Human Resources
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Singapore companies prefer to save jobs
News For most, retrenchment is a last resort when all other cost-cutting efforts fail, say national union, employers' federation and HR grouping.
Tags: Human resources, Career, Singapore, entertainment, Worker, e-mail, Human Resources, job, hiring, firing
Layoffs loom for M'sian electronics sector
News One of the pillars of Malaysia's economy, its electronic and electrical sector has become a double-edged sword during the current global slowdown.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Layoffs, Business planning, Trends, Intel Corp., Western Digital Corp., Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Electronics Sector
Broader skill sets way to retrain
News Economic downturn demands more from job roles, so companies will do well to train staff for more general IT skills, say corporate HR heads.
Tags: Trends, Personal development, Personnel management, HR policies and procedures, Citrix Systems Inc., India, Training, Workforce, Hyderabad, Environment
Oracle planning more online software
News Reports say Oracle is developing new online software products in what could signal a shift in focus from traditional software to software-as-a-service.
Tags: Cloud computing, CRM, Sun Microsystems Inc., Cloud computing, software, Human Resources, Oracle Corp., software-as-a-service, industry, Thomson Reuters Corp.
Microsoft backtracks on severance issue
News Redmond says laid-off workers who were accidentally paid too much will be able to keep the excess.
Tags: Benefits, Layoffs, Microsoft Corp., software company, Worker, software, Human Resources, CNET Networks Inc., accounting, CNET News
Talent management: How to invest in your workforce
News An exclusive study from IBM and Human Capital Institute finds nonprofits and midsize companies coming up short in employee management.
Tags: Human resources, Business development/management, Business, Talent Management, Workforce, Human Resources, Washington, financial, researcher, talent
More contract IT jobs expected in S'pore
News To overcome headcount restrictions, many roles traditionally offered as permanent jobs will be converted into contract positions this year, new survey finds.
Tags: Human resources, Career, Outsourcing, Survey, Singapore, business analysis, Human Resources, recession, job, network
Indian tech tries to retain top workers
News Infosys, Wipro and others are trying to avoid layoffs by reassigning skilled workers to subsidiaries or asking them to accept reduced salaries.
Tags: Human resources, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Wipro Technologies, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Bench, Training, Sabbaticals, ERP, business intelligence, Worker
Hong Kong hiring expectations 7-year low
News Only 20 percent of technology firms in the territory plan to grow headcount this quarter, down from 34 percent in last quarter, Hudson survey shows.
Tags: Compensation, Trends, Human resources, Recruiting, Business, Quarter, Asia, Headcount, Hong Kong, human resource agency
Will you hire 'honey.bunny@'?
News Job applicants should be mindful their e-mail addresses are not offensive or risk putting off prospective employers, say recruiters.
Tags: Human resources, Career, Business, E-mail Address, Telecommunications, Sales, Nike Inc., e-mail, Germany, Human Resources
Workers should highlight their value to employers
News Human resource experts suggest employees, especially those in Singapore, make known their achievements, but in a subtle way to avoid negative repercussions.
Tags: Compensation, Personal development, Human resources, Achievement, Worker, performance, Human Resources, job, network, workplace
Storage and data at the coalface
News Three Australian organizations speak about storage and data management challenges, each with different points of view.
Tags: Data centers, Data backup, disaster recovery, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Virtualization, Storage, human capital management, Glenn Gore, Chris Tayler, NAB, Human Resources
Apple's iPod chief to step down
News The company confirms reports that Tony Fadell, a longtime executive who headed the iPod division, will step down and be replaced by IBM's Mark Papermaster.
Tags: MP3 players, Media players, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Apple iPod, Human Resources, Apple iPhone, CNET Networks Inc., vice president, advisor
Not much life in China's virtual worlds
News Chinese entrepreneurs' answers to Second Life are early stage, but they see potential for brand-building, worker training and e-commerce
Tags: Games, Virtualization, 3D, Advertisement, software, Human Resources, virtual world, marketing, Second Life, China
Academy program to plug 'real-world' gap
News Microsoft introduces initiative aimed at helping Malaysian education institutions bring relevant IT skills into curriculum and ensuring local graduates are "employable".
Tags: IT training, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., India, Program, Graduate, software, technology company, Human Resources, job
