HR Headlines: Apr-10 (Part-3)

For more article, Visit at : www.amreshanjan.co.cc       The Naukri Job Speak Index For Mar-10 Reflects A Positive Hiring Scenario The Naukri Job Speak has seen the index moving up successively for the past three months. This clearly indicates that the tidings in the job market has seen stability and major industry sectors like IT, ITES, Auto, Telecom and Banking have started hiring again. The job index for Mar'10 at 962 as compared to 947 in Feb-10 reflects a continued improvement in the hiring sentiment of recruiters. Delhi and Kolkata have been bullish on hiring as the index for Mar'10 at 1117 and 1055 has surpassed the July-08 levels by 10% and 5% respectively. Source : 16-04-10   naukri.com   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   90% Of Suzlon's Staff Gets Stock Options Suzlon Energy has granted stock options to a majority of its staff in order to mark its 15th anniversary. About 90% of Suzlon's employees would be eligible for Esops. Suzlon founder & CMD Mr Tulsi R Tanti said the Esop initiative is unique and important because of its scale and reach. The Esop scheme will be granted to over 9,400 employees in 21 countries across five continents. The scheme is open to all permanent employees of SEL and its subsidiaries excluding REPower and Hansen. All those who have completed six months of service as on March 31, 2010 and who have not been granted Esops under any other scheme will be eligible for the scheme. Source : 15-04-10   The Financial Express   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   IT, Telecom, Banking, Healthcare Buoyant On Hiring As per experts at various global search consulting firms, the financial year 2010-11 comes with enormous job opportunities across IT, telecom, banking and healthcare sectors and different hierarchical levels in companies. ''Banking, telecom, IT are the top three sectors where hiring intensity and volumes are significant. The overall hiring for IT & ITes sector is expected to be 1,50,000 professionals for fiscal 2011,'' Kelly Services' Managing Director Mr Kamal Karanth said. Both, global consultancy Ernst & Young and workforce solutions provider Kelly Services, feel that the telecom sector will create over one lakh jobs this fiscal. Kelly Services expects healthcare and banking sectors to come up with around 2.5 lakh and 40,000 jobs, respectively in FY 11. Other than that, the experts believe that hiring would also be robust across sectors such as real estate, retail trade sector and manufacturing among others. Source : 14-04-10   ndtvprofit.com   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   MphasiS Gets On To Hiring Spree Elder Pharmaceuticals plans to hire 1,000 sales and marketing professionals within two months, primarily to sell drugs in untapped rural markets. The company employs about 3,300 people in India, with about 2,700 professionals in marketing and sales. This recruitment is going to help Elder Pharma have one of the largest drug sales force in India, like market leaders such as Cipla, Ranbaxy, Piramal Healthcare and Lupin. Source : 15-04-10   Business Standard   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   Elder Pharma To Appoint 1,000 For Rural Sales Elder Pharmaceuticals plans to hire 1,000 sales and marketing professionals within two months, primarily to sell drugs in untapped rural markets. The company employs about 3,300 people in India, with about 2,700 professionals in marketing and sales. This recruitment is going to help Elder Pharma have one of the largest drug sales force in India, like market leaders such as Cipla, Ranbaxy, Piramal Healthcare and Lupin. Source : 15-04-10   Business Standard   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   Residents In Beijing Asked To Work Half An Hour Later Than Usual Strange but true - more than 810,000 Beijing residents have been asked by authorities to come to work half an hour later than usual to alleviate the worsening traffic congestion in the busy metropolis. The working hours for Beijing's party and government departments, state-owned enterprises, institutions and social groups have been changed; Xinhua news agency reported citing a notice issued by the municipal government. The new rule is not applicable to the central state organs in Beijing, schools, hospitals and large shopping centres. The shift is going to affect about 810,000 commuters who used to work from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm. The new time table of these workers will be from 9 am to 6 pm. Source : 13-04-10   indianexpress.com   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   Infosys High On Hiring While unveiling plans to hire 30,000 persons this fiscal, IT major, Infosys said it has paid 4 million (nearly Rs 600 crore) in salaries in 2009-10 - the highest amount in the IT industry's history in India in a year. The HR head of the company, Mr T V Mohandas Pai said the company has already made 19,000 campus offers for fiscal 2011. He added that Infosys envisages recruiting 1,000 personnel each for its China and US offices and around 400 in Manila. Source : 13-04-10   ibnlive.com   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   Too Much Work And Very Little Staff Delhi airport, the busiest in the country, handles over 700 flights everyday. In the last five years, the number of flights has doubled but the number of air traffic controllers is more or less the same. "The job of an air traffic control official (ATCO) is one of the toughest. The manpower shortage here is such that we have to do extra duties," said a senior ATCO requesting anonymity. There are nearly 200 controllers at Delhi Airport where 300 are required. Though the Airport Authority of India, which manages all civil traffic in India, has been recruiting trainees, it takes three to four years for a recruit to be properly trained and assigned duties. With 70 aircraft flying over an area stretching across north India and no online data available, the ATCOs managed the traffic 'manually'. "Senior ATCOs have to handle more than 20 flights at a time. The number will only increase," he said. "We are asked to put in extra hours and leaves are few and far between." Source : 16-04-10   Hindustan Times   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   Mr Sudip Bandyopadhyay Steps Down As Spice Finance Head After serving as the group president of the financial services arm of the Spice group for five months, Mr Sudip Bandyopadhyay, the former managing director of Reliance Money, is said to be moving on to start his own venture. The new company is going to be a financial services firm called Convexity Solutions and would look at broking and portfolio management services. Source : 15-04-10   DNA   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   MasterCard Appoints Mr Ajay Banga Mr Ajay Banga, a Citigroup veteran, has been named as the Chief Executive Officer of electronic payment services provider MasterCard. Mr Banga, currently the company's president and chief operating officer, would take over as the CEO from July 1, MasterCard said. Source : 12-04-10   DNA   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   Glodyne Appoints Two Independent Directors On Its Board The Glodyne board has appointed Mr RSP Sinha and Mr Alok Sharma as independent directors. Mr Sinha is chairman & managing director of MTNL. Previously, he was with BSNL. Mr Alok Sharma is a famous technology veteran and worked for more than two decades with technology giants. Source : 16-04-10   The Financial Express   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   Mr Mehta Named As Sr. Planning Director Of Grey Group Mr Divyapratap Mehta has been named as the Grey group's senior planning director in Delhi. He has been on the forefront of strategising for Unilever, LG, Nestle, Maruti, Fever 104 fm and Havell's campaigns. Source : 16-04-10   The Financial Express   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   UPS Hires A New Country Manager Mr Mark Khambatta has been named as the country manager UPS India. In his new role, he has overall responsibility for UPS's express and supply chain operations in India. Source : 16-04-10   The Financial Express   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   Sony Ericsson Names Mr William Glaser As CFO Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson said that it has appointed former Sony Corp. vice president Mr William Glaser as its new chief financial officer. The world number four handset maker, owned by Sweden's Ericsson and Japan's Sony, said his appointment was effective immediately. Source : 16-04-10   DNA   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   MobileStore Gets A New CEO The MobileStore has appointed Mr Srikant Gokhale as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr Gokhale will be responsible for running the business and also drive the group's entry into retailing of consumer durable and IT products. Source : 15-04-10   The Financial Express   Compiled by Amresh Anjan   Aviva Life Names Mr Sandip Mallik As Director-HR Mr Sandip Mallik has been appointed by Aviva Life Insurance as its director (human resources). He will be responsible for the development and implementation of strategies, policies and practices, the company said in a statement. Prior to this, Mr Mallik was heading the HR function in Emerson India. He has also worked with Enron, GE Power Systems, RPG, ICI and India Foils in the course of his professional life. Source : 15-04-10   DNA   Compiled by Amresh Anjan