Meetup Takes on Google !

Campus recruiting is competitive. With companies like Google, Microsoft and the likes, it's difficult to find talent unless you stand out and have a unique vision.

CEO of Meetup, Scott Heiferman has collated a funny document which is comparing Meetup with the Google !

The document, Meetuplex is very funny and also very honest.

Go check out whether it is a place where you'd like to work and associate with as well...

Found it interesting!! Meetup is Hiring !! Check out the current openings here !!

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Is this the Inevitable End ??

For over a decade, the Information technology Industry has been accountable for the consumer revolution in India. Accounting to over $40 Billion, the outsourcing industry is responsible for 8 % of the GDP. The Information Technology (Software) Industry employs 1.5 Million professionals and has been accelerating for more than 30 % every year and a steady increase in the cost of talent!

The cost of Talent is now a major issue that the Indian Information Technology Industry is currently facing. The cost of talent and the steady inflation has led to software giants thinking out of the box.

The Times today posted an article stating that Tata Consultancy Services widely know as TCS has now opened a software development centre in Guadalajara, Mexico where they will outsource close to 500 jobs this year and will extend to 5000 over a period of five years.

Mr. Gabriel Rozman, President of TCS, Latin America quoted that

“We see costs rising in India and people becoming less available,” and “That’s why we’re going to places like Latin America, which has professionals and reasonable costs.”

According to The Times, a stronger rupee, rising costs and a lack of talent is causing the move. Tata competitors including Infosys, Satyam and Wipro have already moved some of their operations to mainland China.

Is this a sign of shift focus of exploitation of third world counties? Is this the first sign of IT Slump in India?

Time will tell...

Source: The Times & The Inquirer

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Want to Vent about your Job??

JobVent is the web site for people who are about to start looking out for a new job or want to see what employees think of their target companies. JobVent is an anonymous site and if you got experiences that are truly memorable / discontented; this is the place to be!!

The layout does not surely give you a Web 2.0 kind of a feel but the site is very user friendly. JobVent already has 1000’s of companies already mentioned and more than 5000 reviews across the world. I am glad that people in India have also started using this web site. I managed to find 3 reviews of companies in Bangalore and Mumbai. I am sure I am going to find a lot more companies soon and also that this medium can be used effectively!

So Happy Venting!!

Related Post also on TechCrunch

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Freelancers - Jobsites

I found a very cool site build for freelancers and also a Monster list of Freelancers Job Portal while i was searching and am sure it will help you find the right work. The list has traditional, budding sites and also some cool Job Bidding Sites... You can find it here...

Technorati Tags: Recruitment, jobs, careers, work

You think your job sucked!!

You think your job is bad??

If yes, you got to see these pictures…

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Links for the Day - 01 Mar 07

Interesting links for the Day

• 6 Reasons you can't say no for a Promotion
  
• Right Way to send your resume
  
• Help Robbie find a Career
• When to turn down a Promotion
  

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Do you know the price of creativity?

Fruda has an interesting post on the price of creativity which you should read. You can read them here

Ace your Interview!!

I found a very cute collection of tips to ace your interview. Read it here and give it a Digg if you like the article :)!!

The End of Job Boards!

Traditional approach had career portals like Monster, Dice, Naukri, JobsAhead, Hotjobs and the like reigning the Online Recruitment Space. But changing times have changed the trend.

Now, jobsites all over the globe are facing a dearth of quality postings turning the spots on to another arena… yes you’ve got that right, Blogs!

Blogs are no longer just a collection of web blogs… they are the next gen Jobsites. There are a lot of tech blogs that publish Jobs these days. Some of the popular ones like TechCrunch, GigaOm have job threads along with their Blogs. This might sound very convoluted and you may begin to think that it burns a hole in the pocket, but the fact is pretty much on the contrary.

My personal favorites are :-

Jobthread:- who lets you post a job on their site and includes a referral reward. Publishers can send the job out to their contacts and, if they desire, to search engines as well. Revenues are split in half. For further details, click here .

Jobomatic:- is a new entrant by SimplyHired, in competition with Job Thread.

Like Job Thread, publishers can set their own listing price, and the service will cost the publisher to share 30% of any revenue generated from those listings.

Both services have no frills attached.

Wonder why no Indian recruiter provides similar services?

I would like to have one some day… some day soon.

Search internships at CollegeRecruiter.

Google rated Employer of the year !!

Google was rated the best company to work with this Monday by the Fortune Magazine after a research with over 100,000 interviews and with 446 companies to choose from.

Google ensures that they ensure a workplace which is so cozy that it's difficult for them to leave for home. Not to mention their stock option scheme which will fill every googler's pockets...

Their office is a virtual campus and runs gourmet cafeterias, snack rooms, laundry, doctors on site, hair stylists and a lot more for "free". Find the perks of being a Googler right here. No wonder they get 1300 resumes a day :)

The only question on my mind is why weren't in the top 100 last year....?

Technorati tags: Google, careers, work, life, employer

Link to 100 Best Companies to Work For 2007: Google snapshot | FORTUNE

Why People Change Careers!

I firmly believe that nobody decides to make a move with monetary perspective being the only reason for a change. People decide to move due to various emotions which one goes through his current job. Mr.Spencer Clarke has an amazing article on this, you can find the entire article here.

Interesting Extracts...

The following list of reasons will probably no surprise to anyone reading this article, but is worth reviewing and considering in your end of year evaluations.

1. Don´t like their boss
   
2. Broken promises / commitments
   
3. Lack of appreciation
   
4. Lack of personal recognition
   
5. Lack of personal growth
   
6. Lack of ongoing training
   
7. Lack of personal challenge
   
8. Lack of respect
   
9. Lack of consideration
   
10. Geography / Travel Time
    
11. Lack of opportunity
    
12. Benefits
    
13. Lack of input or participation in decision making
    
14. Money

Think about it!

Technorati tags: careers, work, recruitment

Link to S.R. Clarke - 14 Reasons

Create an online resume!

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I recommend Emurse as they have the following features:

• Expert Resume Builder
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Study on Job seekers & where they get most offers!

Research from ConferenceBoard shows :-






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Evaluating your Next Hire !!

The first thing most organizations do is name the best institutes in the world - right from the Stanford's, Harvard and the IIM’s and build a strong team but a mix of clashing personalities stops your company from producing something revolutionary.

Great companies on the other hand hire people who live and breathe for their company’s values.

As a recruiter, I think that if any individual no matter any expertise, experience or ability would fail to impress unless the person has the right skills with an attitude that could take the organization beyond leaps and bounds. If the person shares the same value then the team together would achieve much more than having a right vision but wrong team.

I can think of one great company - Google - who is able to do the same, have the best breed of intelligence and right hires who breathe the companies’ values…

The second I can think of is still in the making :)

Yippee !!

I love experiencing life and I am writing to you as today is the best day of my life !!

Change is the only thing that ain't constant.

I am glad to let all readers of my blog that i have recently moved to start a venture with like-minded individuals. At last our dreams are going to get true!

It was a very difficult decision considering the fact that life was going great with a lot of talented colleagues, friends. But life has to move on!

But the good thing is I know exactly where I am going! What we are doing and i love the fact that we are together to realize this dream we share.

So proudly, i would like to let you know that I from today I represent Brainmatics Solutions and I would love to have your well wishes for our success!!



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What do we work for??

I received a forward which is something which did make a lot of sense. At last a sensible forward :)

Son: "Daddy, may I ask you a question"

Daddy: "Yeah sure, what is it?"

Son: "Dad, how much do you make an hour"

Daddy: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?"

Son: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"

Daddy: "I make Rs. 500 an hour"

"Oh", the little boy replied, with his head down.

Looking up, he said, "Dad, may I please borrow Rs. 300?"

The father was furious, "if the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or other nonsense, then march yourself to your room and go to bed.
Think why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior"

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions.

How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:

"May be there was something he really needed to buy with that Rs. 300 and he really didn't ask for money very often!"

The man went to the door of little boy's room and opened the door.
"Are you a! sleep, son?" He asked.
"No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.

"I've been thinking, may be I was too hard on you earlier", said the man, "It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the Rs.300 you asked for"

The little boy sat straight up, smiling "oh thank you dad!" He yelled.

Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled some crippled up notes. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.

"Why do you want money if you already had some?" the father grumbled.

"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied.

"Daddy I have Rs. 500 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you"


MORAL OF THE STORY

It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life.
! We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter
of days.

But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family....