For employers, it is no more hazards to choose the right candidate because of the filter. By using categorized browse option one can search for the job domain, quality of the candidates and the efficiency level of their skills.

Viewing candidates profile is completely safe and contacting the golden membership holder is also yet another useful tool that one must check. Firstly because there is no option for middle tier communications like recruitment agencies or middle-man recruitment houses or even any concept of recruitment consultant. And secondly, the directed contact services. Employers can chat with candidates or can send mail directly to the candidates contact mail id once they decide them to call for an interview. This marketplace product has been so popular in these days. A pocket friendly but full bag of features is all set to help your business growth and huge response.


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Logistic Approaches in E-Marketing Services in India

Logistic is a system based approach that is mostly related to the industries which are more dedicated to production management. But industries like web marketing and development are also following this strategic procedure of a logistic system. In strategic management, a product is created, and then it is surveyed and checked its performance and finally enriches high in popularity with its market demand. Career News has found this logistic appraoch quiet useful and effective in digital promotion. Check the five amazing out

Here, in the field of search engine optimization, the main focus is kept on how to get ranked in top position in search engine. Hence, when a visitor searches client's product or services (any industry) over internet through any search engine, it is expected that the client's page should be arrived on the first page. SEO builders give their best to get the top rank in terms of traffic following various promotional methodologies. In India, SEO/SEM companies are best known for providing digital and promotional services in the domain of online internet marketing following logistic approaches.

Giving the Best ROI

ROI is a performance measuring tool by which efficiency of the investment is evaluated. Here, we focus on strategic ROI problem solving services. SEO logistics mostly helps to get top rank by driving high traffic from leading search engines and some other search engines. Irrespective of competitive and crowded industry, this scheme is very useful in PPC and SERPs.

Technical Expertise and Thematic Industry Choice

One can easily spread his/her business at any corner across the globe by availing the services like SEO and SEM. The most usefulness of these kinds of web marketing schemes is consistency and high traffic. The advantage covers a huge response even if the business is a particular industry specific. The rapid growth in industries and internet browsing options opened the door of increasing awareness of your business in steps away, rather than usual printing media and other offline marketing.

Following Strategic Business Policies

A good web servicing company must provide extreme support to their clients and keeps a consistency in communication and understanding their requirements. The company has really good domain expertise team that covers managing the project from scratch to timely delivery. Notifications are also sent to the clients to make them aware of the improvements of their business. Clients are given fully strategy based consultancy keeping the aim of their business enhancement.

Result based commitment

Since improvement of the business could be checked by traffic load, hence from the initial, top and prior search engines are kept in the target. Most of the cases company's profile comes with verbal assurance with guaranteed search engine ranking or refund the money on failure excluding service charges. A SEO/SEM expertise company must commit to its clients with business growth and revenue improvement by its e-marketing online promotional strategies.

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Managing Egowar in Workplace

Ego issues at the workplace are quite common. here are some lists some simple steps that one can follow at the workplace to prevent ego-related tussles. Career news brought an excellent survey report and some tips to manage your ego which is resultant of your anger, stress and jealousy.

Many of us spend a majority of our time at the workplace and are in constant touch with our colleagues, bosses and others. In a demanding and competitive work environment, tempers can rise and small issues can get blown out of proportion. When ego problems crop up at our place of work, we cannot focus on the task at hand, and this could disrupt the entire functioning of an organization.

Further on, ego tussles develop when employees are of the mindset that "I" and not "WE" contribute more towards the organisation. "Organizations with leaders or managers or even individuals who have ego issues experience low employee morale, limited creativity, and high employee turnover. All these affect employee productivity," says Ramaswamy Kavalapara head of HR, Xchanging India.

"Egoistic leaders often engage in employee favouritism, thus leading to internal strife and low morale,” opines Cecy Kuruvilla, global director - leadership development/diversity at Sodexo Remote Sites & Asia - Australia (AMECAA).

Leaders, as catalysts, should bring the affected parties together and be an enabler to break the deadlock, and provide a forum for open discussion of 'intent' versus 'impact' of ego issues. While individual leadership styles may be different, leaders who provide a clear vision, set high standards and are role models can energize everyone.

"Leaders/managers must invest more time in coaching. They must also indulge in teambuilding activities such as experiential learning workshops. They should also strive to shape a transparent and performance-driven culture within the organisation," notes Ashish Arora, founder and managing director, HR Anexi.

The first thing to remember is that the success of any project involves team work. In many cases, one sees projects getting delayed because of ego hassles among team members. This can be very detrimental to an organization. A leader should try to identify the strength of the person and then help him/her solve their ego problem. For instance, if the person's strength lies in a particular area, the leader should praise him/her for that and also ask to share tips with other employees in the team. This, in turn, will boost the self-confidence of that person.

"“It is imperative for a manager to foster open communication, resolve or manage conflicts and disagreements and ensure equitable and fair treatment among employees. Having systems in place to accomplish work and employee relations is important; often, it is an ombudsman's role to manage behavioral issues at the workplace. A manager's ability to stay centered in the midst of chaos can also enhance the employee-manager relationship," adds Kuruvilla.

It's tough going to work everyday when you know you have to deal with your boss’ or colleague's 'fat'’ ego. But, if handled tactfully, it's not a big deal at all. "The leader should listen to the 'ego-bruised' colleagues patiently, thereby finding a common ground for resolution. Assuage the feelings but do not stretch it," says Somnath Pal, CEO, Citrus Check Inns.

Courtesy: Sheetal Srivastava reports in Times.

Food Blogger - A Booming Food Career

Spending quality time with your friend or a family or special partner in a restaurant also help you to get gastronomic affects with delicious food items. Preparing new dishes or food items is no more a job for certified chef or food specialist. Career News shares the most eminent and creative career approach with you. writing about experimental food over web and sharing with web users. If making new dishes or preparing food for people in a restaurant or at residence make you sick then share your story of experimenting food and ideas of making new dishes with people over web. I personally tried to go with preparing black currant ice cream at home and first thing arrived in my mind was to search it through over web and get the details from it. Soon I get a preferable page and noted the ingredients down and then I followed the procedure and that’s way I made black currant ice cream in my kitchen. Here I am sharing the details: http://www.prairielandcsa.org/recipes/currants.html Here is the time to give a new look to you traditional food specialist career. Share your creativity with foods with millions of viewers through web. Experimenting with new dishes is not more hidden in the kitchen anyway. You may learn about new food items and try them with suggested ingredients from your kitchen to web. You also may add an extra touch of yours to get the food item, you inspired with, a special one.So, what stopping you - write share and let others share.

Touted To Become The Most Rewarding Talent Pools - INDIA

Lynda Gratton, professor of management practice at London Business School and founder of the Hot Spots Movement shares her thoughts with Sheetal Srivastava on the future of India’s workforce. Career News framed her statements for knowledge and caliber, she found in India. 


HOW DO YOU FORESEE THE FUTURE OF INDIA’S WORKFORCE?
By 2030, India could become the third largest economy in the world. In contrast to China’s state-driven growth, India is fuelled by an expansive network of entrepreneurs, some of whom have already established globally recognised firms in less than a decade.With a rapidly expanding working population, India is becoming one of the most formidable talent pools in the world.


HOW WILL EXTERNAL FORCES SHAPE THE WAY A COMPANY AND ITS EMPLOYEES WILL DEVELOP OVER THE COMING DECADES?
Over the coming two decades, we can anticipate a few external forces that will work together to profoundly impact companies and its employees. Technology: Advances in computational speed, sophistication and efficiency allow for the emergence of more complex business analytics, a greater focus on virtual working and enhanced capabilities around collaborative practices and open innovation. Globalisation: The growth of emerging markets will create new talent pools on a global level, yet the educational capacity of some countries will not create the required competencies and we can expect leadership capabilities to be in high demand. Social Trends: Societies across the world will continue to see trust in larger businesses and institutions diminish, whilst growing faith in small and medium-sized enterprises will cause more talented people to work in startups, joint ventures and partnerships - putting an emphasis on the ecosystem of talent.


HOW BEST CAN ONE PREPARE ONESELF FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS?
It is crucial that companies prepare in four ways. First, by continuously monitoring the areas they believe could impact their business. Next, by looking at current capability around these trends. For example, of the 20 areas of ‘future proofing’ – there are four we see many companies not preparing for – including working across boundaries within the company, inter-generational cohesion, managing virtual teams and preparing for a low carbon future. Once a company has assessed the extent of the gap between what will be important for the future and the current capability – then the next step is to create a ‘blueprint’ of how best to move forward.The final step is to get a senior executive buy-in and we find that the earlier senior people are involved, the more likely this is to take place.

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Ten WaysTo Ride Up A Successful Portfolio Career

In most village economies, you will rarely find a person who does just one thing. A farmer may double up as the vet. The grocer may well be the fortune teller. Career News obtained an social impact and shared the best suited tips to polish your career profile.

There’s rarely any money paid for these informal services. And none of them have the degrees or qualifications, of course. But they have the knowledge and experience. And it works out quite well in the end; even had a qualified vet been around, the rural folk may not have been able to afford him.

Assess your hobbies and interests. Spend time reflecting on the types of activities that give you the most satisfaction, the most joy

Examine your educational background. Besides the credentials you’ve received from your educational experiences, make a list of your favourite courses or subjects

Review your work history. Look for the common threads that bind your past together

Deconstruct past experiences into skill sets

Weigh the pros and cons. There’s risk involved in all activities, but managing a portfolio career carries additional risks.

Develop a plan. The best way to deal with some of the common problems people face when foraying into a portfolio career is developing a plan of action.

Get organized. One of the keys to your portfolio career success is having a system.

Have a support system. It’s absolutely crucial, especially in the early phases, to have the support of family and friends.

Use your network. Just as with traditional job-hunting, your network of personal contacts will be extremely beneficial to you when you have a portfolio career.

Always act professional. Your reputation is your lifeblood in a portfolio career, and the more positive word-of-mouth you receive from performing your jobs professionally, the more opportunities will come your way.

EVENT REPORT - Leading The Way

In today’s knowledge-based corporate scenario, the call for organisational greatness is greater than ever before. And the role of a good leader has become of prime importance. Career News found several more learnings were derived at a recently held HR events.

Aleadership crisis looms. Trust in leaders has tanked, new business challenges have sprout up virtually overnight and experienced leaders are in short supply. Moreover, there’s a pitched battle for employee talent. Today’s management leaders must be able to see their team members as "whole people" - body, heart, mind and spirit - and manage and lead accordingly.
Franklin Covey South Asia in association with Ascent online presented their training programme - "Leadership Summit Series 2011" at J.W. Marriot Hotel in Mumbai recently. The programme was led by Michael Simpson, global director, FranklinCovey and Columbia University's Executive Coaching Program along with Rajan Kaicker, executive chairman & MD, FranklinCovey India & South Asia. More than just a training event,
Leadership: Great Leaders, Great Teams, Great Results
(a part of the Leadership Summit Series) helped leaders discover ways to inspire trust and build credibility with their people, define a clear and compelling purpose, create and align systems of success and unleash the talents and energy of a winning team. The programme took a process-oriented approach to developing great leaders who learned how to:

• define their team’s purpose and their "job to be done".

• create a strategic link between the work of the team and goals of the organisation.

• connect the work of the team to the organisation’s economic model. Kaicker said, "There is a huge talent crunch in the market today. Organisations that want to retain their best and brightest must have leaders who understand the radically new paradigm from which the knowledge worker operates." Simpson said, "India has become a hugely important force in the global economic environment. This programme addressed the core need for businesses today - effective leadership, as participants gained the ability to inspire trust, as well as the knowledge to identify and address the chronic problems that undermine success."

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ARTSAKE - A Story of An Artist of This Generation

Art is an essence of rejuvenation of your soul. It involves color, texture design and lots more materiel to implement an idea from the world of virtual to real. It helps to give birth of artists and sculpture, altogether a creator. Career News found an eminent creative artist and his art-house, an nondescriptly enormous and lucratively sophisticated.

ARTSAKE Studio was build in early 90's. Let Kasinath Pal started his studio in the north Kolkata (old Calcutta) with five of his artist-students. The studio was initially named as 'ART CARE'. His son, Kasinath paul was like a saga of enormous creativity of good knnowledge of painting and unique cuts of sculpturing.

Kishanu pal, the fresh blood, started his father's work with new services and enriched his father's dream with the touch of management. The clients from abroad and the consultancy firm brought the studio culture more enhanced. The outcome became much perished and the satisfactory client services also really appreciable. Presently His studio engineered many creative brains.

Krishanu, the ambicious art-consultant, renovated the 'ART CARE' with a new name of 'ARTSAKE'. ARTSAKE serves art consultancy, sculpturing, clay modeling, interior decoration and many other art services.

The Game of Learning - Corporate Mangement

The importance of learning and knowledge development for employees in any organization is paramount. ‘The Chief Learning Officers Summit India Powered by Ascent’ was held recently in Mumbai. The summit catalyzed the creation and effective dissemination of next practices across corporates, institutions, NGOs, government bodies and practitioners through effective interaction, debate and research. Career News bringing the updates up from the conference.

The two-day summit witnessed the participation of corporate learning executives, professional trainers, HR professionals and academicians. The theme ‘Organizational Learning: Impacting Business. Changing the Game’ reflected the ambitious and important objective at hand for the learning and development function and professionals in order to make a meaningful contribution to the organization.
Some of the eminent speakers present were Prabhat Pani, CEO, Ginger Hotels - Taj, Vikram Bector, chief learning officer, Deloitte, Prithvi Shergill, head HR, Accenture and many others. Kumaar Bagrodia, executive coach and founder, LeapVault in his welcome speech said, “It is the chief learning officer who holds the key to the future of organisational capability. Every major company in the US has a strong focus on learning and development. In India, that’s not the case.” Said Dr. A K Balyan, MD & CEO, Petronet Lng, “Modern organisations use their resources, money and time to continuously impact the learning of their employees. Some of the drivers for organisational learning are complexity, chaos and change.” He also said that with technology and best work practices available to everyone, organisations must focus on knowledge management and try and link knowledge with the performance.

A few learning derived:
1) The emerging differentiation between “HR” processes and the specialised role that the CLO needs to play given the evident needs for organisational development, training, re skilling and management capability development should be gauged.
2) CLOs need to think like business managers and create business impact by understanding the business issues and what is needed to address them.
3) The larger skilling agenda should be executed for India and not just for individual organizations.

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Void Management When Your Team Leader leaves The Team

In a working professional's life, the working place plays a second home where he/she spends most time of his/her day. Hence, even if one person leaves the team, there is obviously a change that occurs in the team dynamics and schedules. If a new person is assigned to take over the vacant post, there are many issues to be considered with respect to work style, attitude and team compatibility. However, if it is the team leader (read:boss) who has moved on, the situation needs special attention. Career News finds the effects when your team violates.

The point to consider is that the team members are used to a particular style of leadership, and hence, the sudden transformation has to be handled in a way that does not affect the productivity of the team as well as the team chemistry. 'Our senior leaders spend a considerable amount of time and effort on succession planning for each role. In order to battle a situation as this, there should be a well-established process for meeting such demands if and when they arise,' says VP HR of country's leading system manufacturer.

The HR department has to think of the whole situation from the point of view of the employees who are still a part of that team for which the leadership has changed. From an HR's perspective, it is important that they address this issue and show the team that steps are being taken to make the transition smooth for both the parties involved. 'Team dynamics are definitely affected by people movement - more so when bosses move. However, what is important is to ensure a robust communication plan is well in place that helps in mitigating any potential issues that may arise out of such a movement,' says Head of a talent management.

The team members may have shared a different relationship with their previous boss and there is a sense of security that the team has, as they have been working with the particular person for sometime now. When the HR is more people-oriented, can they understand the true potential of the situation and take steps to help the employees to get over the situation as soon as possible.

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Leadership Training for Corporates Leaders

Training for executive coaching is raising and receiving immense popularity in India Inc as one of the most efficient ways to nurture and groom potential leaders, discovers Career News.

It is a well-acknowledged fact that a strong leadership team is essential for the success of an organization and today, many firms are in the process of creating good leaders. And how are they honing the talent of future leaders? The answer: executive coaching. Executive coaching is defined as coaching at the executive level (a single individual or a team within an organization) or at an individual level outside the organizational barriers. This one-on-one interaction between a coach and an executive, mainly to enhance his/her potential, both on the job and at a personal level, is quite a new phenomenon in corporate India. According to MD of ELS, even though the concept of executive coaching is very nascent in India, many organizations have begun to realize the benefits of this and are open to implement coaching practices.

But why are organizations keen on promoting the concept of executive coaching? According to director of DCV, an executive coach could bring in several benefits to the organization as well as employees. An executive coach brings in a totally new and different perspective to an organization's functioning. Also, a firm could get an unbiased and a neutral view on things.

At an individual level, an executive coach engages in skillful conversations with the executive and assesses his/her skills and gives them possible suggestions to deal with different situations/demands at work. Coaching does powerful reinforcement of positive behavior. There is lot of unlearning that must be done at an executive level and a coach helps in achieving just that.

Even though executive coaching is gaining prominence in India Inc, there continues to exist a dearth of qualified executive coaches, say experts.

The activity of coaching is far different from training. Skills that are sought after to be a competent executive coach are far and few.The art of listening is among the most vital traits. The coach must be well-trained, equipped with good knowledge of the business and should have good credentials. An executive coach could alter the attitude, belief and behavior of an organization's key talent in order to help him/her to perform better in future life. If the training session is being carried out correctly, could leave a lasting impression on individuals and make them derive maximum advantage, both professionally and personally.

Thus, choosing the most talented executive coach is imperative for organizations and its talent to reap its benefits.

Prograssive Discipline For A Prograssive Workforce

What is 'progressive discipline' and how are organisations implementing it?

"Progressive discipline is a topic of concern today between employees and their employers. However, its ramifications, in the larger context, can have farreaching consequences, even to the extent of impacting organisational goals. The primary purpose of progressive discipline is to assist the employee towards understanding that an opportunity for improvement exists. At ATS, care is taken right from the time an employee comes for his/her first interview, which has a bearing on this aspect. It is during the interview process where the candidate learns that he/she has to live up to the expectations of the organisation and maintain a high level of progressive discipline," explains Lt. Gen HS Bagga, (Retd) corporate head – administration & HR, ATS Group. Career News helps you to gather all your instinct to behave and learn the work place mannerism in your organization.

According to Mukesh Goyal, CEO, IKF Technologies Ltd., "The term, 'progressive discipline' can be broadly defined as a process for dealing with job-related behaviour that does not meet expected and communicated performance standards. At IKF, we follow a feedback mechanism wherein we have a periodic review system in place - a platform where an open interaction takes place for exchange of ideas for performance improvement." Pramit Brahmbhatt, CEO, Alpari (India) expresses, "In today's times, you do not sack an employee on any given opportunity. Bureaucracy doesn't exist anymore. I think progressive discipline gives you an opportunity to test your employee's capability at its fullest before taking any firm decisions. On the other hand, it also offers an opportunity for an employee to give his/her best shot and showcase his/her seriousness towards work."
Many organisations are taking a proactive approach towards solving employee performance problems by using progressive discipline. This benefits, both employers and employees in many ways. "A proper progressive discipline plan ensures regular communication and timely intervention from the organisation to correct employee behaviour at the first sign of things not going right. It helps organisations achieve higher performance and productivity from their employees, while enhancing employee morale and retention by demonstrating that there are rewards for good performance and consequences for poor performance," states Bagga.
"It keeps employees informed about what the company expects out of them and where they stand vis-a-vis that expectation. Effectively used, progressive discipline helps an organisation identify the strengths and weaknesses of an employee and thus, get best results out of its workforce," adds Goyal.

So, how should organisations go about implementing progressive discipline at the workplace? Although progressive discipline as a practical matter is nearly universal, the manner in which employers communicate and apply progressive discipline varies greatly. "At ATS, remedial measures encompass a wholesome process covering various aspects. However, before embarking on the corrective methodology, the employer needs to look inwards to see that the malady has not occurred as a result of inadequate motivational aspects. We very clearly spell out the targets that are to be achieved and there is a monitoring system in place, which is tracked on a monthly basis. Where an individual fails to achieve without a cogent reason, he/she is counselled and a repetitive failure renders a candidate to harsher action," shares Bagga.

Implementing progressive discipline can solve many disciplinary issues at the workplace. A progressive disciplinary policy can promote a productive work environment. So, what are you waiting for?

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Recruiters and Interview Sessions Are Getting Tougher Now-a-days

How many leaves do you see in the tree outside? How many people in your batch wear spectacles? How many steps have you climbed on the way to this office? Baffled? Zapped? Don't get puzzled, Career News brought the issue to let you notify about the present scenario of what is going on recruiter's mind.

Wait…there’s more. When CEO, MyInsuranceClub.com was recruiting at a premier B-school, he asked, ‘how does your institute’s logo look like?’ He adds, “The candidate must have looked at the logo a thousand times, but never really bothered to look very closely at it.

He was dumfounded ofcourse!” Yohannan didn’t stop grilling though. He asked the same candidate (who got shortlisted for five other companies) to elaborate on any one of the prospective company’s logo? “This had to be the worst interview session in that candidate’s life, as he experienced several embarrassing blanks throughout. The point I am trying to make is that, the question doesn’t need to be weird; it can be the most simple question to un-settle you and from then on, it’s anybody’s guess which way the interview can go,” adds Yohannan. You may wonder how do the answers to the above questions influence a recruiter’s decision. But clearly, we all know that they aren’t entirely insignificant because those questions are being asked by employers to gauge competencies and skills, vital for the job, right?

Dr. Shalini Sarin, director – HR, Schneider Electric India says, “Employers want to see how well the candidate can think on his/her feet. Sometimes, they just want to see if he/she gets rattled. Often, it is only to test one’s creativity or sense of humour. In creating stress and by asking a weird question, the interviewer may be testing how well the person would respond to stressful situations at the workplace.”

In a different interview setting, candidates were asked to express their opinions on the increasing significance of brain drain and Yohannan was a part of the discussion. While most candidates kept harping on the need for better facilities and the lack of government grants for research, etc to keep the best brains in our country, one of them blurted, ‘It considerably increases the marriage prospects of those who have moved abroad’ as one of the key reasons! Yohannan says, “And from there on, a very serious discussion was won over by just looking at the problem from a very non-traditional point of view. Yes, the candidate got selected!” Taxing?

It is evident that India Inc, in an endeavour to hire the best, is resorting to innovative ways of interviewing candidates and gauging their capabilities. “The people are competing across the globe today and hence, one needs to prepare oneself for handling situations, which are unknown and even of an imaginary nature, where the person’s ability and potential can be assessed and measured,” says Harpreet Kaur, senior GM and head – HR, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. The core model behind Hutchison 3 Global Services (H3GS)’s recruitment strategy is the competency-based hiring methodology, which is buffered with certain psychometric tests. In order to identify a candidate’s skills, they play a battery of audio clips of a customer call and ask the candidate for their response to that situation. Ashfaq ul Ahad, VP, recruitment, Hutchison 3 Global Services says, “This enables us to assess how the candidate will react to these situations in ‘real’ time. Another example here is a story reconstruction exercise where the candidates are given a written story about a customer’s problem. Candidates have to identify the customer’s situation and come up with a suitable response.” Ahad gives a word of caution, “Most of these programmes thrive on behaviour-based responses, which are only predictive in nature and can reasonably prove 90-92 per cent congruent on any statistical test; this means that there is an almost 8-10 per cent inherent risk in such methods.” Baffling?

For certain lateral positions at 3i Infotech, job seekers are grilled at the technical stage itself. The questions may require answers, which are technical solutions to the problem but they demand innovative thinking. In roles like training or sales, etc, the individual is required to deliver a short presentation or training module on a given topic. Certain roles, which are clientfacing require the ability to deal with pressure. Here, at 3i Infotech, the client is involved during the interview process and the candidate is put through a gruelling round of technical, business scenario questions and evaluated accordingly. Such questions bring out analytical thinking, creative abilities and crisis-handling traits, they believe. At Godrej & Boyce, they do follow unique approaches in the selection process, which is carried out for candidates. For middle to senior management recruitment and leadership development process, the selection process comprises of assessment centers based on the leadership competencies identified by the organisation. These assessment centers comprise of various tools and exercises like role plays, case studies, etc over and above the psychometric profiling. These days, recruiters refrain from asking dated questions like ‘where do you see yourself five years from now?’. Employers today want to make the most of the time in hand and you have to be prepared to shine through!

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Dental Courses Are Grabbing Graduate's Attention

Ever since the early age, mass has always taken care of their health. No doubt, it concerned mainly the customary physical and mental health for many decades. However, with the passage of time, the scope broadened and the concern was thrown to other sectors too. One of such significant sector is the maintenance and troubleshooting the dental aspect. Career News lets you help to take up information on suck raising education era, in this issue.

Moreover, the stress on the same was all the more enhanced with the introduction of junk foods and other such stuffs as the customary edibles of the mass. And then the indispensability has reached to its peak as in the present era, the mass has been addicted to the intake of junk foods. So there raise a great need of a tool such as the dental courses which can take care of this sector of health.

Dental courses, as the name suggests deals with the overall aspects concerned with the oral cavity. The students are enlightened of the different zones and the sectors of the mouth which are prone to deformities. The efficient preventive measures too for preventing the same are enlightened to the students. All the modern tools and equipments which are exploited for the sake of treatment are made aware to the students.

Hence the students are finally prepared to deal with the diversified deformities concerned with the teeth and other oral sectors of the mass. As the present era is an indispensable dependent of the junk foods and the carelessness of the mass in concern of their teeth and other such minor sectors; the course is revealed as a pivot tool in the same scenario.

Choosing a Sales Recruitment Company

When it comes to considering the field of sales, understanding the profession and its concept can quickly lead to a lot of overwhelmingly large numbers. Scores of people throughout Australia and around the world focus their careers on the essential principles of sales, and of course, all businesses rely on quality salespeople to create and maintain profit and growth. Find recruitment news on sales on Career News.

The sheer availability of sales positions in reflection of the ever-growing demand for talented sales professionals is a strong attraction for those thinking about working in sales 'a field that has proven itself recession-proof and highly versatile. But while sales may be one of the largest and most important fields in the modern workplace, understanding and managing the acquisition of quality salespeople as well as finding a suitable place in which to practice and refine one's sales skills aren't always the easiest of tasks.

Owing to the importance of successful sales, a wealth of sales recruitment agencies can be found in every nation, organizing to help companies get the talent they need to quash the competition while also helping emerging salespeople find the right fit for their careers. Not all sales recruitment companies are alike, however. Choosing the right sales recruitment company is often a matter of personal preferences, but there are a few basic things to look for when reaching out for this potentially priceless professional service.

Experience and understanding of both traditional sales values and their roles within the context of modern national and global markets are essential factors of a successful sales recruitment company. Staff that can produce excellent credentials and extensive experience in the industry are great signs of professionalism and potential, and having a frank discussion with a consultant or representative at a sales recruitment firm about the group's background can often provide valuable insight. While the specific physical features of a sales recruitment firm, such as walk-in offices and other facilities, are often simple opportunities to afford clients a greater degree of comfort, the features of service packages are much more important indications of a recruitment company's quality.

A sales recruitment firm that provides candidate assessment and considerable training is likely to produce stronger and more reliable employees than a recruitment group that solely organizes resumes for eventual selection. The placement process developed and deployed by a sales recruitment company can also be telling: a deep commitment to quality and client satisfaction can be found in elements such as on-demand candidate replacement and effective follow-up techniques.

Of course, taking a lead from the impression made by a sales recruitment company can often produce a positive result for businesses looking to simplify their hiring process and work with the best available sales talent. Those recruitment firms with the ability to create a positive image in initial consultations are likely to prove satisfactory throughout the process. But keeping basic points about experience, scope of services, and depth of involvement can be crucial in determining which sales recruitment firm is right for a given enterprise.

Mechatronics Engineering - A News Boon in Technology Era

No doubt, the mechanical engineering has always taken care of the submarines of it, which include the forces, pressure and a lot more. Either visible or invisible, forces are present enormously in this universe, hiding their deep concepts behind them and playing their role. Mechanical engineering exposed the concepts behind them; familiarized those to the common mass, and is exploiting those for man’s need to the fullest. It also revealed the pressures and forces from the things made by the man itself Ex-spring and elastic forces, and exploited them. It has also gifted the pearls of huge machines and tools, which today is in application in the development scenario all over the world.

The other significant field, the electronics engineering locks behind itself the rectifiers, motors, transistors, TV-tuners and a lot more in this series. These are the basic souls of almost all the appliances and instruments of indispensable use in modern society all over the world. Electronics engineering emerged decades ago and invented these souls which intakes a ac or dc source and exploits this common source for the fruitful applications of signal Encoding-decoding and its well programmed application.

The general people are indispensably both these engineering to great extent in today’s society, for the development, progress and survival of today’s lifestyle. Both these great engineering concepts has arrived today as a great venture in Mechatronics engineering which deals simultaneously with both these engineering and is enlightening the student’s mind with their concepts , being impartial to any of the former or the latter.

Archaeological Courses and Importance on Our Society

The glorious and the rich heritage are the tradition and legacy of the past which were maintained by your ancestors. It reflects your glorified past, rich cultural and natural possessing of yours, their beauty, your customs and traditions of which you were dedicatedly bound to follow and practice. It guides you in various ways ranging from that of great thoughts and arts of leading life , apt response of yours in difficult and joyful situations of life to that of trust in the great power of the universe .Leading your life in a costumed and traditional way is taught to you by the heritage and great reflections of it. Career News covers educationtial prospects of archaeological subjects.

The fact can’t be denied that this great possession of yours would have surely remained unattended by you if there would have been no source to crush and convey this precious and glorified legacy of yours to you . The role of this significant, indispensable source is being played today by archaeological courses carried out today. This course deals with preservation, conservation, its conferment to you and the experiences and right thoughts and ways derived from your heritage.

A great possession, but unexploited, is undoubtedly the symptoms of hard luck and yours lack of intelligence and experiences. But this great possession of yours is today on its exploitation and significant use on your behalf because of archaeological course.

Hence archaeological course is undoubtedly a boon to the basic frame work of society today.

Dairy Technology Course as a Lead for The Health Sector of The Mass

The fact cannot be denied that a glass of milk each day helps in keeping the doctor away. There has been a constant approach of the humans to utilize milk and its processed derivatives as indispensable diet content. Milk, curd, cheese, cream and all the associated derivatives of the milk are known for their nutritional value and as an energy supplement since ages. And this universal fact is accepted and delivered a practical implementation through dairy technology course. Visit with Career News and learn about the health sector issues.

The course is all about dealing with enlightening the mind of the students about the production, processing and making available the milk and its products for direct consumption by the common mass. The ways for milk extraction from the animals, in a large scale by technical approaches are dealt with the students. The artificial milk production from different constituents is also given emphasis. The pasteurization of the milk to deliver it the hygienic factor and its processing to reform it into its useful derivatives is also taught to them. It is a fact that the derivatives that include curd, cream, cheese are rich in their nutritional value. Nevertheless, the processing add up to their nutritional value by the addition of significant items.

Moreover, finally the concern is making available these products for direct consumption by the mass. All these approaches of the dairy technology render the most significant essence of health among the masses. The people are benefited and gain health from the nutritious milk and its derivatives.

How to Continue With Telemarketing - Summer Time Story

Browse the hitlisted secrets with Career News to enrich your telemarketing skills.

The summertime often offers a lull in activities in many businesses across the UK. We presume that since people are away taking their holidays, we should perhaps reduce our telemarketing efforts until the early Autumn. Many people complain that their sales figures or sign-ups are slow during the summer, but of course they're slower if they reduce their telemarketing campaigning!

However, you should not stop your sales campaigns just because traditionally people holidayed during the summer months. Keep the pressure on and keep the money coming in. Who can afford to have a slow summer this year? Here are our 10 reasons why you shouldn't stop telemarketing this summer.

Don't Stop 1: While the Gatekeeper Sleeps
At some point in the summer, the regular gatekeeper, the person that guards the important prospect from unnecessary distractions to making their company money, will go on holiday.

At this point, someone less well-trained, less experienced and much easier to sidestep will often be appointed to cover their summer holiday period. It's at this time, that an experienced and skilled telemarketer can make a break past the inexperienced gatekeeper and get connected to prospects that can take advantage of your summer deals.

Don't Stop 2: Never Be Forgotten
It's important to keep in touch with your prospects throughout the year. If you don't call during the summer, the chances are that some canny telemarketers from another company will slip unnoticed into your place and make the sale whilst you're away topping up the tan.

Do not give your prospect the opportunity to forget you. Sometimes it really takes persistent reminders of the benefits and values of your products/services before they will finally cave and go with you. But if you give up during the summer, that alternative telemarketer, the one that isn't afraid to call during the summer, will make the sale instead of you.

Don't Stop 3: Stand out from the Crowd
BE the stand out, the alternative telemarketer that was mentioned above. So many companies don't bother to telemarket during summer that they miss valuable opportunities to win business during the summer months. When you call your prospects, the chances are you'll be one of a very few that know how to turn summer into sales. Stand out from the crowd by calling for a chat during a long summer's day.

Don't Stop 4: We Know You're In There
Not everyone can go away for their summer holidays at the same time. The right people have to be in the office at some point during the summer. If you're lucky, the right person is at work whilst their secretary or some other gatekeeper is away for their annual trip to Majorca. Your tenacity will benefit you plenty if you can keep making contact without becoming too irritating.

Don't Stop 5: Set Up for Autumn
If you find that getting the right people to make a decision is difficult in the summer, why not set up appointments for the Autumn, or just use the time to build a relationship with the prospect. Setting up more profitable interactions with potential customers and clients later in the year isn't time wasted; it's an investment in sales at a later stage. Use the summer months to set up sales in the Autumn.

Don't Stop 6: Know Your Industry
Each industry works differently when it comes to summer holidays. The better you know your industry, the better you will understand when the best time to call will be. Some industries close their factories and offices for periods of time during the summer, so clearly, that's a black out period for your telemarketers. Don't waste time calling businesses that are closed for their summer holidays!

Don't Stop 7: Their Summer is Slack
Let's face it; some businesses do experience a slower summer. So that means when they're not taking their vacation, there's a lot of people sitting around in offices wishing they were somewhere else, or at least that it would stop raining.

If you can call during this time, you can bring a little merriment back to their office. Don't go straight for the sell, just have a chat, build rapport, work on the relationship, you can always call back during the Autumn if you feel that now's not the right time to sell them something. But using your experienced telemarketers, you'll know the difference and use the prospect's slack summer as an advantage to you.

Don't Stop 8: People are Ready to Receive
This is the prime time to build rapport with people. Call on a sunny summer morning and you'll be much more likely to build a relationship with the person at the other end of the phone. People are relaxed, they're happier because of the sun and they feel more positively. Also, because it's sunny outside, and they'd like to be outside, they're more likely to consider your phone call a break from their daily routine.

Don't call in the afternoon, many people leave earlier or start focusing on the 5pm bolt for the door.

Don't Stop 9: Who Can Afford A Summer Holiday?
You may have noticed that there's been a catastrophic global economic crisis. Well, who can afford to close down for the summer any more? Get calling, people are much less likely to take long summer breaks this year, most people are broke! This is the perfect time to make someone's day by telling them precisely how you can make things better for their business.

Don't Stop 10: Invest in Training
If you really can't make the dots connect this summer, it is still a fantastic opportunity to train your telemarketing staff. During the slow period, invest in training your staff and then unleash them refreshed and renewed as the Autumn begins.