"Over the past year or two, the outsourcing industry has been throwing up jobs for Doctors, Engineers, CAs, Architects," says Jacob William of the Bangalore-based Outsource2India, which employs 500 people and offers services in the big-buzz, big-bucks area of knowledge process outsourcing. "Unlike the first wave which was more about entering data and answering phone
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Many in India consider the insurance sector as the secured one but the recent downfall in the premium income of private and public life insurance and general insurance companies clears this myth. The figures came out in the light, regarding the premium income of insurance industry clearly shows that Insurance India is not recession proof.
Downfall
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AHMEDABAD: With returns on investment more than 79%, 2009 calendar year emerged as the best year for investors since 2000. Even as three trading sessions are yet to go, the benchmark Sensex closed on its 18-month high on Thursday at 17360. FII’s have once again proved to be the frontrunners in terms of the inflow,
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BANGALORE: After a long hibernation of 18 months, headhunters are actively out in the market as talent requirements have started trickling in.
The hiring momentum is expected to pick up from April onwards.
Even in a worst scenario, calendar 2010 will create around 50,000 fresh IT/ITES jobs against zero fresh jobs except a very thin campus hiring
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With organisations diversifying their businesses into global markets, work is no longer restricted by geographical boundaries. Today, firms want their employees to be on the move and work across the globe. Are you ready for such a ‘global’ career?
The boundaries of geography, language and culture are increasingly becoming irrelevant as we are headed towards
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Always try to change the default PASSWORD, USERNAME and IP Address of your ADSL Modem. You should know the default PASSWORD, USERNAME and IP Address of your ADSL Modem, here is a list of some well known ADSL Modem’s PASSWORD, USERNAME and IP Address.
Manufacturer
IP Address
Default Username
Default Password
Belkin:
10.1.1.1 or
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India has a growing population of educated people capable of handling high-end knowledge-based work and research. With a huge talent pool, India could emerge as a global KPO hub as the sector requires specialized knowledge in respective verticals. With the mushrooming of engineering and technical institutes in India, there will no shortage of skilled manpower
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Howard Bolnick, who taught insurance at the Kellogg School of Management for 13 years, was in India for a five – day executive development programme on healthcare financing and health insurance, organised by the Insurance Foundation of India (IFI). Bolnick, a past president of the US Society of Actuaries, took time to talk to Sarabjeet
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New York bankruptcy court to hear former owner’s updated rescue plan today.
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), in its efforts to gain control over LyondellBasell, is looking to team up with the unsecured creditors and bond holders of the bankrupt Dutch petrochemicals giant.
Sources close to the development said the move came after the LyondellBasell management filed an
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Author: John Bramham
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Authors: Stephen P Robbins and Mary Coulter
Publisher: Pearson
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Forget keyloggers and packet sniffers. In the wake of industry rules requiring credit card data to be encrypted, malware that siphons clear-text information from computer memory is all the rage among scammers, security researchers say.
So-called RAM scrapers scour the random access memory of POS, or point-of-sale, terminals, where PINs and other credit card data must
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Learn to motivate your employees to get the best out of them.
Managers who understand what motivates each employee can tailor incentives accordingly. But your motivational toolbox should go beyond rewarding excellent work. Just as important to keeping workers engaged is a plan for encouraging, consoling and embracing them when they invariably slip off track.
But how
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Precautions need to be taken while outsourcing work due to various reasons like money, time, availability of manpower etc. There are many risks involved during process of outsourcing and thus it is imperative to choose the right service provider. The outsourcer should be honest and efficient with good communication skills. This is not a big
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This is a practice area that was thought to be in decline 10 years ago but which still attracts newly qualified actuaries. Indeed, the increasing globalisation of the profession has made it easier for pensions actuaries to explore new markets.
Pension saving is a newly emerging industry in Asia, where the custom for generations was for
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Fundamental analysis for stock picking is passe, quantitative investment strategy based on mathematical calculations is the in thing, say Prashant Mahesh & Nikhil Walavalkar.
Investors are familiar with stock selection strategies based on fundamentals. Most mutual funds and insurance companies follow fundamental analysis while selecting stocks for their portfolios. Here an analyst examines factors such as
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Are you looking for a marketing tool that is both effective and inexpensive? Then pull out your microphone and do some speaking! Why should you consider 'public speaking' as a way to obtain new customers? Because it doesn't cost anything, except your time, and it is effective.
Why is being a speaker at an association meeting
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