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Recruiting / 46 percent of skilled hired fail within 18 months because of attitude
Mark Murphy, the chief executive officer of Leadership IQ, a leadership training and management consulting firm, has some sobering news for small businesses and startup companies that are getting ready to bring new hires on board in 2012: Nearly half of them are going to fail before hitting their second anniversary and most of the … Continue reading
India / Food Corporation hiring 7,000
Food Corporation of India (FCI) is on a hiring spree as it plans to recruit 7,000 in order to gear up for implementation of proposed Food Security Act, after hiring about 3,800 employees. “This is a massive recruitment drive undertaken by the FCI,” state-run FCI Executive Director (Personnel) D V Devinder Kumar Bhalla today said … Continue reading
Foxconn hiring 3,000 for Firefox OS
Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn Technology Group plans to hire as many as 3,000 workers to support development of devices running Mozilla’s fledgling Firefox OS Continue reading
US / Hiring still depressed
Goldman Sachs economist David Mericle explains the importance of this seemingly minor indicator to Fed deliberations on monetary policy: The hiring rate is one of the key indicators for the labor market outlook. The hiring rate dropped sharply during the recession and the layoffs rate spiked. In the last couple of years, the layoffs rate … Continue reading
How to find the right talent among 1734 applicants? by Heineken (video)
Standard questions. Prepared answers. If job interviews are all the same, how to find the right talent among 1734 applicants?
US / More Employers Are Planning On Hiring Since the Beginning of the Great Recession says Manpower Group
More employers in the United States plan to hire workers next quarter than in any period since the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a survey by Manpower Group, the global employment services giant. Manpower’s quarterly survey released Tuesday found most employers around the globe were uncertain about hiring more workers in the July through … Continue reading
US / Small Businesses Net Hiring Still Negative and Droping
More U.S. small-business owners report letting employees go than hiring them on average over the past year, for a net hiring index of -12 in April, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey. This is on par with -10 in January and -9 in April 2012. These results are from the quarterly Wells … Continue reading
Taiwan / Chip maker Hon Hai, to add 10,000 jobs
TSMC, the world’s top contract chip maker, and Apple supplier Hon Hai Precision are adding 5,000 new staff as the technology industry picks up, a local newspaper reported on Monday. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor via Taiwan Semiconductor, Hon Hai to add 10,000 jobs: Report – Times Of India.
India / 1.7 million apply for 1500 jobs in India’s largest state-run bank
India’s largest state-run bank has received 1.7 million applications for 1500 entry-level clerk jobs – and has promised to examine all of them. State Bank of India chairman Pratip Chaudhuri attributed the huge interest to good marketing and attractive employment terms, with the number of applications underlining the appeal of “jobs for life” in the … Continue reading
Arizona / GM Plans Hiring 1,000 IT Workers at Computer Center
General Motors Co. (GM), amid an overhaul of its information technology operations, plans to hire 1,000 people for a new computer center in the Phoenix area, the fourth so-called innovation center, the company said today. The hiring is part of Detroit-based GM’s plan to add about 7,500 information technology workers over as many as five … Continue reading
Canada / Home Depot hiring thousands to fill 6,700 jobs
The Home Depot is looking to fill 6,700 jobs across Canada, 1,067 in Alberta, as the home improvement retailer gears up for summer, its peak season. All stores in the province will be hosting career fairs later this month. On March 19 from 12 to 4 p.m., events will be held in eight Edmonton stores, … Continue reading
Florida / Northrop: 920 new jobs
Northrop Grumman Corp. said Monday it plans to add 920 jobs to its operations in Melbourne as part of a companywide realignment, nearly doubling the Brevard County plant’s current work force and making Florida a winner — at least for now — in the defense industry’s latest consolidation. Falls Church, Va.-based Northrop selected the Melbourne … Continue reading
India / AirAsia Hiring
AirAsia India, the new joint venture airline that AirAsia Bhd and Tata Sons Ltd propose to launch has started approaching top aviation executives in India, as it attempts to build its team ahead of a nod from the government, according to two people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified. The fate … Continue reading
Atlanta / Athenahealth to bring 500 jobs
A major healthcare software firm will expand in Atlanta, bringing 500 highly-paid jobs to the city in a deal that will help jump start redevelopment of the former City Hall East, a person with knowledge of the deal said. Massachusetts-based Athenahealth, a player in the growing industry of healthcare information technology, will become the lead … Continue reading
Chrysler / To create 1,250 jobs in Indiana plants
Chrysler Group LLC, the U.S. automaker majority owned by Italy’s Fiat (FIA.MI), will invest $374 million in four Indiana plants to support production of its more fuel-efficient eight- and nine-speed transmissions by the end of the year. The move will create up to 1,250 jobs in Indiana, including as many as 850 jobs at the … Continue reading
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