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ITCOMPANIES BECOMES THE SHINING GEM OF INDIAN JOB MARKET 

Business Today, Indicus Analysis and People Today, have come together once again to present its much talked about survey “THE BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR “.

Eight out of ten companies listed in the survey are informational technology companies-

1.      Tata consultancy services

2.      Infosys

3.      Wipro

4.      Ibm

5.      Google

6.      Rcom

7.      Microsoft

8.      Accenture

9.      HCL Tech

10. L&T

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES backed by the lowest attrition rate in the IT sector was declared the best employer of the year 2011.

HEAD-HUNTING GOES INHOUSE AT COMPANIES LIKE ESSAR, L'OREAL

Organizations are adopting innovative ways of filling job postings through internal head-hunting of premium talent.

The diversified $25-billion Essar Group has developed what it calls 'Next Moves' , which is an internal head-hunting initiative that helps high-potential employees to get what they deserve. 

Other groups like ICICI Bank and Aditya Birla have also set up internal processes which perform the task of head-hunting, with the only difference being they do not brand it so

1. Head hunting offers multiple advantages over traditional recruitments
2. Minimal time investment on candidate’s part
3. Good recruiters have a large number of industry contacts
4. Headhunters can get you a higher salary.
5. A recruiter can help you improve your interview skills
6. Headhunters have access to hidden jobs.
7. Recruiters share information with other recruiters

RECORD HIRING BY BCG AND MCKINSEY SHIFT FOCUS FROM FINANCE SECTOR TO CONSULTING COS AT B-SCHOOLS

More freshly-minted MBAs from top B-schools are likely to make their way into consulting this placement season.

Record hiring by The Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey & Co at B-school campuses this year and fewer offers from the traditional top recruiters, investment banks; have shifted the focus from the high-paying finance sector to the all-weather consulting companies.