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XLRI, Jamshedpur
With the country set to face a talent crunch of half million people in the next few years, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is posing a lot of opportunities. With emerging sectors like retailing and IT, the need for focused players in recruiting as RPO service providers will increase, according to human capital management company Kenexa Technologies.
It is estimated that within the Indian market, the total annual spend on recruitment is Rs 700-800 crore. This can theoretically be considered the potential size of the RPO business, a subset of human resource outsourcing (HRO), that can be generated from locally-based companies.
“Hiring pressure is forcing companies outsource the entire recruitment cycle from needs assessment to sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates, and hiring.”
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Mid-life crisis hits booming job market
Getting that sinking, 40-something feeling? You’re not the only one. Even as the turbo-charged Indian economy is sucking in lakhs of workers, the latest available unemployment data shows that only one age group is being left out of the job bull run — the faltering 40s.
The phenomenon is not limited to emerging on-the-job issues such as promotions, handling new projects or increments where younger employees are getting a preference. It is actually reflected in the numbers of those registered as unemployed.
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Docs with MBA degree are hot property
As corporate hospitals go on a massive expansion drive, experienced doctors with management degrees are now hot property. According to head hunters, doctors with management degrees can earn a hefty premium with the differential being as high as 20-40% compared to a doctor without any management skills.
Artemis Health Institute COO Somnath Chakravorty says, “With the entry of corporates in the healthcare sector, the investments in hospitals are very high. Hospitals need to be run efficiently both operationally and financially. Since the core of the business is medicine, professionals who fulfill both requirements are a golden combination”. In a bid to make up for the talent crunch hospitals are looking for several options. Says Vipul Prakash, partner and MD of Elixir, “The talent pool of doctors with MBAs is small and hospitals are sponsoring doctors to get an MBA degree.”
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Work Force Management
Work-life balance to be the greatest challenge for HR
Raghuram Reddum, director, HR, Motorola
Work-life balance would be the greatest challenge. It will not be limited to the traditional definition of ‘work’ as we know, but it will be a challenge to get a balance for working professionals, school kids, college-goers as well as house wives who spend a major portion of their waking hours working for the family. Stress levels will be higher.
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International
Promotion of staff well-being can deliver return on investment
Organisations need to be more proactive when thinking about wellbeing if they are to demonstrate a return on investment (ROI).Stephen Bevan, director of research at the Work Foundation think-tank, said that while long-term illness did have an impact on work, the workplace was not the cause of most chronic health problems.
He stressed that a cultural shift was needed to put the responsibility for personal health back with the employee. "Individuals need to be empowered to take more responsibility for their lifestyles," Bevan said. "Organisational culture has to change to promote better well-being rather than continuing to adopt a reactive approach to sickness."
However, while the public sector had higher sickness absence rates than the private sector, Bevan said that was a reflection of there being more female workers with caring and childcare responsibilities. "There are more women, but there is also better sickness absence reporting," he said.
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Recruitment
HR firms eager to recruit aged workers!
A recent survey by human resource consultancy firm Manpower Inc shows that a skill shortage is now forcing organisations to recruit older workforce, reports CNBC-TV18.
A talent crunch is causing employers to consider recruiting people over 50 years of age, reveals a survey by Manpower
Out of the seven sectors surveyed, topping the list is public administration and education sector at 20%, with the transportation and utilities sector at a close 17%. Experts feel that employers need to take a second look at their older workforce, as their knowledge and experience can lead to greater profits.
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Attrition
Attrition rates high among HR professionals
Human resource (HR) professionals in companies, who are expected to play a crucial role in healthy management practices that will help lower attrition rates, are themselves witnessing one of the highest attrition rates of nearly 70-80%, according to industry experts.
The primary reason for this is the severe dearth of HR professionals. The number of HR professionals graduating from various institutions every year is just about 1 to 2% compared with other professionals like chartered accountants, management graduates and engineers. This has led to new businesses poaching heavily from established companies that possess experienced HR teams.
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Study: M&As Can Lead to Talent Loss
Mergers and acquisitions can have a negative impact on employee opinions about their company, according to new research by the Kenexa Research Institute.
In a report based on the analysis of data taken from a representative sample of 10,000
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