Road Safety & First Aid Seminar
Every 4 minutes, one death is reported on the streets of India. India holds the highest number of deaths due to road accidents. Tamil Nadu (the state our office is located in) tops the list with 16,175 deaths in 67,757 accidents. The crucial time between the accident and getting the victim medical attention can often […]
News Digest – Social Responsibility
Think You’re Being Socially Responsible? Think again While companies are buying into Corporate Social Responsibility, many do not have positive motives. Because they feel that they have earned up enough “moral credits” with their social responsibility, many businesses do not behave morally in other areas. A moral credit system is the wrong way to approach CSR. In […]
Are companies actually doing good in the community?
Bi-Weekly Digest Corporate Social Responsibility Companies Impacting the Community We talk about Corporate Social Responsibility all the time within business, but how good are companies at actually following through with it? According to a 2012 survey, only 3 in 10 employees in Fortune 500 companies gave an hour of their work hours towards volunteering. One reason why […]
Work Day / Spa Day
Some days while sitting behind a desk my shoulders tense up and I think, “Man, if I worked at Google where they have in-house masseuses, this wouldn’t be an issue,”and for a few moments I consider going back to school to get a degree in computer science so I can get hired at a top […]
Weekly Digest – Women in Tech
This Guy Wants Girls to Skip College and Go Straight into Tech Jobs As you could have guessed, IT is a highly male-dominated industry as men have seemed to gravitate more towards tech jobs than women have. However, these numbers are slowly beginning to change, and one company wants to keep them changing. Treehouse, an […]
News Digest – Employee Retention
The Perks of working at Google, Facebook, Twitter and More It must be good to work at the top. This infographic shows you some of the perks of working at large tech companies such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google. Ever wanted your own running trail? LinkedIn and Google have them. Ever wanted to use your […]
Management is the Glue
When faced with the question of whether to outsource IT positions, companies have to weigh the various pros and cons. One of the strongest cons that a company might face is the level of management and quality control that will take place in these outsourced locations. Separated from the company by land and sea, an […]
News Digest – HR Quick Reads
Can Nadella remake Microsoft under his new manifesto? Recently, Satya Nadella posted a memo to the entire staff of Microsoft in which he laid out the mission for the company in the years ahead. As Microsoft changes ownership and changes their operations, they have to reinvent themselves in some respects to keep up with the […]
3 Tactics to Better Engage your Employees
In today’s world of ever shrinking career lengths and everyone becoming a part-timer with various “gigs” on the side, its more important than ever to keep your employees engaged and excited about their role. The data has definitely shown an increase in desire for employees to make an “impact” through their vocation. While its easy […]
EC Health Outreach (ECHO)
Not all people in India can access the healthcare they need. Urban areas have claimed 75% health infrastructure resources, but only 27% of India’s population lives in cities. The other 716 million of India’s people live in rural communities, where they suffer from a chronic lack of medical facilities. (Stats provided by the United Nations) […]
