Archive for the ‘Hiring & Firing’ Category
Unemployment in Europe – No Hindu rate of growth here!!
Unemployment rates in Europe have scaled a new high! Spain continues to be the worst hit with a staggering rate of 18.1% ! Wonder where this is heading….
Misguided and Misunderstood!
Wonder how justified this article (Jobless Rate May Be High, but Millions Are Being Hired – NYTimes.com) is in explaining the state of America’s job market. Grocery stores and supermarkets hiring in great numbers does not make up for scores of jobs lost on the wall street and other high profile roles lost. This effort by the media to downplay the effect of recession by painting a rosy picture amidst misery is definitely incongruous and unnecessary. What the media can help doing at this point is to ensure that the common man who has lost his job doesn’t get disillusioned and help him develop his skills and competencies aligned with needs of the times which need to be ‘accurately’ reported.
HR Talks tough!
A very interesting reading this:
This post by one of my professors, Dr.Madhukar Shukla from XLRI School of Business & Human Resources lays bare the indulgent practices in corporate jungle today. Recession, cost cutting or profit booking….. whatever the stimulus, HR today speaks a common language …. “Align….Optimize… Fire!!”
Have a look at HR Talks Blog to read this interesting dialogue!
