ERA - Summit 7th ANNUAL CONVENTION 2010

ERA is amongst the association formed to support recruitment fraternity in India.
ERA a non profit chamber of commerce is registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960.

Here an article about ERA - 7th Annual Convention 2010

15th Jan 2010
Nimmee Upadhyay

ERA in its 7th Annual Convention 2010 had a theme of MAGNETIC INDIA HARNESSING ENTERPRISING TALENT.
Well known personalities , Business icons , HR Professionals, Political Leaders were among the list of speakers to speak about the topics pertaining the above theme.
This session was anchored by Anokhee Parikh , a Professor at Aditya Birla College.
Her anchoring made the session even more interesting due to her elegant way of speaking.

The summit started in a traditional stytle with a Ganesh stuti sung by a play back singer. It was followed by lighting of lamp by Mr. Sri Prakash Jaiswal, Union Minister of State.
In an inaugural address, Mr. Jaiswal insisted , recruiters to accept the responsibility of being a responsible citizen of a democratic India. Where every responsibility is forced on government. He has humbly asked recruiters to see to it that unemployed should not be exploited. And provide them with better opportunities & thus contribute to the economic growth of India.
He also emphasized that he will make suggestion in the parliament to recruitment fraternity to be given industrial status.

ENTERPRISING INDIAN TALENT :
A mesmerizing speech & presentation given by Mr. R. N. Makhija, Director, L &T, laid emphasis on young leaders
Mr. Makhija himself is a classic example of stability & a role model for all loyal employees who stay in their organization for a long term. Well job hoppers can also be inspired by him if at all convinced by his idea.. He has spent around 44 years in L & T and plans to continue till he gets self satisfaction that he will be remembered as the BEST EMPLOYEE in his organization.
Being involved into CSR activities along with other responsibilities , he has set unique example as to how to absorb unqualified or unskilled laborer , school drop outs by engaging them into educational training program mes initiated by L & T and thus making them qualified by giving requisite training and educations. Thereby creating cost saving and reducing unskilled employment at global level.

Couple of more topics covered under this summit viz ----

IDENTIFYING & DEVELOPING LEADERS , with an idea supporting women leadership.

HOW TO BE AN EMPLOYER O CHOICE : ROLE OF BRANDING
In today's cut throat competition every organization is having a bull fight to survive in a global market and want to be a employer of choice. And have big time investment into PR , branding etc to promote themselves. BE IT EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYEE , EVERYBODY WANTS THE BEST.
Same is explained very humorously by Mr. H. R. Shashikant emphasing on KRA.
If u took KRA as Key Result Area then you got him wrong. Its rather “ KYU RAKHU AAPKO “ in his dictionary. “Yes”, an employer will always think as to why he should hire and retail a particular employee. It still continue with the employee perception why should I (employee) join You (organization) or why should I stay with you. If all these 3 factors work in co-ordination there is an auto – mechanism of branding of both employer and employee. As both will be happy with each other and work for mutual benefit. Again an ex-employee also play an important role in branding.

FUTURE OF COMPENSATION & REWARDS
This discussion summarizes the idea of equitable designing of compensation and benefits among SENIORS AND JUNIORS. And in the coming years it is more likely that the idea of compensation will get completely replaced by REWARDS as discussed by the panelist Ms Saagarika Rai CPO , Reliance Big Entertainment , Mr. Dhananjay Bansod CPO , Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt Ltd. , Mr. Yugesh Goutam VP – HR , KEC International Pvt. Ltd

ENGAGEMENT & RETENTION STRATEGIES :
Mr. Manuel D’souza , CPO illustrated with the help of statistics how he has implemented engagement & retention strategies and how its has helped improved overall productivity in his organization .
A very important message from this presentation is that , it is very important to keep employee engage which help to increase productivity and also have better work environment.

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES :
Mr. Aashu Calapa , EVP HR, First Source Solutions Ltd., Says often an image of CEO is reflected in the image of an organizations
According to Mr. Calapa , better organization culture should involve following steps

1)GETTING RIGHT CEO
2)RECRUITING RIGHT TEAM
3)MODELING RIGHT BEHAVIOUR
4)CREATING POLICIES THAT DON’T DIFFERENTIATE AMONG LEVELS
5)TAKE TOUGH ACTIONS AGAINST ERRANT BEHAVIOUR IRRESPECTIVE OF LEVEL
6)GOOD CORPORATE KNOWLEDGE
Justified the above points by a famous quotes given by Larry Bossidy
“I AM CONVINCED THAT NOTHING WE DO IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HIRING & DEVELOPING PEOPLE. AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU BET ON PEOPLE , NOT ON STRATEGIES”,

Last presentation was given by Mr. Sanjay jog HR Head – Pantaloon Retails India Limited about NURTURING INTRAPRENEURS – THE FUTURE GROUP WAY..

Towards the end of the session there was a lucky draw winner , Mr. Karan Kapoor , a HR Manager at S R Corporate Services Pvt.

Its was a nice and interactive session . But it is can be improvised and have better opportunites for job seekers and recruiters by providing myriad of other opportunities related to recruitment ethics at corporate level and individual level.

We have way to go with ERA!!


Compiled by Nimmee Upadhyay

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