jobs

Jobs in Indian Railways: 2 lakh posts to be filled thru railway recruitment board exam soon

By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 26 August, 2010, 8:44 am

After a multi-crore job scam derailed its recruitment process, the railways is now preparing to launch a massive recruitment drive to fill around two lakh vacancies, including around 90,000 safety-related posts.

Jobs for Engineering graduates in IT sector: Are we ready?

By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 19 August, 2010, 9:13 am

In a country where becoming an engineer is a household dream in all the houses and where engineering college open up daily, it has become a case of quantity doing the talking over quality. Yes, we produce engineers from every corner of the country but are they employable? A recent survey suggests that only one [...]

IBM is the second largest IT company in INDIA!!

By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 18 August, 2010, 7:57 pm

It is known to all that TCS is the largest IT employer and also largest private sector employer with more than 1.6 lakh employees on board and still counting as is the season now. But whats surprising is the second slot in this list. While all were expecting Infosys, the second largest company to be [...]

IT Companies are now strict with their notice period

By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 28 July, 2010, 10:17 am

In an industry which is facing one of the worst attrition ever, companies have started thinking of ways to prevent the attrition from affecting the business. Of late, companies have started asking employees to serve their full notice period before leaving the company. Notice period for employees generally refers to the amount of time specified [...]

UK Govt. budget cut spoils the IT party

By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 24 July, 2010, 9:11 am

There have been talks about UK govt. cutting on the budget and ever since IT cos which have projects from UK have been troubled. At least 35 big UK government IT outsourcing contracts are potentially at risk of renegotiation, including the Tata Constancy Services’ £600 million pension administration contract, as a result of the cuts [...]

Campus recruitment 2010-2011 begins: Accenture violates Nasscom rule

By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 24 July, 2010, 9:07 am

IT firms TCS, Infosys and Wipro are accusing have accused Accenture of violating campus recruitment norms. They accuse that Accenture has begun campus recruitment a full one semester year ahead and violated the Nasscom norms. Even a couple of years back, IT companies used to hire engineering graduates a year before they passed out. However, [...]

Kerala – Next IT destination?

By Poonam Singhal at 23 July, 2010, 5:17 pm

Kerala is known world-over for its back-waters and scenic beauty. In the past few years, it has grown as a very big tourist destination for tourists from India and abroad too. It is well known for the ayurvedic treatments too. Within the country, it is the most literate state. However, the influence of IT on [...]

IT jobs boom is back in a new avatar

By Muruganandham Krishnan at 21 July, 2010, 1:21 am

When Infosys announced its quarterly results last week, two divergent indications might have caused confusion to the casual observer. On the one hand, its net profit fell year-on-year, and on the other, it announced plans to hire as many as 36,000 people in the current fiscal year — up from the earlier forecast 30,000. Actually, [...]

Infosys : Fast growth, Record-high shares & non-urban hiring

By Poonam Singhal at 13 July, 2010, 9:34 am

Infosys, the second largest IT exporter of our country, is expected to report a strong 5% increase in revenue for the June 10 quarter, due to the demand recovery in the key US market. The revenue forecast rose the Infosys share to a record high of Rs 2,876. The strong client base in US has [...]

Jobs at Cisco : Cisco to hire 3,000

By Poonam Singhal at 8 July, 2010, 12:45 pm

Networking giant Cisco Systems plans to hire 3,000 professionals over the next two years. Bangalore is the second head office of Cisco Systems, after California. Currently the head-count at Bangalore is 7,000. It plans to add 3,000 more employees here. The company is coming up with a new 1-million sq feet facility at Bangalore. For [...]