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The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) introduced in 2006 guaranteed employment of 100 days in a year for every household willing to manual work, the CAG in its report for the period ending March 31, 2007 said adding unfruitful expenditure of Rs 47.46 lakh was made for preparing perspective plan under National Food for Work Programme (NFFWP) in eight test-checked districts.

Perspective plan and shelf of projects were not prepared under NREGS. Annual action plans contained schemes with higher material labour ratio than prescribed norms, the report pointed out.

Funds of Rs 24.97 crore provided for payment of wages under Sampoorna Gramin Rojgar Yojna (SGRY) and NFFWP were diverted towards sales tax and marketings fees. No work under NREGS was undertaken in nine test checked offices despite availability of Rs 23.66 crore, it said.

Internal controls relating to identification of labourers works and payment of wages were not working under NREGS. Reports of employment generation were without any basis.

There was non accountal of 5,345 mt rice valued at Rs 7.06 crore in three zila parishads, one District Rural Development Authority (DRDA) and 18 blocks in six districts, the CAG said.

Speaking while inaugurating the workshop of the employment officers in Patna he said the Bureau would provide all relevent information to job seekers about the countries, where they were wishing to migrate.

Online recruitment eclipsed all other recruitment channels, including direct approaches, newspaper ads and `word of mouth', a survey conducted by Kelly Services, a Fortune 500 company offering staffing solutions, said.

As per the survey, 40% respondents found their most recent job online. Twenty-two per cent found job as a result of being directly approached by an employer, 13% through word of mouth, 9% from newspapers, 8% by directly approaching an employer, it said.

Online recruitment was rated the preferred way to find a job, with 78% satisfied with the outcome compared to 54% who opted for the traditional methods.

 According to the survey, only 8% believe that level of education is the best indicator of job suitability, 24% doubted whether their CVs present them in the best possible way and 14% not sure whether they have performed well in job interviews.

The survey sought the views of 115,000 people in 33 countries, including 3,000 from India on various topics, including recruitment.

Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, during a meeting of the labor department officials in Patna on Tuesday, informed that Mauritius-based company Filcon Cavra Limited has expressed its desire to hire 500 individuals from Bihar for different technical positions.

The hiring would be done in two batches of 250 youths each, Modi said adding the offer was the direct result of the renewed cultural relationship between the government of Bihar and the Mauritius government.

As reported before, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led a delegate of businessmen and artists to Mauritius last year while the Prime Minister of Mauritius took an emotional trip to Bihar last February to trace his ancestral root while also inaugurating a statue of his father and the father of the nation of Mauritius Sir Seewoosagar Ramgoolaam in Patna.

Ma Foi Employment Trends Survey (METS), conducted by Ma Foi, one of India's largest HR consultancy firm has predicted a three per cent increase in employment in 2008.

The largest chunk of the new jobs according to the survey would be generated by hospitality sector which is riding high with the tourism boom in the country.

"The Hospitality sector will generate the maximum number of employment in 2008. 426,668 jobs are going to be generated by the Hospitality sector. This sector is closely followed by Health at 295,829 and Education Training & Consultancy at 166,005," says the survey.

It adds that an estimated USD 11.41 billion is expected to be seen in the Hospitality sector in the next two years and that India is likely to have around 40 international hotel brands by 2011.

"The boom in the tourism industry has had a cascading effect on the hospitality sector, which was a result of the increase in the occupancy ratios and average room rates. With the demand continuing to surge, many global hospitality majors have evinced a keen interest in the Indian hospitality sector," says K. Pandia Rajan, Managing Director, Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd.

While, IT and ITES sector continues with high growth in recruitment at 7.3 and 7.2 per cent, the survey says that it is the Health sector which shows the highest growth in recruitment at 8.9 per cent.

The sector is expected to get an investment to the tune of Rs 2,00,000 crore in the near future, GAIL India CMD UD Choubey said.

He was speaking at the inaugural session of the three-day International Business Horizon summit organised by Amity International Business School at Noida in the outskirts of the national capital.

The energy sector is one of the fastest growing fields and would be hiring more number of management graduates, Choubey said.

"The sector is expected to get funds of about Rs 2,00,000 crore in the near term and would help in further development," he added.

Speaking on the occasion, Amity University Pro-Vice Chancellor Gurinder Singh stressed on the qualities needed for a good manager.

Adozen men shovel soil into baskets, carry them a few yards and dump the earth at the head of a new dirt road snaking through a remote Indian village.

It is hard to imagine the road lasting long during the annual monsoon rains and floods which batter this eastern region. This is part of what the government proudly calls its "republic of work", a flagship plan to provide 100 days of employment every year for tens of millions of rural poor, which is running into serious trouble two years after its launch. Critics say much of the work carried out under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is pointless, much of the money stolen and the entire scheme misguided in a country plagued by fractious, weak and often corrupt governance.

Even its supporters say a radical overhaul is needed.

"On the one hand, political leaders parade NREGA as one of the main achievements of this government," the scheme's architects Aruna Roy, Jean Dreze and Nikhil Dey wrote. "On the other hand, the government is doing far too little to face the organizational challenges involved in ensuring that the Act achieves its potential."

Here in India's poorest state, Bihar, where the need to stem mass migration to cities is most pressing, Reuters found the scheme to be virtually nonexistent, condemned by aid agency ActionAid as a "gross failure".

Elsewhere, the plan to guarantee labour to one member of each poor family has been more successful, but is still barely scratching the surface, aid workers and analysts say.

India's most ambitious effort ever to tackle rural poverty, the scheme was described as "historic and revolutionary" by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when launched across one-third of the country on 2 February 2006.

It is central to efforts to spread the benefits of India's booming economy to its innumerable poor, and address the yawning inequality which threatens the very foundations of that boom.

It may also be crucial for the ruling Congress party when national elections are held by mid-2008.

A Group of Ministers, headed by Home Minister Shivraj Patil, has asked all centra1ministries to immediately respond to the drive.

The drive is aimed at sending the signal that the UPA government is concerned about the welfare of the OBCs, a government official said. The GoM has given a time frame of about a year to fill the empty chairs, just in time before the general elections in the summer of 2009.

The drive would be a boost to the OBCs who have less than six per cent representation in central government jobs. Scheduled Caste representation is about 18 per cent in central jobs.

There were about 1.6 crore OBCs in the central government in 2005, the Department of Personnel and Training had recently told the parliamentary standing committee.

The government is required to fill in 27 per cent seats reserved for OBCs in the central government. However, they get priority posting only in the vacancies created after 1991, when 27 per cent reservation for OBCs was notified.

The GoM also found out that some ministries were not keen to fill the posts meant for OBCs. A demand to fill the vacant OBC posts was also made by the Parliament Standing Committee related to the department of personnel. Some MPs wrote to the prime minister seeking his intervention to get the vacancies filled.

The Indian Air Force, for instance, is organising ``a placement fair'' for its retiring ``air warriors'' in New Delhi on September 22 and 23. ``Close to 40 companies have already registered for the fair so far,'' said an officer.

``Every year, a large number of highly-trained, disciplined and multi-skilled personnel retire from service at a relatively younger age of 35 to 54,'' he said.

The police have arrested a citizen of Ghana and a 53-year-old woman for cheating an engineer on the pretext of providing him a job in the United Kingdom.

The police said that they had already duped the engineer, Eko Miloni, of £3,500 and were arrested when they had come to collect the second instalment.

 The two accused were picked up from Janpath Hotel in Connaught Place on Monday night. The police said that Miloni (28) had applied for a job on a recruitment website.

"After a few days, he received an email promising him a job with an engineering firm in United Kingdom. The complainant replied to the mail and he was called to Delhi to make arrangements for his journey abroad," said a senior police officer.

As part of the compromise hammered out by the government-appointed coordination committee to promote affirmative action, industry has agreed to implement ``positive discrimination'' in favour of SC/STs. The compromise will soon be put before the cabinet.

COMPROMISE FORMULA

• Positive discrimination in favour of SC/STs
  
• Annual reporting on new jobs for disadvantaged sections
  
• Ombudsman to monitor compliance

• Investment sops in SC/ST dominated dists
  
• Raising resources to fund affirmative action programmes
  
• Enhanced skill, entrepreneurial development focus by companies.

Implications aren't clear yet, but the corporates are going to be under the scrutiny of the political class from now on. The corporates will be required to provide a balance sheet on affirmative action. Positive discrimination and annual reporting on jobs created for SCs and STs would be part of a code of conduct that is being prescribed by chambers for their members.

At a special meeting of the Cabinet on Monday, Kumar, presenting the 'Bihar Vision', said Bihar was solidly on the path of development and the government was fucussing on improving the infrastructure of the state while adopting policies that would help reduce poverty in Bihar.

The new Five-Year Plan for Bihar entails provisions for development in the field of human resources, education, agriculture, road development, power and drinking water supply, health, and industrial advancement bringing the plan total to a whopping Rs. 1,66, 953 crore, the Chief Minister said.

"The state also has made provision for nearly 70,000 new schools in Bihar with a majority of them located in rural and remote areas," he said.

For better utilization of the state's abundant water resources, the government will renew the plan to link all rivers as envisaged by the former Vajpayee government at the Center, reports said.

"To attain the goal of 8.5%annual growth rate, the state will need Rs. 108,283 crore from private investment while Rs. 58, 310 crore will be needed from public fundings," the Chief Minister said after the meeting adding the state aims to bring down the poverty level from current 44% to 22% in the next eight years.

What is remembered id the Impression the candidate made on the interviewer. One should keep in mind that, others form upto 90 percent of their opinion about you in the first four minutes and that 60 to 80 percent of the impactyou make is non-verbal.

Rule 1: In the reception area:

Remove your outerwear like a jacket or coat, if any, and give it to the receptionist. Avoid entering an office with your arms full of clutter that make you fumble and look inept. Always stand, even if the receptionist insists that you 'take a seat'. Because when you do take a seat, you are out of sight and they do longer to deal with you.

Rule 2: The Entry:

When given the green light, walk in without any hesitation. Maintain the same speed as you walk through the door. People who lack confidence perform a small shuffle as they enter.

Rule 3: The Approach:

Even if the person is on the phone, rummaging through a drawer or tying his shoelaces, walk in directly and confidently. Put down your bag, folder or whatever is in your hands, shake the person's hands and take a seat. Let the other person see that you are accustomed to walking confidently into offices and that you dont expect to be kept waiting. People who walk slowly or take
long strides convey that, they have plenty of time on their hands, are not interested in what they are doing or have nothing else to do. Influential
people and those who command attention walk briskly at a medium pace with a medium length strides.

Rule 4: The Handshake:

Keep your palm straight and return the pressure you receive. Let the other person decide when to end the handshake. Step to the left of the rectangular desk when you approach to avoid being given a 'palm-down' handshake. Never shake directly across a desk. Use a person's name twice in the first 15 seconds and never talk for more than 30 seconds at a time.

 Rule 5: When you sit:

If you are compelled to sit on a low chair directly facing the other person, turn it away 45 degrees from the person to avoid being stuck in the 'reprimand' position. If you dont angle the chair, angle your body instead.

 Rule 6: Seating areas:

If you are invited to sit in an informal area of the person's office, such as at an informal coffee table, this is a positive sign because 85 percent
of business rejections are delivered from behind the desk. Never sit on a low sofa that sinks so low it makes you look like a giant pair of legs
topped by a small head - if necessary, sit upright on the edge so that you can control your body language and gestures, and angle your body 45 degrees away from the person.

 Rule 7: Your gestures

People, who are cool, clam, collected and in control of their emotions use clear, uncomplicated, deliberate movements. High - status individuals use fewer gestures than low - status individuals. This is an ancient negotiating
ploy - people with power dont have to move much. Mirror the other person's gestures and expressions when appropriate

 Rule 8: Distance:

Respect the other person's personal space, which will be the largest in the opening minutes of the meting. If you move too close, the person will
respond by sitting back, leaning away or using repetitive gestures such as drumming the fingers. As a rule, you can move closer to familiar people but further back from new one. Men generally move closer to women when they work with while women generally move further back when they work with men. Work closer to those of similar age and further back from significantly older or younger ones.

Rule 9: Your exit:

NASSCOM will roll out its Nasscom Assessment of Competence (NAC) programme for potential employees from November 18 in Rajasthan first.

The NAC programme, being conducted in association with Hewitt Associates, is based on a grading system along the lines of TOEFL and GRE. The scores obtained will help organisations screen candidates and determine an individual’s training needs. The test, however, is not mandatory as of now.

"In line with our efforts to strengthen India's ITBPO workforce, we initiated the NAC certification, in addition to the IT Workforce Development Initiative," says Kiran Karnik, NASSCOM president.

The Indian BPO industry is growing at an exponential rate with export revenues of $6.3 billion in 2005-06.

The NAC programme will be further launched in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh.

The survey, which covered 2,143 companies across nine sectors, had more than 52 per cent of the companies reporting increase in workforce while 37 per cent did not report any change in the first half of the year. According to a survey of the top 20 employers, the maximum number was projected from the IT/ITeS sector, followed by manufacturing, transport and communications, energy and BFSI. As much as 60 per cent of the companies hiring people were from the private sector.

The IT and ITes alone would account for over 7 lakh jobs, with the sector picking up people from other industries.

"The BFSI sector is expected to lose about 1.3 lakh jobs, with people moving to other verticals," said Ma Foi Management Consultants Managing Director K Pandia Rajan.

Position: Executive Corporate Communications

The incumbent would be expected to work closely with the Assistant Manager - Corporate Communications and assist, deliver the internal & external, and online & offline communications projects as per the Communication Plan laid for the function. Key responsibilities will include timely execution of assigned projects including firm publications, intranet & website maintenance and communication material supporting the sales and recruitment activities at the firm.

In line with the firm’s growth plan, the person will play a crucial role in establishing the new communication initiatives proposed in the plan, as well as in improving the existing ones. In addition to execution, the person will also have opportunity to contribute to the firm’s Communication Plan from time to time.

Key Responsibilities

Intranet & Website Management

• Content generation for website
• Assist in production of website
• Updation and maintenance of Intranet files through coordination with respective tab and document owners- using admin control of intranet (TBD)
• Coordination with web-design agency for intranet/website maintenance

• Assist in compiling content for the firm’s publications
• Assist in design coordination and quality check of publications
• Compilation and updation of distribution lists for publications

• Assisting in other sales marketing activities – including content, design and production for collaterals etc.

• Graduate / Post Graduate in Mass Communications/ Public Relations from a reputed institute or BA(Eng. Hons./Journalism Hons.)/BBA/MBA with 0-1.5 year experience in Corp Comm / PR / web design agency
• Preference will be given to candidates who have worked in IT/Internet environment
• Thorough with MS Office, Internet/Emails. Working knowledge of HTML desirable
• Excellent written & verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Should be highly organized and pro-active with a learning aptitude with high energy; strong result orientation, and high degree of integrity

Position: Senior Financial Analyst

Primary Responsibility

• Investment recommendation and associated:
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  • Analysis of various stock indices performance vis- a-vis a benchmark
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  • Assessment of investment attractiveness of 12-20 specified industries (most data provided by the client)
• Responsible for timely delivery of reports and other deliverables to the client

• Client delight
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• Team Leadership

• Financial analysis, report writing and investment recommendation
  • Company reports
    • Analysis of Financial statements and target company’s business and industry
    • Interpreting stock movement charts
  • Newsletters
    • Building stock market updates
    • Analyzing performance of stock market indices
  • Sector reports
    • Conduct secondary research for analyzing industry, key trends and influence of external environment on it
    • Company and technical analysis
  • Market reports
    • Analyzing performance of capital markets including foreign exchange markets, fixed income markets and commodity markets for various countries
    • Understanding macroeconomic forces influencing these markets
• Prepare deliverables and take ownership for quality and accuracy for self and team
• Participate in client meetings and conference calls; manage client at the delivery-level
• Help team members become more effective through skill-enhancing guidance and coaching
• Seek and achieve expertise in target middle-eastern capital markets, industries and companies

• Experience: ~2 – 4 years
  • Preferred: Experienced ‘Analyst’ from brokerage or other securities firm, equity research house or an investment bank,
  • In analytical roles such as in capital markets, analyst firms, research firms, consulting firms, or in corporate finance or corporate strategy
• Education
  • MBA (essential)
    • Very high rank-holder from schools such as IIT, business schools, FMS, IIFT, SP Jain, MDI, IMI, FORE, etc.
  • First degree
    • CA, BCom(H) or BTech from IIT or BE from BITS, DCE, select RECs
• High intellectual “horsepower,”
  • e.g. high rank in CA, IIT-JEE, etc.
• Skilled in finance and accounting
• Excellent communication skills –both oral and written
• Great team player with leadership potential
• Comfortable in ambiguous situations with absence of structure
• Driven, enthusiastic and full of ideas and initiatives
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Self-starter, energetic
• Ethical, truthful and honest
• Goal-oriented, committed and effective
• Cherishes meritocracy highly
• Willing to live in NCR
• Willing to stretch on occasions where the work demands it

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“Financial transactions research and database maintenance”

Role:

• Extensive research on financial transactions (IPO, M&A, etc.) and preparing press releases
• General database input from hundred+ sources on a daily, ongoing base (M&A deals, financing deals, new companies, new contacts or contact info, etc. all scrubbed from emails, websites, newsletters, magazines, Yahoo for selected public companies daily)
• Preparation of company profiles, sector reports etc.

• Bachelors (economics, commerce) / MBA from reputed academic institutions
• Strong academic performance
• Strong understanding of research and an exceptional attention to detail
• 1+ years experience in a related field, with excellent knowledge of the financial markets
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to learn quickly, on the job
• Team player
• Excellent technical skills with standard office applications

Online recruitment websites are arguably one of the most favoured destinations for job seekers as well as employers today. However, with organised players conducting job fairs and career expos, another platform is being created for aspirants to interact with the best companies across industries. You may not necessarily find a new job at a career expo, but at least you can stay updated about current openings and trends in your industry.

DO'S

1.Be prepared for the job fair

2.Dress appropriately

3.Speak clearly and maintain eye contact

4.Ask intelligent questions

DON'TS

1.Don't ask basic questions that could be answered from a sim ple visit to the company's web site.

2.Don't immediately start grabbing the giveaway items from the table.

3.Don't show up during the last 10 or 15 minutes of the fair.

4.Don't expect a personal response if you submit your resume at a job fair.

How to make it work for you
Experts advise that someone attending such an event should do sufficient research before they arrive at the venue. Often, it is possible to obtain information about the participants in a job fair before the event. It is a good idea to shortlist the companies that you would be interested in, even if it is just two or three organisations. Further, it is better to obtain information about the kind of positions available in the company also. As part of their research, candidates should also plan in advance about what they could learn and gather information about prospective employers. While it is imperative that one be distinguished in a crowd, job seekers must remember that companies are quite serious when it comes to recruitment. Hence they should avoid casual attire and opt for a formal one instead. Based on the companies' requirements, it would also be wise if you can customise your resume as per the employer, rather than mass producing a generic resume.

Before getting to the job fair, prepare a 30 to 60-second introduction about yourself, along with your qualifications and work experience. While at a job fair, remember that your main purpose is not only to to hand out your resume, but also create a good impression by talking to the companies' representatives. Further, the typical company representative who mans a booth at a job fair will meet hundreds of people in a few hours. It is practically impossible for them to remember each name. One good way to make sure that your brief conversation is remembered, is to follow up with an e-mail after the event.

Walk in with confidence
It is hard to know just how valuable a job fair might be, without actually attending it. But by going in prepared and with an open mind, you will likely learn something valuable. You might meet an employer who sounds really terrific; you might be introduced to new options you had not considered before...and, who knows, you might just end up with the career of a lifetime!

The centre, located in the tech-and-textile town of Gurgaon on the outskirts New Delhi, joins others in Pune, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad -- cities that have emerged as India's IT hubs over the past decade.