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H R Era, Issue # 9-B, Mar 26th, 2002

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CONTENTS

1. My Space

2. New Members

Helene Kopel (Ms.), Santosh Babu, Ranjith Menon,
PJ Jayakumar, Divya Gupta (Ms.)

3. Tomato Soup for the Soul

4. Readers' Forum

Appreciations & Brickbats from Members
From Saurabh Tomar

Management institutes with HR courses in India and Laws in India
Questions from: Vineet Menghaney

5. Buhari's Quote Corner

6. Inspirational Stories (PROBLEMS)

7. Best HR Jobs (India)

8. HR Training Programs (India)

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

1. MY SPACE

Dear Friends,

At least one person believes that the best HR website in India is HR Era's. Read Saurabh's email in Readers' Forum. Our ambition is to exceed the benchmark articulated by Saurabh! With first person giving this compliment, we are moving towards the goal.

Saurabh is refering to our Knowledge Bank at http://hrera.tripod.com/knoweldge.htm . It is a free resource for all members. We look forward to this 800+ community of HR professionals enhance it for mutual benefit. I invite all of you to send us links to good articles and good websites on HR and Self Management so that we can continuously improve our website. Senior as well as young HR professionals can contribute greatly in this effort.

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

with warm regards

Alka Bhatnagar

2. NEW MEMBERS

Helene Kopel, HR Assessment Specialist, G Neil's HR Assessments Group, Florida, USA.

Message: I would love to post the following in new member's area:

G Neil is USA' top provider of HR Pre-Employment Testing and it's tests are used by over 10,000 companies across the country. They have attorney reviewed tests to evaluate basic skills, integrity, personality, career interests, sale/service ability, and industry specific knowledge. Tests available in online formats also.

For more details visit http://www.newhiretesting.com . Call me at 1-800-264-0074 Extension 5438.

Contact: hkopel@gneil.com , USA.

Santosh Babu, Training Alternatives.

Santosh runs his company "Training Alternatives." He is a behavioural trainer and has conducted training for Nestle, Cocacola, Citi Bank, Ranbaxy, Swiss Embassy, L & T and many other companies.

Contact: san@ndb.vsnl.net.in , http://www.santoshbabu.com .

Ranjith Menon, Executive- HR & Admin, Mahindra Associates, Bangalore.

Message: My HR Vision is "To Make People Productive, To Make People Leaders." My HR Mission is " I believe that people are our most importnat asset and I shall strive to empower and enable all employees to excel in performance while contributing to the corporate vision."

Ranjith has done MBA (HRM) in 2000 & is right now setting up & running a full-fledged HR department. He is a member of NIPM & BMA. Has written a book "Dateless Diary," and several articles on management. His interests include event management, public speaking, theosophy, reiki, hypnotism, dx-ing.

Contact: ranjithmemon@rediffmail.com

PJ Jayakumar, Manager - HRD, AMC Cookware

Jayakumar has all round experience of 10 years in HR. He is keenly interested in the subject of Performance enhancement.

Contact: Jayakumarpj@yahoo.com , Bangalore.

Divya Gupta, Senior Officer - HR, NIIT Limited, Pune.

Divya did her B Comm (Hon) from Shriram College of Commerce, Delhi and followed with an MBA (Personnel) from SIBM, Pune in 1998. She has two years work experience and has undergone SAP Training for Human Resources Module.

Contact: vikas_divya@yahoo.com , Pune

3. TOMATO SOUP FOR THE SOUL

NRI Joke from USA

Santa was enjoying sun on a beach in America. A lady came and asked him, "Are you relaxing ?"
Santa, "No I am Santa Singh."

Another Guy Came and asked the same question. Santa answered, "No, No I'm Santa Singh."

Third one came and asked the same question, Santa was totally annoyed and decided to shift his place.

While walking he saw a man (our Banta) enjoying the Beach. He went and asked him, "Are you Relaxing?" Banta, being educated answered, "Yes I am relaxing" Santa slapped him on his face and said, "Salay, Sab tere Ko wahah dhoond rahe hai aur tu Yahaan Aaram Kar raha hai." (Bloody fellow, everyone is searching you there, and you are relaxing here.)

Contributed by Vira Kumarraju, komarrajuv@iictechnologies.com .

Santa & Bholaji, once again

Santa with two red ears went to see his doctor.
The doctor asked him what had happened to his ears.
"I was ironing a shirt when the phone rang.
Instead of picking up the phone I accidentally picked up the iron and stuck it to my ear."
"Oh Dear!" the doctor exclaimed in disbelief.
"But...what happened to your other ear?"
"The scoundrel called again."

Why can't Bholaji dial 911?
He can't find the 11 on the dial.

Contributed by Seema, Seema59@hotmail.com

4. READERS' FORUM

Appreciations & Brickbats from Members

From Saurabh Tomar

Dear Rajiv,

I would like to thank you for your efforts in bringing up and running the best HR site in India for HR professionals like me. Your monthly e-magazine is always very content-rich, interesting and informative.

I look forward to contributing to the site. One thing I would like to point out about the "HR Trainings" section on the site - the Trainings Listed have been offered till March. Pls arrange to provide the latest (April Onwards) Trainings offered by the listed Institutes.

Thanks & Regards
Saurabh Singh Tomar

Manager - Human Resources, eCN India Pvt. Ltd. 405, Ahmedabad. Tel: +91-79-6854100.Fax: +91-79-6843010.Mobile: +91-982-425-5676

Management institutes with HR courses in India and Laws in India
Questions from: Vineet Menghaney, menghaney_v@yahoo.com

hi,

My name is vineet and i am an human resource student and intern with one of my instructors in the usa and i am looking for information on universities and management institues in india which offer an human resource management systems course in their h.r. programs.

regards
vineet

hi there,

just like their are specific wage laws,laws on discrimination which includes race, sex,disability,religious in the usa, which are the specific laws that cover the above in india. one more thing laws on industrial safety i.e. workplace safety, worker's compensation laws and overtime laws.need information on all these laws as exist in india. looking forward to your reply.

regards
vineet

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

5. BUHARI'S QUOTE CORNER

" Begin not with a programme, but with a deed ".

" Well begun is half-done ".

" People who take intiatives without being told to do so draw most wages "

" Secret of Success : Dont believe in doing different things, but things differently"

Contributed by Syed Ismail Buhari, sibuhari@yahoo.com .

6. INSPIRATIONAL STORIES (PROBLEMS)

A lecturer was giving a lecture to his student on stress management. He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?

The students' answers ranged from 20g to 500g.

"It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is Ok.
If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance.

It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."

"If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier. What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again."

Friends:

We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on. When you return home from work, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it into your home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Rest and relax.

Dreamz Die, Ambition Endures.

Attitude not aptitude decides altitude.

Contributed by: Ramakrishnarao, People Excellence, Tata Telecom Ltd - Gandhinagar, Tele : 079 - 3221773 / 3246467, Extn. No. 290 (Lease Line No. 281)
Email: rthallam@tatatelecom.com

7. BEST HR JOBS

Free Service: Employers can email their job vacancies to HREra@rediffmail.com . We reach them to 800+ HR professionals for free and list on our website also.

[46] HR Professionals, Chennai

The following is a list of HR openings with an MNC Bank's Back office operation in Chennai !

(i) Case Analyst - Employee Retention / Staff Relations

Preferably from Service industries like banks, hotels, retail,airlines -
JD : Receive issues analyze, discuss with local country HR Manager and offer solutions.
Qualification :MBA / MSW from top 20 institutes, below 28 yrs of age. Excellent communication and job skills.
Experience : 2-4 yrs

(ii) HR Analyst - ESOP

Experience in handling ESOPs or shares and knowledge
MBA - HR. 2-4 yrs of experience
Qualification :MBA / MSW from top 20 institutes, below 28 yrs of age. Excellent communication and job skills.
Experience : 2-4 yrs

(iii) HR Analyst - Testing

MBA - HR. 2-4 yrs of experience , in Core HR Activities and shd conceptually sound .
JD : wd be involed in testing and validating HR Processes
MBA - HR. 2-4 yrs of experience
Qualification :MBA / MSW from top 20 institutes, below 28 yrs of age. Excellent communication and job skills.
Experience : 2-4 yrs

(iv) Project Analyst

Qualification :BE + MBA (HR)
Expereince :2-4 yrs of experience
Shd have had experience in Project planning , Project Monitoring , PERT - CPM techniques and MS Projects ..

ALL Positions are based in Chennai !!

Please feel to call me at the given numbers as well.. for more details ..

Deepti Nair,
Associate-Placements,
Promanns Management Services,
F-199 Anna Nagar East,
Chennai-600 102.

Ph-044-6216196/6210640/41

Apply to: deeptinair@promanns.com

(Moderator's comment: Deepti is from our egroup. Kindly pass on the vacancy details to your interested friends.)

[45] IT Recruiters, Chennai & Bangalore

Organization: CG-VAK Software & Exports Limited, Combatore.

Responsibility: Recruit / hire software professionals for CG-VAK for it's overseas requirements. Will handle operations independently.

Person: Preferably an MBA with 2 years' experience in a software company or HR firm recruiting software professionals. Freshers (BE with MBA) can also apply for junior posts.

Apply to: kannank@cgvakindia.com . Mr K. Kannan, Vice President, 171, Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore - 641043.

[44] Human Resources Manager / HR Executive, Dubai

Organization: A leading neon sign outdoor advertising media company.

Apply to: Continental Mercantile Corporation (Inc.) at one of the following addresses: (i) 208, 2nd Floor, Cauvery Complex, (Near Hotel Ganpat), 96, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai - 400039. (ii) Sree Narayana Bhavan, Kalathi Parambi Road, Near South Railway Station, Cochin - 16. The Regsitration Number of Advertiser is 001449/BOM/PER/1000+/3/2603/89.

[43] (i) P&A Officer, (ii) P&A Assistant; Doha-Qatar

Organization: Large restaurent chain with over 60 branches, employing over 1500 staff at Qatar, UAE & Kuwait.

Apply to: P.O. Box 5202 OR 9079, Doha-Qatar.

[42] Lecturer / Assistant Professor / Associate Professor / Professor for Management subjects, Pilani / Dubai / Goa / Other cities.

Organization: Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Responsibility: Teaching & research.

Person: Must possess Ph.D or must have long experience and evidence of accomplished research. Will be placed in appropriate grade based on education and experience.

Apply to: Online form and details at http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in .

(Moderator comment: BITS needs no introduction. This is Rajeev's Alma mater.)

[41] General Manager (Personnel), Mumbai

Organization: Globally operating national organization having a wide range of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, & phytochemicals.

Responsibility: Implement corporate personnel policies, maintain work performance discipline, compliance with labour & industrial laws.

Person: PG Degree / Diploma in PM & IR from recognised institution. 10 Years experience in PM in senior position.

Apply to: The Advertiser, Box Number KVT-101591, The Times of India, Mumbai - 400 001.

[40] General Manager (Admin), Mumbai / Chennai

Organization: Metropolis Health Care Pvt Ltd.

Responsibility: Manage HRD, regulatory affiars, Quality Assurance with adequate consumer foundation.

Person: MBA or person from Army with admin background. Five years experience.

Remuneration: On par with best in the industry

Mail to: Metropolis Health Care Pvt Ltd, 250-D, Udyog Bhawan, Hind Cycle Marg, Behind Glaxo, Worli, Mumbai - 400 025.

8. HR TRAINING PROGRAMS (INCLUDING MANAGERIAL SKILLS)

Free Service: Training Institutions & Trainers can email their Programs to HREra@rediffmail.com . We reach them to 800+ HR professionals for free and list on our website also.

X L R I, Jamshedpur

Perfecting Presentation Skills, Jamshedpur
May 6-10, 2002. AC Jesurajan, js

Contact: mdp@xlri.ac.in

National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai

Organization & Techniques of Training, Mumbai
May 13-17, 2002. Ms K Madala Mani

Personality Development Workshop for Executives, Mumbai
May 27-31, 2002. Mr S Yuvaraj

Contacts: Snail mail to Dy. Registrar (Programmes), National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Vihar Lake, Mumbai - 400 087. Telephone 022-8573371. Fax 022-8573251.

9. AIMS OF HR ERA, HOW TO CONTRIBUTE ARTICLES, & LEGAL STUFF

Aims of HR Era

Enhance CAREER GROWTH of readers by bringing to them, practices & ideas they can apply in their work, opportunities to network with other Professionals, training opportunities, jobs available, and techniques for self-management.

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