The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey for the first quarter 2010 was conducted by interviewing a representative sample of 5,109 employers in India. All survey participants were asked, “How do you anticipate total employment at your location to change in the three months to the end of March 2010 as compared to the current quarter?”

Brisk hiring activity is anticipated by Indian employers during the upcoming quarter. With 38% of employers expecting total employment to increase, 2% forecasting a decrease and 53% predicting no change, the Net Employment Outlook is a robust +36%.

Read the entire report below:

Universum, a global employer branding firm, has put together a list of the world’s most attractive employers for engineering and business students. Students from the United States, Japan, China, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, Spain, Canada and India’s top academic institutions took part in the survey. Here are the Top 10 lists:

Business List

1. Google
2. Pricewaterhouse Coopers
3. Microsoft
4. Goldman Sachs
5. Ernst & Young
6. Procter & Gamble
7. J P Morgan
8. KPMG
9. McKinsey & Company
10. Deloitte

Engineers List

1. Google
2. Microsoft
3. IBM
4. BMW
5. Intel
6. General Electric
7. Sony
8. Siemens
9. Shell
10. Procter & Gamble

(Link via Sumit Dhingra)

A post on TechCrunch says that Google has put up signs around the MIT campus with a code that reads, “If you can figure this out, you may have a future with Google.” The code that follows is an array of alphabets and numbers and has been reproduced below:

Apparently, the code reveals a phone number where you can call in and leave your contact information. So go ahead and take a shot at it.

Update (Sep 23, 2009):
The code has been solved. It’s a alphanumeric substitution cipher with the key being JOBS. So, the code for translation works as follows:

JOBS = 0123 (J=0, O=1, B=2, S=3)

And hence the alphanumeric series is to be deciphered as:

0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
456789ABCDE2FGHIJKL0MNOP1QRS3TUVWXYZ

The result:
CONGRA T UL ATION SK EE PSEAR CHIN GORCALL6 17 6390 570×10
CONGRATULATIONS KEEP SEARCHING OR CALL 617 639 0570 (extension 10)

The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey (MEOS) is conducted quarterly to measure employers’ hiring intentions in the forthcoming quarter as compared to the current quarter. This survey is based on interviews with 72,000 public and private sector employers across 35 countries to measure anticipated employment trends each quarter. In India the sample size is nearly 5637.

Key Findings of MEOS Q4, 2009

• With a Net Employment Outlook of +25%, India’s employers report the most optimistic forecast among all 35 countries and territories participating in the survey. India’s Outlook has improved by 6 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, but weakens by 14 percentage points when compared to 4Q 2008.
• Employers in four of seven industry sectors and three of four regions surveyed report stronger Outlooks when compared to 3Q 2009.
• Hiring optimism is strongest among employers in the Wholesale & Retail Trade (+34%) industry sector. The sector Outlook is 13 percentage points stronger quarter-over-quarter and 3 percentage points weaker year-over-year.
• Manpower India cites a recent Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM) study that indicates jobs in infrastructure, construction and hospitality are expected to ‘increase tremendously’ in advance of the Commonwealth Games scheduled in 2010.
• The softest hiring pace in India is reported by employers in the Transportation & Utilities (+16%) industry sector employers where the Outlook declines by 2 and a considerable 20 percentage points quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year, respectively. This is the least optimistic forecast by sector employers since the survey began in 3Q 2005.
• Employers in the Manufacturing (+21%) industry sectors are also reporting the least optimistic hiring forecasts since the India survey began in 3Q 2005.
• Employers in the East and South (both at +25%) regions report the country’s strongest hiring expectations. The Outlook in the East is 3 percentage points stronger quarter-over-quarter but 7 percentage points softer year-over-year. Despite the comparative optimism, employer hiring intentions in the South are the weakest reported in the region since the survey began in 3Q 2005, and decline by 16 and 18 percentage points quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year, respectively.
• Employers in the West (+20%) region report the country’s weakest hiring intentions. While the Outlook is 7 percentage points stronger when compared to 3Q 2009, it declines on a year-over-year basis by a considerable 16 percentage points.

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The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is conducted quarterly to measure employers’ intentions to increase or decrease the number of employees in their workforce during the next quarter.

In a nutshell, the report has this to say:

Active hiring plans are reported by Indian employers for Quarter 2 2009. With 30% of employers expecting to increase headcount, just 7% anticipating a decrease and 45% forecasting no change, the Net Employment Outlook is a healthy +23%.

Read the entire report below:

The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is conducted quarterly to measure employers’ intentions to increase or decrease the number of employees in their workforce during the next quarter.

In a nutshell, the report has this to say:

Indian employers predict steady headcount growth during Quarter 2 2009. With 25% predicting an increase in headcount, 6% forecasting a decrease and 64% anticipating no change, the resulting Net Employment Outlook stands at a favorable +19%.

Read the entire report below:

Unlike other job sites, Workosaur still hasn’t attracted the wrath of the sys admins. As a result, the patterns on Workosaur are an accurate reflection of the behaviour of job-seeking senior professionals.

Here’s a peek in to some patterns obtained from the Analytics package installed on Workosaur:

Some observations:

• Senior professionals search and apply for jobs more during the weekdays. This clearly indicates that they are searching for jobs from their offices and not their homes.
• Wednesdays and Thursdays seem to be the most popular days for a job search. One can infer that’s the time of the week when office-goers are bored with work the most. Hence, they are prone to thinking about a shift in workplace during this period of boredom.
• The time slot from 11 AM to 3 PM is the most popular time for a job search. People seem to be making the most of their lunch breaks by searching for jobs.

Tourism Queensland ran a great campaign called ‘The Best Job in the World’ for the position of Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef. They put out a beautiful site showcasing the islands and the job. 34,000 people from 200 countries sent in their application ahead of the deadline yesterday. The fact that all applicants were required to send in videos of themselves makes this number look even larger. 50 applications will now be shortlisted over the next 4 days. The videos would be open to the public soon who’d be allowed to vote for a Wild Card applicant.

Update (April 27, 2009): There is one Indian in the fray as well – RJ Anjaan. Read about him here.

Update (May 06, 2009): A Briton named Ben Southall pips RJ Anjaan to obtain the world’s best job. Read here.

To add to our own 5 Steps to Success using Linkedin, my friend Yash pointed me to Guy Kawasaki’s list titled 10 ways to use Linkedin by Guy Kawasaki. It’s been compiled in to a pretty PPT on Slideshare.

PS: Check our list of Internet Tools for the Workplace.