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Chips on your shoulder

By Deepa

Business Week reports that two employees at CityWatcher.com have silicon chips embedded into them. According to their CEO, Sean Darks, who also has one of the chips embedded says that the chips work “like an access card. There’s a reader outside the door; you walk up to the reader, put your arm under it, and […]

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Which of your skills is going to be valued in the market place in the year ahead?

By Deepa

Market shifts are happening pretty rapidly these days. Davis Masten’s post that 90% of the products that Intel delivers on December 31 did not even exist of January 01 of the same year!! This New York Times article reports that I.B.M. has identified about a dozen “hot” skills most likely to be in demand over […]

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The top six challenges dominating the “world of work” in the year 2005 and beyond: Part II

By Deepa

Here is what I think would be the top six dominating challenges for organizations in the year 2005 and beyond: Innovation Ethics and Integrity Outsourcing Multi-cultural and Multi-location groups Work-place demographics and lifestyle expectations: free agents, tech generation, baby boomers Networking tools: Impact on learning and collaboration To read more about the last three issues, […]

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Is it going to be the age of “contract” or “portfolio” careers?

By Deepa

Consider these findings from a survey conducted by Top Consultants. Contract Consulting is now a lifestyle and career option being pursued increasingly by a younger generation of consultants. About 30% of contractors have less than 5 years of consulting experience and 65% have less than 10 years consulting experience. A staggering 42.8% of contract consultants […]

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The top six challenges dominating the “world of work” in the year 2005 and beyond: Part I

By Deepa

Here is what I think would be the top six dominating challenges for organizations in the year 2005 and beyond: Innovation Ethics and Integrity Outsourcing Multi-cultural and Multi-location groups Work-place demographics and lifestyle expectations: free agents, tech generation, baby boomers Networking tools: Impact on learning and collaboration To read more about the top three issues, […]

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Six Trends influencing HR

By Deepa

Development Dimensions International, Inc. (DDI) conducted a survey of more than 321 HR professionals for the 2004 HR Forum and readers of Human Resource Executive Magazine to identify basic trends that are having an impact on HR today and to see how HR is responding to them. Some interesting extracts from the study: Respondent profile: […]

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