The Human Resources Blog

THE nation’s jittery about this rice shortage that has been hogging headlines of late.
And then the admission that puts everything in perspective from the International Rice Research Institute (Irri): Philippine rice lands produce double that of Thailand’s, the world’s top rice exporter. “There is just not enough land,” a national daily last week quoted […]

With the competition in the air, and the problems posed by personnel management as well as in the recruitment process, companies are taking a critical look at the human resources management policy. It has become important for them to recruit efficient and reliable hands, retain them in employment, and nurture their growth in the company. […]

Nothing explains the dichotomy in the present Sri Lankan situation better than the recent appeal against the STF withdrawal from 10 camps in the East, and also the appointment of a retired military official to a senior position in the State-run television station, Rupavahini. They are also indicative of all the hurdles, physical and psychological […]

Earlier this year, my colleagues and I completed a study based on interviews with the CEOs of 100 of the most important companies in India. What was most important to me about these interviews is the importance and attention they gave to talent management in their companies. I’ve spent a large part of the past […]

The Tamil Nadu Village Panchayat Employees’ Association has urged Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to renew the pay scales for all the Panchayat employees and fix it on par with junior assistant cadre.
A resolution to this effect was adopted at the association’s state executive yesterday. Association state president R Rangaraj and state General Secretary R Charles, […]

While it is generally true that anyone who is knowledgeable in a programming language can program, the biggest challenge is to find individuals with a combination of domain and IT (information technology) competencies, who can articulate the vision for a software product, and take it from the drawing board down to the last design detail. […]

According to Mr Srini, Head (HR), Maytas Infra Ltd, the shortage has become acute in the last two years as the construction activity had gained pace. “The growth in the number of civil engineers is almost constant while the industry needs are growing phenomenally,” he said.
The shortage is so high that companies are substituting roles […]

It is reported that China’s first hot rolled high strength steel line put into production officially on March 25th 2008, five days ahead of the scheduled time.
HR high strength steel is one of the important products of Baosteel Branch and is mainly used in the machinery manufacture industry.
As per report the annual production for the […]

From what I’ve experienced in my current company, racism has increased over the years. I’m curious as to why, since it appears as though the racial profile hasn’t changed (so therefore I would argue something else has changed.) For my purposes here I’m defining racism as the lack of communication between groups as well as […]

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