Demand for Senior-Level Manpower to dip by 50 percent!!!

There will be a 50 percent fall in requirement of senior-level manpower across sectors in Indian companies in 2009, compared with 2008, according to a survey by Gallup Consulting, commissioned by Executive Recruiters Association (ERA), an association of around 210 human resource consultancy firms in India. Senior-level manpower includes people with designations above vice-president and general managers.

The requirement for middle and junior level employees will fall by 23 percent and temporary manpower requirement will be down 21 percent, the survey says.

But there’s some good news for job-seekers. The engineering, infrastructure and construction sectors will require 64 percent more senior staff this year compared with 2008. The second highest requirement is from telecom companies, which is 16 percent more than in 2008. Business process outsourcing (BPO), knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) and ITeS sectors will require 44 percent more manpower in middle and junior level management this year, says the Gallup survey.

“The infrastructure projects are mid-way. The companies need employees for the projects to continue. The telecom sector is seeing a few new entrants. Also, some of the existing companies are entering new circles, so there is a need for manpower,” said Vipul Varma, secretary, ERA.

According to Mario Lobo, managing director of Ray & Berndston, an executive search firm, “Acquiring talent from outside the company will be expensive. Companies will change employees only when they think that a particular domain or business division is not doing well.”

Joy Nandi, client partner, Korn/Ferry International, another executive research firm, said, “There is a freeze in many companies when it comes to hiring. Typically, in a situation of downturn, companies relook at their manpower to check if they have a right person for a right job. If not, they coach and retrain people or move them into different departments with different responsibilities. It is also important to note that critical hiring is an ongoing process................

Article by Shilpa Shree, Mumbai, Financial Chronicle.

By POST A RESUME (www.postaresume.co.in)

Build bridges not walls....

Most people tend to think about themselves first and foremost. It's human nature to "look out for number one," to put your own needs and desires before the needs of others. It's easy enough to get caught up in your own life and problems, but when you do that, you're creating a bigger problem by closing yourself off to many wonderful things in life and many wonderful people.

When you build bridges by reaching out to and connecting with others, it may add a few problems and complications, but it's worth the trouble because it also brings warmth, friendship, and love into your life. It is a matter of give and take, and it does require some effort, patience, and perseverance. The bridge doesn't build itself, and sometimes others aren't so keen at first to see you building in their direction. But if everyone got stuck in the me-first mentality and built nothing but walls, the world would be a different place.

Building a bridge begins with you changing your outlook towards others in your life – your colleagues, those you work with, family, friends, etc. When you begin to think in terms of what others want and need, the framework is in place. Then that bridge grows a little stronger each time you give of yourself to somebody else.

It might take a little courage to cross that bridge the first time, when you're not sure how well it's going to hold or how you'll be received on the other side, but you'll be glad you did. Remember that for every unselfish act, for every step you take to reach out to another, you will be rewarded someday, for what goes around comes around and what you give will come back to you again someday.

Article excerpts from activated.org

By POST A RESUME (www.postaresume.co.in)