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Tuesday, 11 October 2016

HR News: 10 Oct, 2016


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Why Reliance Jio is showering high increments on top performers

The company has taken extra care to reward some people, from specific roles/functions, based on their efforts and commendable performance.

After revolutionising the 4G offerings in the telecom industry, Reliance Jio Infocomm, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries, is now delighting its employees too as it is providing salary hike of up to 25 per cent to its top performers.

Jio has increased salaries of the top performers among its junior and middle-level managers by 15 per cent while the high performers among its senior executives, in the level of DGM and above, have got a 10 per cent raise, a spokesperson close to the matter shared with HRKatha. He also said that, “A few people who have done extraordinarily well in their roles, across levels and functions, have even received a hike of 25 per cent.”

However, the decision to provide hikes that are way better than what the telecom industry has offered this fiscal, is not a retention strategy resulting from recent key exits from the company, but are in line with the company’s endeavours to excite its employees as much as its customers.



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LinkedIn lets you seek a job without your boss knowing

LinkedIn’s new feature, Open Candidates, allows users to secretly declare that they're available for hire.

Professionals across domains have used LinkedIn to seek new opportunities, showcasing their profiles and expertise to potential employers as strongly as recruiters have used the platform to mine potential talent. Taking this a step further, the company is now allowing candidates to privately declare that they are open to being hired, which will only be visible to recruiters.

The professional social network recently announced a new feature called Open Candidates, which allows users to flip a switch under the ‘preferences’ tab that tells recruiters they're open to job opportunities. Recruiters who pay for LinkedIn's premium service will then see a tab in its search results that lists profiles of those who have turned on the signal, connecting them with what LinkedIn calls ‘warm’ talent. Others won't be able to see if a user has turned on the feature, and LinkedIn hides the signal from recruiters at an individual's own company or its subsidiaries.

Eduardo Vivas, head of product, Talent Solutions, LinkedIn, shared in an official blog, “Through Open Candidates — a spotlight feature within our Recruiter product — we’re making it easy for LinkedIn members to privately raise their hand to say ‘I’m open to being recruited’ for the first time ever.”

  

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IIM- Kozhikode to offer executive postgraduate programme in 21 cities

The programme is offered to executives with at least three years of work experience.

Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K), one of the leading B-schools in the country, recently announced its ‘Executive Postgraduate Programme’ (EPGP) for working professionals in 21 cities across India. The course is launched through an exclusive partnership with TCLL’s (Times Centre for Learning Ltd) executive education brand, TSW.

It is a first of its kind two-year part-time programme with 700 credits, including management foundation courses, specialisation electives, capstone courses, functional workshop and simulations. With this programme, working professionals will have direct access to IIM-K’s experienced faculty, robust curriculum and excellent teaching methodology through a live virtual interactive learning platform. Graduates who have appeared for CAT or GMAT in the past are eligible for the programme.

Having benefitted over 3,000 working professionals so far, IIM-K has now introduced this rigorous programme in various cities, with an aim to create high-impact learning experience including a brilliant mix of theory and practical knowledge. Designed for working professionals looking at gaining competency and leadership skills to move to the next level in their organisations, this programme is offered to executives with at least three years of working experience.

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