Archive for December, 2007
India - The physical cost of outsourcing success
When I read a recent article in Daily Report, it never dawned on me that the outsourcing success enjoyed by India would come at such a personal and physical cost to the Indian worker.
Check it out…
The job came with a good salary, and good perks.
But 26-year-old Vaibhav Vats will tell you it was doing him [...]
Kudos to Gautam Ghosh!
My friend and fellow blogger - Gautam Ghosh has had a banner year and I am VERY happy for him. Among his many blogging achievements this year:
* HR World cites him as being among the Top 25 HR Bloggers
* RiseSmart cites him as globally ranking among the top 100 Career blogs for 2007
* Fortune Magazine’s [...]
List of women CEOs for FORTUNE 500 companies
How many women run Fortune 500 companies? Yeah, I did not know either, so I looked it up.
Here is a list of Women CEOs for Fortune 500 Companies:
Claire Babrowski, RadioShack
Brenda C. Barnes, Sara Lee
Dorrit J. Bern, Charming Shoppes
Mary E. Burton, Zale
Patricia Gallup, PC Connection
Susan M. Ivey, [...]
How to passively recruit baby boomers
I recently read a very interesting white paper called, “Capturing the Exploding Senior Market: 23 Rules for Targeting Seniors” by Richard Tooker. Its written for marketers seeking to exploit the senior demographic, but it could very easily be used as a how-to paper for passively recruiting the baby-boomer generation.
Here is a snippet from the copy [...]
When is the best time to contact a prospect?
Not sure how many of you recruit (or Source) people on a global basis as I do, but if so, you want to add this to your bag of tricks.
Imagine that you find the perfect resume, but the candidate is in Uganda. Should you call him? What time is it over there anyway? Don’t know? [...]
