Archive for January, 2010
JobsByRef brings LinkedIn to job-search process - One Network.
Very recently Simplyhired announced that they have integrated LinkedIn to their job search process. We at JobsByRef.com welcome this move. We are glad to see someone else also bringing in the tools together that we brought to job seekers quite a while back.
At JobsByRef.com we always believed that job seekers need to have all the [...]
Have you used any job aggregator sites yet?
We know that the job search activity can be a tedious one. Going from one job site to another, creating accounts on each one of them, applying and tracking your application, all of this can be time consuming and difficult to manage.
In this post, I thought I could share with you one facility that has [...]
Career fairs… - Seth Godin
Marketing guru Seth Godin has written a gem on Career Fairs, something that job seekers and career fair organizers should think about. Complete text of the article is reproduced here:
Career fairs…
are neither.
Of course they don’t exist to help you plan or execute a career. Most of the organizations with booths are bottom fishing, looking for [...]
SBI to hire 27,000 people in the year 2010
India’s largest bank State Bank of India (SBI) is on a hiring spree, is planning to hire 27,000 people to fill vacancies in different divisions across the bank branches. SBI is also planning to open 1000 new branches this year.
“This year we have plans to recruit 20,000-22,000 people in the clerical posts and 5,500 people [...]
Does your job happen to you? - Seth Godin
Well known marketing guru Seth Godin had written a very thoughtful piece on his blog asking us to think about our jobs, and not become a victim, which I think is relevant to most of us. I think one ought to ask this question to ourselves from time to time. The short article is reproduced [...]
Accenture recruiting in India
Global technology and consulting major Accenture is to hire 8000 professionals by end of 2010 specifically in India.
“We are 42,000 right now in India and we imagine we will be about 50,000 by the end of 2010,” said Accenture Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, William D Green on the sidelines of the India Economic Summit. [...]
ICICI Bank starting to recruit
ICICI Bank is planning to recruit 3500 additional people by end of Q1 2010. The bank is looking to add people to its growth areas like home loan, car loan and transaction business. Currently, ICICI Bank has around 35,000 employees and according to media sources it is said that this recruitment is largely to fill [...]
Forged certificates are a major problem - Kapil Sibal
In an effort to curb forgery of education certificates, HRD minister Kapil Sibal has said that they are setting up an online repository of certificates accessible for employers or anyone wanting to verify a persons educational qualifications.
Forged certificates are a major problem. There is no verification process with the employer and the credibility of our [...]
Super-charge your employee referral program
Our studies show that some of the larger companies get more than 30% of their new employees through employee referral schemes. But surprisingly, less than 10% of the employees actually refer candidates! All this, despite the HR team creating monetary incentives and promoting job openings aggressively among the employees.
The reason most employees do not participate [...]