Do you have a BlackBerry neck? http://ping.fm/MNo2R talk of lame marketing campaigns!
For the record - iPhone, Android gain U.S. share in May, BlackBerry falters http://ping.fm/po8zm
At furue in rain
gray water and
grey sand . . .
Picture without lines
~ Buson
#PrayforJapan
Frank Herbert - "The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it."
Want to Join the GOOGLE+ Project? Click here - http://ping.fm/oXi98
Facebook with features
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." - Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr
Good Morning
"The ego tends to equate having with Being: I have therefore I am. And the more I have, the more I am." ~ Echart Tolle
White cloud of mist
above white
cherry-blossoms . . .
Dawn-shining mountains
~ Basho
Good Morning
#PrayforJapan
Journo's Murder in Mumbai solved http://ping.fm/Vqe4B seems Justice has been served
TimesJobs & MagicBricks Emerge As Leaders - AGAIN! http://ping.fm/wunL1
Internet Portals TimesJobs MagicBricks Emerge As Leaders In their Category- AGAIN! http://ping.fm/fdXj2
Here, where a thousand
captains swore grand
conquest . . . Tall
Grass their monument
~ Basho
Good Morning
#PrayforJapan
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
RIP Google Health: Why It's Ending http://ping.fm/nEMgr an idea whose time hasn't come.
"If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, & all that is left is a compromise."
Eleven brave knights
canter through the
whirling snow . . .
Not one bends his neck
~ Shiki
#PrayforJapan
Clouds come from time to time -
and bring to men a chance to rest
from looking at the moon.
~ Basho
Good Morning

comScore Declares TBSL Leadership in Online Recruitment & Real Estate Portals in India!

comScore Declares TBSL Leadership in Online Recruitment & Real Estate Portals in India!

ComScore reports for May 2011 are out, and leadership has become our habit as we retain the No. 1 position again in Jobs & Property portals in India!

The ComScore report for our businesses declared the following results:

Jobs:
·         Over 3rd consecutive month TimesJobs ahead of Naukri in Total Unique visitors (by 2 Lac visitors in May'11) in India!
·         TimesJobs has consistently been ahead of MonsterIndia in Unique Visitors (28% ahead)!
·         Total Unique Visitors increased by 16% (at 4.67 Mn)
·         Total Visits grew by 27% (at 10 million)
·         Average daily visitors has gone up by 22%
·         Total minutes show an improvement of 7%

Property:
·         MagicBricks has been consistently ahead in 'Total Unique Visitors' and holds Rank 1 in the Property category in India!


MagicBricks has improved in all the key metrics in May'11 over Apr'11.

·         Total unique visitors grew by 15% (at 11.49 lacs)
·         Total visits are up by 23% (at 18.47 lacs)           
·         Total Page Views grew by 11% (at 14 Mn)
·         Total Minutes (11 Mn) grew by 14%
·         Average daily visitors improved by 18%


(*comScore is a global leader in measuring the traffic for online portals & is indeed a preferred source of digital marketing intelligence. comScore is trusted by global & Indian internet media industry as the reliable source for online traffic measurement.)


Under cherry-trees
soup, the salad,
fish and all . . .
Seasoned with petals
~ Basho
Good Morning :)
Have you noticed the new Gmail People Widget http://ping.fm/2FAB3 Intrusive?

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"Skill the Nation's Workforce": Kapil Sibal at The TimesJobs.com Annual Skills Summit 2011


"Skill the Nation's Workforce": Kapil Sibal
The HR Minister's clarion call at The TimesJobs.com Annual Skills Summit 2011

Speaking at the inaugural session of The TimesJobs.com Annual Skills Summit 2011 Mr. Kapil Sibal, Honourable Union Minister for HRD, Government of India thanked TimesJobs.com for inviting him to the summit and drew the rapt audience's attention to the 'gargantuan task' of solving the problem of skills shortage in the country. He emphasised that this challenge is at the top of his agenda and therein lies a huge opportunity.

The Skill Shortage

The minister explained that there are 40 million children who enter class high school every year despite a 56% dropout rate. With the government's envisioning a zero dropout rate this number is expected to grow exponentially. Mr. Sibal envisaged that by 2022 with India's population at 1.3 billion, the country will need 500 million skilled people and 250 million graduates to sustain double-digit growth.

The Solution

Outlining the roadmap to skill India on behalf of the government he affirmed that skills are marketable only when they are certified. The honourable minister asserted to overcome this skill shortage, development must be integrated with the education system. And while sector specific interventions are laudable, they are not enough.

Mr. Kapil Sibal announced at the venue that the HRD Ministry will be launching National Vocational Qualification Framework in a month's time. And stressed that "the skills development programme needs collaboration with state governments, municipalities, sector skills councils and industry."

THE HRD Minister while reiterating the 'historic' opportunity in skills development that must be utilised, maintained that the nature of skills required by the industry changes dynamically. Hence, academic curricula need to evolve accordingly. He stated that by "global demographics standards, ultimately the engines of global economy are going to be powered by human capital from India."

The Luminary Speakers at the summit included

Ø      Vineet Nayar, CEO, HCL Technologies Ltd
Ø      Ravi Dhariwal, CEO Publishing, The Times Group
Ø      Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission,
Ø      Dr Chandrasekhar Sripada, VP and Head HR India/South Asia, IBM India;
Ø      Karan Singh, Executive Director-HR, DMRC,
Ø      Jayant Krishna, Principal Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services,
Ø      Sushma Rajagopalan, Head-Global Strategy & Corporate Development, L&T Infotech,
Ø      Ashutosh Chadha, Director, Corporate Affairs Group, Intel (I),
Ø      Sanjay Gupta, Global Head-HR, EXL Service,
Ø      Nikhil Rajpal, Partner, Everest Group,
Ø      Subrat Chakravarty, Head-HR, HCL Technologies-Business Services,
Ø      V Suresh, Principal Executive Officer, HIRCO,
Ø      Dr PR Swarup, Director General, CIDC

While appreciating this provocative convention organised by TimesJobs.com, the speakers deliberated on the scope and magnitude of skills gap in the country.


To read more from the country's HRD Minister and the other panellists at the TimesJobs.com Annual Skills Summit 2011, grab your copy of the latest TJinsite issue here - http://bit.ly/lla4od

Also in the newsletter:

·         Online job portals and recruitment agencies preferred sources to acquire talent
·         Social networking and employee referrals emerging channels to hunt for talent
·         42% of the workforce expects salary appreciations when their organisation grows
·         35% employees consider lack of recognition of work the biggest hindrance to productivity
·         Prashant Deo Singh, Head HR & Group Affairs, Panasonic India shares his views on talent acquisition strategies practised at Panasonic

This data-backed research-driven newsletter is part of a monthly initiative started by TimesJobs.com. The newsletter is shared with more than 4 lakh HR professionals pan-India. To get your copy log on to www.research.timesjobs.com


Visiting the graves . . .
trotting on to show
the way . . .
Old family dog
~ Issa
Good Morning
#PrayforJapan
A movie with Cabbage Patch Dolls and @lisaraniray how much cuter can it get! http://ping.fm/7eLId
India's $35 7" tablet SAKSHAT launching this month - http://ping.fm/SV9ta Hope!
A nursemaid scarecrow . . .
frightening the
wind and sun
From playing baby
~ Issa
Good Morning
In the sea-surf edge
mingling with
bright small shells ..
Bush-clover petals
~ Basho
Good Morning
#PrayforJapan
Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown - bad state today http://ping.fm/Dp224 #PrayforJapan
#Airtel Worst corp in India @ Customer Service http://ping.fm/C2JdJ @airtel_presence
#HTC Sensation Launched in #India http://ping.fm/jLdGp #FTW #Android w/ unlocked bootloader???
The Fabled Unlocked iPhone4 is here - http://ping.fm/Y6liJ WITH a Massive Price Tag
"We are actors in a play who have forgotten they are in a play." ~ Swami Premodaya
"If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes."


Good Morning
Nokia wins patent against Apple> Apple to become a Nokia licensee > http://ping.fm/qIwyo
"Live not ones life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last." - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Good Morning
3 reasons why you might want to wait for the Nexus 3 http://ping.fm/kBOb1 #android
T-Mobile Celebrating Father’s Day, Giving Away 10 Sensation 4Gs http://ping.fm/tMqhx
How to disable ads in the Android notifications menu http://ping.fm/kyWj8 you'll thank me later
8.4 million indian users switch telecom co's in the last five months http://ping.fm/uFs7k speak of the frying pan and the fire...
Unlocked iPhone 4s reach U.S. Apple Stores ahead of Wednesday availability; start at $649? http://ping.fm/Pesp0
RIM getting HTC sense? http://ping.fm/lCUfM #Android #blackberry
http://ping.fm/s2zOF @AnuvabPal: NYU's Manish Acharya Scholarship, spread the word http://ping.fm/Lp28k
Fascinating IMAGE of twitter @trendsmap on World Languages usages http://ping.fm/uTPuD
With facebook slowing down http://ping.fm/Jny6g do these fb phones have a market? HTC Salsa @ Rs. 22K http://ping.fm/7R7WI
For a lovely bowl
let us arrange these
flowers...
Since there is no rice
~ Basho
Good Morning
#PrayforJapan
Facebook moving down the value chain - growth slowing as it nears 700m user mark http://ping.fm/Jny6g
Virgin Mobile USA wants to go commando with #android http://ping.fm/X7gar sensible
Wow what a Big Phone you have! SIZE DOES MATTER! http://ping.fm/5Hkbl
By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity. - Vernon Howard
Good Morning
Camellia-petal
fell in silent dawn . . .
spilling
A water-jewel
~ Basho
Good Morning
#PrayforJapan
Two iPhones to takeoff into space http://ping.fm/GxXpI copying #android @googlenexusone
Black cloudbank broken
scatters in the
night ... Now see
Moon-lighted mountains!
~ Basho
#Pray4Japan
Shocking! Indian women in U.S. aborting female foetuses http://ping.fm/wer5r #SaveOurGirls
Step by step
up a summer mountain -
suddenly: the sea.
~ Issa
Good Morning
#prayforjapan
RIP MF HUSSAIN http://ping.fm/K1l8q a great loss #mfhussain
A short summer night . . .
but in this solemn
darkness
One peony bloomed
~ Buson
Good Morning
Samsung #ftw > CyanogenMod Development for the Samsung Galaxy S II http://ping.fm/dPorI
In the farther field
a scarecrow kept me
company . . .
Walking as I walked
~ Sanin
Good Morning
#PrayforJapan
Dew evaporates
and all our world
is dew . . . So dear,
So fresh, so fleeting
~ Issa
Good Morning
The Internet Is a Human Right! The United Nations declares http://ping.fm/SvmQO
Coders Converge! @ The Great Indian Programming League | TechGig http://ping.fm/ppkGb
"Worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you any where." ~ Zen proverb
Dry cheerful cricket
chirping, keeps
the autumn gay . . .
Contemptuous of frost
~ Basho
Good Morning
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Voltaire #democracy #babaramdev
Ah me! I am one
who spends his little
breakfast
Morning-glory gazing
~ Basho
Good Morning
This is noi way to treat a consumer http://ping.fm/YwM7h +1 for Valia / -1 for Vodkafone
"In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher." HH Dalai Lama
Good Morning
This snowy morning
that black crow
I hate so much . . .
But he's beautiful!
~ Basho
Good Morning