Daily Archives: May 2, 2008
Challenges for HR in India
According to an article in Businessworld
except for a handful of cases, HR in corporate India hasn’t been able
to shake off its traditional role of a support function focused on
labour relations and hiring. According to estimates by HR consultants,
less than 3 per cent of HR heads in India sit on the boards of their
companies. Even fewer seek a role in strategic planning and execution,
though this is slowly changing.Unfortunately, corporates are already beginning to hit a roadblock in
such capacity building. Their big challenge is in managing the
aspirations of the 20-somethings just 2-3 years into their careers. HR
specialists are worried that this generation considers 35-50 per cent
annual salary hikes as its right. According to Dhirendra Shantilal,
Asia-pacific head of Kelly Services, the world’s fourth largest
recruitment company, “The cost of hiring in India has almost doubled
across all industries in the past three years.” But efficiency isn’t
keeping pace. A survey by Kelly Services last year concluded that
people efficiency in India was barely 50-60 per cent against a global
average of 80-90 per cent.
Pepsico needs a manager of Social Media
Mario Sundar posts that PepsiCo is looking for a Senior Manager of Social Media at New York. I second Sundar’s comment
First off, it’s nice to see Fortune 100 companies jumping into the
social media bandwagon with a concrete plan within their marketing
budget. For those of you who are out there, running social media and
think you could be the dream candidate check it out.
I wonder if the folks at PepsiCo NY know about the FritoLay blog (FritoLay India) Madhu Rajesh is co-ordinating in India. Hey Matt, why don’t you hire Madhu herself? 
Reach out to XLRI Alumni by sponsoring the Annual Alumni Meet at Hyderabad
Every
year, XLRI Alumni Chapters across the country organize Alumni meets, to
celebrate the same ‘XL Spirit’ that glues us all together. As part of
the same, we are having our annual alumni dinner as per the details
given below:
Date: 10 May 2008
In addition to our entire alumni base from across batches, who along with their families reside
in Hyderabad, the meet will also be attended by the professors from
XLRI and students of 2008 and 2009 batch of XLRI. This is a great
opportunity for building your brand on campus too, as a large number of
students from the current batch will attend the meet.
We would be very privileged to have your company as
a sponsor for the event. Every year, the meet is attended by the who’s
who of the business world from across industries. Your
products/services will have the audience of the Sec A++ category
consumer, who has the eyes and ears to many other consumer classes.
These consumers, being key corporate decision makers would be a prime
target market for your products/services.
Please find below our various Sponsorship Schemes:
- Rs. 20000: Mention in all email communication to alumni and mention in media ads of the alumni meet.
- Rs. 30000: All of the above & 1 Banner (dimensions 6 X 3) placed at venue. Pamphlets in all the gift packs.
- Rs. 50000: All of the above & one extra Banner (dimensions 6 X 3) placed at venue. Access to the database collected at Venue.
- Rs. 1 Lakh:
All of the above & stalls can be put up by company for showcasing
their products. Literature and Samples/Gifts can be distributed.
Exclusive rights to the alumni meet.
Payment can be made by a crossed cheque payable to ‘XLRI Jamshedpur‘. Your
company may also sponsor the event “in kind” wherein your products
would be offered as part of the kit that will be provided to all or as
prizes to be given away during the event. You can discuss about the
same with us.
We look forward to partnering with you to make this event a grand success.
Hoping for a positive response,
Yours sincerely,
The Hyderabad Alumni Meet Team
Contact details:
| 9431169858/ 9705872477 | Email: harbir.me@gmail.com |
SHRM India meeting on 9th May
HR folks in Hyderabad, this might be of interest to you. I’m planning to be there.
SHRM India CORDIALLY Invites YOU TO ATTEND A NETWORKING meeting of the SHRM in Hyderabad
On the 9th May 2008 at
5:30 Gathering
6:00 Program
Project Noha workshop,
Guided tour of the new Satyam School of Leadership
Presented by
Nina Woodard SPHR, GPHR,
Executive Director SHRM India
To confirm call up hostess Shrividhya at +91-40-6620-7543
McKinsey publication goes the Social Media route
Yes, The Firm’s flagship thought leadership moulding publication, The McKinsey Quarterly is going the social way 
This is from an email they sent to me. Note that they stick to brands that are known when introducing feed readers, sticking to My Yahoo! and Google Reader
Introducing RSS and Social BookmarkingNew services make it easier to subscribe to and share Quarterly articles.
When you subscribe to our McKinsey Quarterly RSS feed, you receive personalized headlines with summaries and links to our articles on mckinseyquarterly.com. Once you create a feed, you will be provided with a custom URL to view your feed, as well as an easy way to add the feed to your own news reader, such as My Yahoo! or Google Reader.
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