Retention Strategy – Counter Offer – A Trap ?
Retention startegy ? “The offer has been accepted by Mr.X.he is joining us on so and so date”. This is what our clients tell us after they “feel” that they have successfully closed a postion.But post accepting the offer,the candidate is silent; he avoids recieving calls and even if he does, the response is “I am...
Workculture as a killer recruitment pitch?
Did you know – Google is the most preferred recruiter at Harvard after Mckinsey – consider that an achievement . So what is so special about Google that makes Harvard grads re-consider their dream jobs and join a 10 year old rags to richness startup ? Check on how PagalGuy.com a small MBA community startup in Mumbai is working on...
Startups: 10 lessons your MBA didn’t Teach You
Now that 2 years have passed since I got my MBA degree (and the founding of my current startup), I think I can make fun of it a bit. [Note: Only a moderate amount of harm was inflicted on MBAs — (and investment bankers in particular), in the making of this article 1. No amount of strategic planning will ever substitute for managing your...
10 Golden Lessons From Steve Jobs
His accomplishments and character helped define a generation and change the world. He is co-founder of the fairytale company we now know as Apple Computers. And he is the visionary of the personal computers world that led the entire computer hardware and software industry to restructure itself.This man with boundless energy and charisma is also a master...
Marketing Lesson – The Art of Killing – “Caveat Emptor”
Don’t get shocked. I am not giving you ideas to be a killer. I am talking about the art of killing the information by companies. Yesterday I was listening to a radio advertisement of an insurance product. The duration of the advertisement was 30 seconds with 6-7 seconds devoted to terms and conditions at the end. And believe me I was not able to understand...
Average salary packages slide down by 25% across top B-schools
The MBA placements at top B-schools, this year, have not been as lustrous as compared to previous years owing to the global economic slump, and slowdown in India. The downturn led to a significant decrease in the average salaries of the MBA students. Based on comprehensive and updated inputs by Top 20 B-schools, this special report by Amrita Das of...
Do what you love or love what you do!
One of my professors always used to say that one should take up a profession which he loves the most or he will be forced to love whatever he was into. Well obviously that’s if he wants to survive in today’s competitive professional environment. I agree to this school of thought completely. However I keep pondering about two things. One is under...
‘You’ve got to find what you love,’ Jobs says
Stanford Report, June 14, 2005 ‘You’ve got to find what you love,’ Jobs says This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005. I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated...
TCS Work Culture Strategy-Building Culture of Innovation
India’s Tata Group has made innovation part of its DNA, setting up a way for handling new ideas and making creative thinking a performance criterion . It’s not that there had been no innovation inside Tata Group, the 117-year-old Indian powerhouse responsible for that nation’s first steel mill, power plant, and airline, among other...
Work hard Party harder @ IIM Bangalore
Apart from the hectic study schedule, IIM Bangalore has 23 clubs to cater to the diverse interests of its students Continuing with our campus trips to the top MBA schools in India, we now move towards down south. Let’s visit the campus of IIM Bangalore and hear the MBA School’s saga straight from its student’s mouth. The MBA School, established...
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