There’s a pretty good package of articles in Inc. magazine on the topic of small businesses “going global.” The article I find most insightful is an American businessman’s view of Vikas Goel, CEO of eSys Technologies of Singapore. Setting aside the fact that Goel never really struggled and became an overnight, global business sensation, the well-educated,… Continue reading
Archive for July, 2007
Global Labor Crunch Gains Believers
The worldwide talent shortage, one that may eventually constrain corporate growth, is once again in the news. BusinessWeek ponders the question, “Where Are All the Workers?” The authors note that the global labor crunch is striking unusual places such as Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, and in Peoria, Illinois. The authors argue, quite correctly,… Continue reading
Bad Boss Transparency
This has been a rough year for lousy bosses. First we were empowered by Robert Sutton’s book, The No Asshole Rule, then we were amused by Stanley Bing’s Crazy Bosses, and now there’s a website called eBossWatch that allows us to call out the bastards. What do these works have in common? Call it bad… Continue reading
IT Salaries Rising Amid New Opportunities
Unless you’re an HR compensation wonk, you may be unaware that most published salary studies utilize data provided by corporate sponsors. The data in employer-based studies is solid, but there’s always something missing. That missing ingredient is the employee’s perspective about their satisfaction with their employer, and their commitment to their career. That’s precisely the… Continue reading
Valley of the Jolly Interns
In a CNET article called “Wooing Interns to Silicon Valley,” we learn that there’s a “shrinking pool” of tech graduates who are spoiled by MiGoYa (Microsoft, Google, Yahoo) among others in summer internship programs that are fueled by mass quantities of ice cream, baseball tickets and dodgeball tournaments. How much coddling is enough? Will these… Continue reading
