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Shyamal Majumdar: HR to the fore

A slowdown provides an opportunity to bring the human resources department into mainstream business decision-making

Lunch with BS: Ashish Nanda

'Recruit students, not just select them'

Shyamal Majumdar: More say on pay

India Inc has to forget the secrecy around executive compensation

Why Anjani Sinha's affidavit is a joke

NSEL's former MD & CEO has proved to be too clever by half

Shyamal Majumdar: Leading during crisis

Companies are looking for people who have the skills tailored to an environment of urgency, high stakes and uncertainty

Tea with BS: Suresh Vaswani, President, Dell Services

'It's like being reborn'

Five ways to deal with pink slips

Getting emotional won't help; have a well-planned exit strategy even when you are getting into your first job

NREGS and child labour

An ILO study shows child labour has declined for girls from households that had taken up the work guarantee programme

The gender skew

Girls outperform boys in board exams, but why do they falter after that?

Lunch with BS: Arvind Saxena

Fixing the nuts and bolts

India's talent 'surplus'

In 10 years, we will have two college-trained aspirants for every job

Job interview strategies from the trenches

The prolific adman has co-authored a useful primer on how to prepare for and appear at job interviews

Dealing with a tragedy

Everyone will watch the probe panel set up by the Tatas after Charudatta Deshpande's death

Succession plan: What's that?

Too many corporate leaders cherish the crown of indispensability

Japan Diary | PM hands out Padma Shri to Japanese scholar

Noburu Karashima bagged the award for contribution in literature and education

RBI to have more space for pro-growth policies, says PM

Singh denies rift with Sonia, says there are no permanent enemies or friends in politics

India, Thailand set to end FTA suspense by October

10-year-long negotiations reach the final lap; extradition treaty clinched

Bangkok Diary | Subbarao not alone in resisting rate cut pressure

Thailand Governor Prasam Traiatvorakul cut policy rates by 25 bps even though the country's FM went public with demand for 50-75 bps cut

Japan Diary | Sore over Indian FDI norms? See Japan

Japan's retail location law requires 2/3rd local resident support for a chain store to open in a new location

India, Japan grapple with matching words & action

Joint statement talks about fast-tracking civil nuclear pact, agreement on maritime cooperation