People Matters

Cover Story View : Siddharth Banerjee, Founder and CEO, Indusgeeks Solutions

Jun 1st 2010

How will the massive deployment of real-time collaboration technologies change the workplaces of the future? The concept of a ‘work – place’ will slowly vanish. Places if any will be virtual spaces where people meet using their digital personas or avatars. The concept of work-time will become relevant. So these technologies will span vast virtual organizations with people working from anywhere and at anytime.One of the major challenges in this new environment for organization... Read more »

Cover Story View : Michael Dias, Lawyer and Secretary, The Employers’ Association – Delhi

Jun 1st 2010

How do new channels of communication change the communication rights and obligations from employees to employers?Freedom of speech is a constitutional right, regardless of the medium of communication used; employees are free to express their opinions on professional, social or religious views. This freedom of speech is subject to limit of harming or impacting the organization.Recently, after the Mangalore Air India tragedy, some employees spoke to the media thereby denigrating the management o... Read more »

All About Executive Search

Jun 1st 2010

From pre- to post-downturn, the executive search space in India has gone through a radical transformation with companies accepting the ‘value-add’ provided by International search firms, say Deepak Gupta, Country Head – MD and Dhruv Prakash, MD India - Leadership & Talent Consulting, Korn Ferry InternationalWhat are the trends in the executive search space in India? What is unique in each industry vertical?Deepak: The executive search industry in India has matured a lot ... Read more »

Science and Intuition Two sides of the same coin

By E.Balaji

Jun 1st 2010

Talent acquisition is in constant evolution; new technologies and ways of working will continue to bring innovation to this function, while the human angle will retain its core importance in the years to come, opines E. Balaji, CEO, Ma Foi Management ConsultantsYou have a rich experience in the recruitment space. How have workforce planning and recruitment in Indian companies evolved over the years?In recent years, the recruitment function has become a progressively specialized function. In so... Read more »

Tweet or Meet?

By Stew Friedman

Jun 1st 2010

When Stevie Wonder first sang “I just called to say I love you,” no one wondered whether he would have been better off tweeting his message instead of picking up the phone. Not so today! Recently, in my Wharton MBA course on leadership from the point of view of the whole person, we grappled with the challenge of how to choose among the various media options available today for connecting with important people in all the different parts of your life. We came up with 17 different ... Read more »

From the Editor's Desk

By Ester Martinez

May 1st 2010

In an environment where India Inc. desperately seeks talent, the concept of an employer brand – one that encapsulates the image of an organization as a great place to work – becomes more and more relevant for companies. The goal of employer branding is to create loyal customers, the customers here being employees.At the heart of employer branding is the attraction a company has over current (and potential) employees and the biggest factor that creates this attraction is the success... Read more »

Cover Story View: Sanjeev Bikhchandani, CEO, Info Edge India (Naukri.Com)

Mar 2nd 2010

Private Sector Higher Education is stuck in a Vicious Circle of Mediocrity Do you see a demand-supply mismatch with respect to talent in the Indian context across industries?There are some emerging sectors which have never existed before in India like biotech or clinical research; this whole area of life sciences where India wants to make a thrust. We do not have enough capacity in our educational institutions and furthermore the capacity we have is not of the desired quality. Neither the... Read more »

Cover Story View: Ajit Rangnekar, Dean, Indian School of Business

Mar 2nd 2010

What is your view on Industry-Academia gap both at the graduate and at the post-graduate level? There is a gap of talent in terms of employability. The main problem is not shortage of institutions but the dearth of quality. Industry should take an active stand to be part of the solution. We have seen many companies take active steps in building employability of their new joinees by creating a training program that starts before the employee joins the company.What structural changes are needed... Read more »

Cover Story View : S. Padmanabhan, Executive Director, Tata Power

Mar 2nd 2010

The Central Electricity Authority anticipates the need for 8 lakh people to keep the sector’s growth engine running over the next decade. Do you see a demand-supply mismatch with respect to talent in your industry?   I think the demand/supply shortage in India is not in terms of quantity; the main problem is the ability to channelize this talent to the right sector for their skills and competencies and to build the capabilities that will make them apt for the job. The problem is to ... Read more »

Cover Story View : Prof. Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, Welingkar Education

Mar 2nd 2010

What are the key issues in terms of quality of talent in the postgraduate level?There are more than 3000 business schools in India, but quality is available only from the top 100 schools. The rest are not able to provide the required level of quality due to lack of a vision community comprising of the board of governors, institutional Leadership, good faculty, industry exposure and interface, teaching learning process among others.In your opinion, where will we see maximum talent shortage in t... Read more »