Ok, this is an interesting development, and I guess makes sense in this season of economic recession.Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt will merge to form Towers Watson. Watson Wyatt has an Indian presence , while Towers Perrin does not. However it does...
Topics: consulting, news

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Recently there was a Social Recruiting Summit held in the US at Google organized by ERE. If you haven't heard of it so far, social recruiting being the use of social media and networking tools to engage prospective candidates (as Michael Specht...
Topics: recruiting, Social Media

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Consultant Ninja has an interesting post comparing the way other professions are open and share knowledge compared to consulting: As he says : Conclusions are never shared outside the client Books & articles are filled with bland platitudes ...
Topics: consulting, management

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My friend Diptakirti posts a brilliant piece on his blog about how he discovered his passion for sales. Here are some gems: Any shreds of doubt I may have harboured in my mind about a career in Sales & Marketing vanished the moment I entered the...
Topics: Employment, talent, talent work

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On Twitter I posted a tweet asking folks why is it that even though marketing and HR both deal with issues of engagement and connectedness - inherently subjective - does HR struggle with its credibility while marketing does not? The response from the...
Topics: HR Issues

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