H R Era,     Issue # 11-B,       May 26th, 2002

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1. My Space

2. New Members

Nandita Chowdary, Aniket J Joshi, Shajan Jose,
Aditya Singh, Taj Sayed Wasifa

3. Tomato Soup for the Soul (Cool Oneliners from Manoj)

4. Readers' Forum

Appreciations & Brickbats from Members From: Avadhesh Dixit

Questions Where can I do Doctorate in HR? - Raghupathy Viswanathan

Answers What do the following mean? - 1) Golden Handshake, 2) Pink Slip, 3) White Paper

5. Buhari's Quotation Corner

6. Inspirational Stories

Nail in the Fence
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalaam's Address in Hyderabad

7. Best HR Jobs (India)

8. HR Training Programs (India)

9. Aims of HR Era, How To Contribute Articles, & Legal Stuff

Dear Friends,

Here is a big THANK YOU for the congratulatory messages you have sent. We look forward to your suggestions to make HR Era more useful & meaningful to you.

In this issue, I recommend that every Indian reads Dr APJ Abdul Kalaam's speech to which we have given a link. It is inspiring. Save this issue and read the speech sometime.

New members can view Part-A of the issues, containing articles on HR & Self Management, at http://hrera.tripod.com/newsletter.htm .

with warm regards

Alka Bhatnagar

Nandita Chowdary, Consultant,

Message: I have started my own consultancy and am into software placements. My clients are in USA and India. Request help from members on how this industry works and information that may help me.

Nandita is an HR Professional with a footing in US. She has worked in India (TCS) as well as USA. Her mother is also an HR Professional with 25 years of experience in the field. Please feel free to contact her, if you can help or partner with them in some way.

Contact: nandita122002@yahoo.com , Chennai

Aniket J Joshi, Administrator, Technowrites Pvt Limited.

Aniket has done MPM from University of Pune with 3rd Rank. He has 18 months' all round experience in HR.

Aniket was given "Best Individual Performance" Award for 2000-01 in his company. He has made several presentations on subjects like HR & Time Mnagement. His summer project in Bank of Baroda was recognised by a formal complimentary letter.

Contact: joshianiketin@yahoo.co.in , Pune.

Shajan Jose

Shajan has done MA, in Social Work from Kanpur University and completed PGD,PMIR from XLRI in 2001

Shajan's hobbies are swimming, playing pool and surfing the net.

Contact: docx101@rediff.com

Aditya Singh, Reliance

Message: Inclusions of vacancies for a managerial positions in the field of HR/Personnel in HR Era is a value -added feature.

Aditya has done his Master's in Personnel Management and has an experience of six years

Contact: adishakt@hotmail.com

Taj Sayed Wasifa, Manager HR in a IT Firm.

Message: I would like to broaden my wings in HR further.

Taj is a Post graduate in MHRM .

His areas of interest in HR are motivation, retraining and redeployment as it gives satisfaction to HR professionals when their employees improve their performance. He is also interested in making friends, listening to music, singing.

Contact: swtaj@yahoo.com , Vishakapatnam

Cool oneliners from Manoj


When I read about the evils of drinking...I gave up reading.

My Grandfather is eighty and still doesn't need glasses... He drinks straight out of the bottle.

Seen on a bulletin board: Success is relative. More the success, more the relatives.

Sign in a restaurant: All drinking water in this establishment has been personally passed by the manager.

Seen in railway station at Patna: Aana free, Jaana free, Pakde gaye to khana free. (Coming is free, Going is free, If you are caught then food is free.)

Contributed by Manoj, Mafoi, manoj@mafoi.com

Appreciations & Brickbats from Members

From: Avadhesh Dixit, HR Group, Tata Consultancy Services, Delhi

I have joined HR Era 2-3 months back.I feel that it is a tremendous knowledge and information sharing tool.

Best of luck for all the new initiatives.

Regards,

Avadhesh

QUESTIONS

Where can I do Doctorate in HR?

Hello,

I am Raghupathy, I work for a Multinational Company as Senior Executive HR. I hold a Masters degree in Social Work with Specialization in PM and IR from Madras University. I have 10+ experience of which 7+ Yrs in HR and 3yrs in TQM Consulting.

I would like to do Doctrate in HR, if you know some university pls let me know.

Thanks
Raghupathy Viswanathan
raghupa2000@yahoo.com

ANSWERS

What do the following mean? - 1) Golden Handshake, 2) Pink Slip, 3) White Paper

Dear Sonia,

Golden handshake has to do with VRS (Voluntary Retirement Schemes) now prevalent in our country. It is a name given to separating employees from the organization by paying a compensation over & above normal benefits like PF and gratuity. Since payment of a higher compensation is involved, it is termed as "golden."

Pink Slip is a common term in America where employees can be easily fired due to redundancy or inefficiency. There employees can unexpectedly receive a letter, under the above circumstances, saying that his services with the organization are terminated, he can collect his normal due like pay & leave salary, and go home. Such letters are termed as "Pink Slip." In India the employer's right & authority to "hire and fire" at will are greatly restricted in larger organizations. Hence, this can happen only in smaller organizations & on a smaller scale.

White Paper is imported from government vocabulary. It refers to a detailed, factual, frank write up on a sensitive or controversial issue. In organizations also, it carries a similar meaning.

regards

Rajeev

From: SONIA K NAIR <sonianair@rediffmail.com>
Subject: Questions
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 02 15:36:19 IST

What do the following mean? - 1) Golden Handshake, 2) Pink Slip, 3) White Paper.

With Best Regards,
Sonia Nair, Senior Manager - P&A, Gujarat Water Infrastructure Limited, Gandhinagar.

Please email your replies to the person asking, with a copy to us at HREra@rediffmail.com for publication. Email new questions to us.

Remember that the task ahead of us is never
as great as the power behind it .

Be nice to people on your way up, you'll
meet them on your way down.

Your hapiness increases the more you
give your hapiness away.

Contrbuted by Syed Buhari, sibuhari@yahoo.com

U are my friend. To all of you....please go all the way down, to the last sentence. (Most importantly the last sentence.)

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that everytime he lost his temper,he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down.

He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all.

He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence.The fence will never be the same.

When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there." A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.

Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us. Show your friends how much you care.. Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole in your fence.

Contributed by Ambar Nanavati, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Ahmedabad.
ambar_nana@yahoo.com .

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[55] Placement Director, Mumbai

Dear all,

We have been retained by a leading B School in Mumbai to source for a placement director for them. The ideal candidate shall be an XLRI/TISS Alumni with about 8-10 years of work experience in the corporate world and wishing to move on the academics/public relations.The incumbent shall lead all the industry interaction initiatives and shall be totally responsible for Campus Recruitment of the senior/junior students. This is a full time position and salary perks shall be as per UGC Scale in Mumbai. Preference would be for people from Mumbai .

Please send your updated cv to us ASAP.

Bala,
careeradvisor2002@yahoo.co.in

[54] HR Executive for Global Tech India (P) Ltd.

Qualification: preferably a female who is an MBA/MSW/PGDBM in HR with 2-3 years of experience in the field of IT industry. Salary is negotaiable.

Kindly mail ur resume to arusha@mycsil.com

Arusha Gupta

[53] Reader / Lecturer in HR, Mumbai

Organization: Baba Saheb Gowde Institute of Management Studies

Person & Remuneration: Qualification, experience, selection and pay scale for the post will be as prescribed by the University of Mumbai and AICTE

Apply To: The Secretary, Maratha Mandir, 3rd Floor, Dr. A.B Nair Road, Mumbai Central, Mumnai-400 008
( With attested copies of all certificates and recent passport size photo)

[52] Professors/Reader's/Asst. Professors/Lecturers in Management, Chennai

Organization: Bharath Institute of Science & Technology

Person: Preference will be given to PH.D/M.E

Remuneration: The salary will be paid as per AICTE norms

Applyto: Phone No. 2290742 / 2293886 Fax: 2290125

[51] Personnel Officers (10 Numbers), Placement Anywhere in India.

Organization: A Nationalised / Public Sector Bank

Remuneration: Placed in JMGS-I

Full Deatils in: Employment News & Rojgar Samachar dated May 18th, 2002.

Apply to: Institure of Banking Personnel Selection, Mumbai, before Jun 10th, strictly in specified format & with specified fees.