Tuesday, December 31, 2013

India inc wants you!


Campus hiring upbeat says a report 
Hiring trends in 2013 indicated that despite the slowdown, India Inc was strong on campus placements. As per a campus study conducted by Aon Hewitt, the global human resource consulting and outsourcing firm, the economic slowdown did not deter employers from actively pursuing candidates through on-campus recruiting programmes. Mainstay sectors such as consumer durables, engineering/manufacturing, and automobiles reported a stable outlook with a majority reporting no change in hiring plans. 


The study findings revealed a steady flow of pre-placement offers and interviews (PPIs and PPOs). In a year where concern about final placements was high, the PPOs and PPIs offered at campuses gave some respite with many organisations using it as a strategy to spot and retain talent ahead of the placement season. Besides compensation, more and more organisations were looking at providing accelerated development, roles that offered varied experience and flexible work arrangements to campus hires. For complete post see here

Saturday, December 28, 2013

120 SDMCET Students Get Placed

SDMCET has completed its first semester of placement ( July-Dec 2013). About 16 companies participated in the drive made job offers to 120 students. The Phase two of the placement will take place from January to June 2014 


Approximately 650 students graduating from various departments had registered for placement this year. This includes a number of students who will be opting for higher studies or may have other plans like setting up their own enterprises, joining a family business and thus may not actively participate in the programme.  The process started in August, 2013 when core companies began visiting for hiring. A good number of companies expected to visit during the next phase of placements. 

Persistent Systems Garners Cloud Computing Excellence Award

Persistent Systems, a provider of software product and technology services, announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named Persistent Systems a 2013 Cloud Computing Excellence Award winner by Cloud Computing Magazine.

According to a release, the Cloud Computing Excellence Awards recognize companies that have most effectively leveraged cloud computing in their efforts to bring new, differentiated offerings to market.


Persistent Systems noted that it received the award in recognition of its role in helping Ittavi, the modern family financial management company deploy SupportPay, the first product to enable parents to directly manage their child support payments and expenses.

Additionally, Ittavi turned to Persistent Systems to develop a cloud-based and mobile child support solution that would allow parents to track child support and child expenses, upload receipts, communicate via the system and make payments online, either to each other or to a third party. Persistent's development team provided Ittavi with a cost effective and robust solution using cloud and mobility best practices. For complete story see here

Monday, December 23, 2013

6 tips to score big in campus interviews

If you are a final year student, welcome to the season of madness that has descended on your campus. Whether in class or canteen, the conversation revolves around placements. Which firms have come? Who has been shortlisted?

Who messed up the interview? You are unsure about your own choices and goals as you are caught in the herd mentality. You are overwhelmed by the family's and your own expectations as friends get job offers while you don't. The only cure for this chaos is to prepare well . Here are the steps 




1. Focus on the basics 
2. Customise content
3. Build the foundation
4. Sell like a professional 
5. Control the interview
6. Get a better deal 


Here is complete post from ET

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Informatica Cloud iPaaS Pushes ‘Hybrid IT’ Integration with Real-Time, Mobile, Data Management


The latest update to Informatica Cloud iPaaS adds a host of support features for enterprise-class performance between on-premise and SaaS systems. Informatica Cloud Winter 2014 sports real-time mobile integration, master data management (MDM), test data management (TDM) and cloud process automation. IDN speaks with Informatica execs. 




 
“For us, hybrid IT is not just about moving data from cloud to on-premise. Even from the start, we’ve seen that the majority of customers do not separate data integration and process integration. They are looking for unified approach for both, and one that will ensure data quality across their resources,” Ronen Schwartz, Informatica’s vice president and general manager for emerging products, told IDN. For complete post see here

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