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My research and experience on how to manage multiple twitter accounts.
Twitter has already become an integral part of every marketer’s social media strategy. During the initial days of twitter people were not too sure on its business potential and only thought of it as a personal / social networking tool. The sheer volume of twitter follower and tweets has forced everyone sit back and have [...]
Recruitments – India Inc plan to recruit more in Q3 2009
Being a co-founder at Synergy Solutions (a 40 people HR services company), I have been positively waiting to see early signs of recovery as far as recruitment industry is concerned. The main reason being: General Sentiments in the market Economic Recession Almost freeze on fresh recruitments across sectors Companies negotiating placement fees due to cost [...]
Outsourcing to India – Is outsourcing recession proof
India has always been the first choice for outsourcing due it its geographical advantage, high level education, its capability to work hard and smart and lower cost of operations. Being a co-founder of an IT services company, I am certain that the most critical question for Indian IT and BPO industry would be “Is outsourcing [...]
Google Venture Fund – Get ready to be acquired by Google
Entrepreneurs get ready, Google has announced that it will create a venture capital arm called google ventures. The fund is expected to invest $100 million over the next 12 months. Most of it will be invested in start-ups. Google Ventures has already made two investments: Silver Spring Networks, a company that makes technology to help [...]
Facebook new layout reviews and feedback
A lot has been spoken about the new layout that Facebook has to offer. I personally dint like it the way it launched as i was getting confused with the new functionality and was not able to reason out why would they kill such wonderful layout which is very popular with millions of users and [...]
RPO – Recruitment Process Outsourcing
This article deals with what really is recruitment process outsourcing and why RPO is the latest buzzword amongst people involved in attracting, hiring, and retaining manpower. In last few years I have been actively involved in the RPO space and would like to share my views via this article. To me outsourcing of HR services [...]
How to Upgrade WordPress version 2.6.5 to 2.7.1
Matt Mullenweg and a whole lot of creative and highly competent technology professionals came up with the most talked about upgrade for WordPress called Coltrane commonly known as 2.7.1 this version is named after legendary Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane . As the wordpress team puts it “The real reason Coltrane is such a huge leap [...]
Recruitment and Recession
Recruitment and Recession. Recruitment industry is going through a tough time at this moment, the numbers have dropped drastically for the biggies and I know of recruitment agencies that are battling for survival. Being a co-founder of Synergy Solutions (we provide recruitment services to companies in India and in US) the biggest challenge today is [...]
Slumdog Millionaire scores 8 out 10 at The Oscars
Winner for Best Movie of the Year ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ producer Christian Colson gives an acceptance speech. The movie won a whopping eight awards. Picture AFP Feb 23rd The day when history was created when the SM team won 8 out of its 10 nominations. I was delighted to see Slumdog Millionaire sweep the 81st Academy [...]
Unique Valentine day gift ideas
Image source: Exciting Lives This is how it all began Valentine Day is around the corner and everyone tries to make this day special for their loved ones. I am no different and i decided to make it special for my wife. This time around i had planned to take her out on a short [...]
