Foreigners flock to India for good jobs
Ruby Nanda in New Delhi
October 11, 2007 15:06 IST
Whether it is a challenge they are seeking or an opportunity to boost career prospects back home, young foreign nationals, on the threshold of a new career, are taking up jobs in India even in fields other than the IT industry.
After middle and senior level foreigners making it to India it is now the turn of professionals who are at the beginning of their career to flock to the country, as the work environment throws them a huge challenge, both professional as well as personal.
Kersten Kolser, 23, from Austria currently interning in a local advertising firm, says "Work experience in India is definitely very helpful since India and China are one of the fastest growing economies. And most of the European companies are expanding to India. Therefore, working here will be an added advantage for me."
According to rough estimates, around 20,000 to 30,000 expatriates are believed to be working in India, that is just about a fraction of 100,000 foreigners working in China, Singapore and Hong Kong.
"Exposure to a fast growing business economy is probably the biggest incentive and reason that young professionals are increasingly taking up jobs in Indian industry," says R. Sunder, president, Times Business solutions.
He adds that in the job portal Times job.com has over 110,000 profiles of foreigners job seekers registered on the site indicating the ( high) level of interest in India.
Mohammed, from UAE, says, "Training helps us for sure. One gets to know different cultures, improves our networking skills, how to deal with people and also develop a cosmopolitan outlook."
The cosmopolitan outlook increases as the milieu of foreigners coming to work in India is varied. E.Balaji, Coo, Ma Foi management says, "Foreigners come to India from South East Asia, Eastern Europe, and Continental Europe and America among other countries." He adds, the work experience in India is adding a lot of value to their resumes.
He is of the view that candidates who are unable to get good job prospects in their respective country are getting jobs and good growth opportunities in India with expat pay packages.
Agrees Lidiya Ropay, 23, from Bulgaria working as an HR executive here, "In Bulgaria it's very difficult to find jobs, even after a Masters degree and knowledge of foreign languages. One must have at least one year's experience to work as an specialist in a certain spere. She adds, work experience in a foreign country is always a great plus to one's CV. And if you are successful in India, it shows that you are adaptive and hard-working."
The IT and ITeS sector has always been at the forefront of acquiring talent from outside. But now this trend has shift to other sectors too. Sectors such as retail, hospitality, manufacturing, analytics, infrastructure, pharma among others are catching up say the job consultants in India. The Indian magic continues to enchant.
With many India companies hiring foreign CEOs recruitment in the Indian industries was mainly at the middle and higher levels. Now more and more freshers too are opting to begin their careers from India itself. Some of them are exchange students or come here as a tourist prefer to do a job stint here before going back to their native land.
But, everything is not as bright and sunny for the expats who come to work in this complex nation. Many foreigners have communication problems and suffer a culture shock when they first come to India.
Lohuis, 23, Netherlands says he had communication problems with his previous boss. So he had to leave to the job and look for another.
Another grouse that some of the youngsters have is that things are very disorganised in the work arena here. Lidiya says in Europe you get things arranged like information,
stationery, facilities etc while in India it is sheer chaos- lack of organisation and delayed deadlines. Yet the lure of a booming economy and the fascinating land gives them the experience of a life time.
As Mohamad impishly says, "If you can live and work in India then you can work anywhere in the world. It is an experience of a lifetime."
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Saturday, October 13, 2007
Australia-vs-India2007
India face daunting task to stay alive in series
S S Ramaswamy
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October 13, 2007 15:27 IST
India will need to play out of their skin to stop the mighty Australians from clinching the series as they go into the must-win sixth cricket one-dayer in Nagpur on Sunday with their confidence dented by the Vadodara debacle.
The nine-wicket thrashing in Vadodara not only allowed the Australians to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the seven-match series but also came as a big blow for the home team which had raised hopes of a spirited fightback.
The Indians have now been left with the daunting task of winning the last two matches to level the series, a task which is not impossible but appears extremely difficult going by their current form.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] has asked his teammates to forget the Vadodara humiliation and look ahead to the remaining two matches of the series but the Australians are in no mood to allow India to recover at all.
Australia's domination reminiscent of 1983 West Indies
The hosts need to put their last defeat firmly on the backburner and raise their game by a few notches at the VCA stadium where the batsmen are expected to have a field day.
The key to the Indian batting lies in the opening partnership between Sachin Tendulkar [Images] and Sourav Ganguly [Images] as the wicket promises a feast of runs after a dew-freshened first hour's play.
"Our main aim would be not to lose wickets in the first ten overs. Whenever we have had a good opening partnership we have put up a good total," said the team's cricket manager Lalchand Rajput.
There could be some help to the new ball bowlers in the morning, with the dew factor coming into play, though the wicket would be covered overnight.
'Talking back won't annoy Aussies'
It would be interesting to see what decision Mahendra Singh Dhoni takes if he wins the toss for the second successive time in the rubber.
Mitchell Johnson, the 25-year-old left-arm swing bowler, who grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul in Vadodara, and Brett Lee [Images] were the nemesis of India in the last game and could again pose a big threat in the first hour's play because of the morning dew.
But the Indians, at this point, seem better at setting up a target than chasing it and the team is confident of not only winning the tie tomorrow, but also the seventh and last one at the Wankhede Stadium.
"Why not (about India drawing level in the rubber)? The boys are confident. They have come back from 0-2 down in England [Images] to level the series 3-3 (and then lost it 3-4). We will go in with positive intent and the boys are very confident," Rajput said.
Barring Tendulkar, who came up with an elegant 47 to mark his 400th ODI appearance, the rest of the top-order batsmen succumbed to the swing of Johnson and the speed of Lee, who removed struggling Rahul Dravid [Images] for a duck.
India would be hoping for a big turnaround in Dravid's form, as he is a batsman who can lend solidity to the middle-order and bat around the other stroke-makers, which will help them to launch an attack in the last overs.
Dravid is in woeful touch as he has mustered only 44 runs in four innings and the total includes two ducks.
However, his shortage of runs is not worrying the team management and they are looking forward to one small break to come up the Bangalore stalwart's way.
"I don't think so (that Dravid's lack of form is a worry). He's a great player. 'The Wall', needs just that one break (to go on to a big score). He got a good first ball that day," said Rajput when queried whether the middle-order mainstay's lack of runs is worrying the team management.
An important aspect which could impact the result and strengthen India's hands, is the hip injury sustained by the imposing Matthew Hayden [Images] when he made a turn for the second run during his half century stand with Adam Gilchrist [Images] at Vadodara.
If Hayden is unable to play, it would be a huge relief for the Indian bowlers who have been at the receiving end of an imperious assault from Hayden and Andrew Symonds [Images] in the series so far.
Sources in the Australian camp feel he's almost certain to play after having responded well to the treatment for the injury.
But the additional worrying factor from the fifth game is the rediscovered touch of the other opening marauder in the Australian team, Gilchrist.
The wicketkeeper was struggling in the previous four games mustering only 59 runs but smashed an unbeaten 79 in 77 balls at Vadodara.
The left-hander also singled out comeback man Murali Kartik for some special treatment by smacking him for three sixes in one over to dent his confidence to some extent.
It's very important for the Indians that Kartik, who bowled very well after bring recalled for the Chandigarh ODI after a 20-month gap, regains his bowling poise.
The 31-year-old's bowling spell along with off spinner Harbhajan Singh [Images] in the middle overs could again become crucial on a ground with a very well-maintained outfield but short straight and square (60-65m long) boundaries.
The Indians are sure to be egged on by the full-throated support of a capacity 35,000 crowd and it's up to them to take advantage of this additional plus point in their favour.
After the hot and humid conditions at Vadodara, the weather here is a little cooler and less oppressive, which will be welcomed by both the teams.
The teams (from) :-
India: M S Dhoni (Captain), Yuvraj Singh [Images] (Vice capt.), Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan [Images], Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, R P Singh, Zaheer Khan [Images], S Sreesanth [Images], Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Kartik, S Badrinath.
Australia: Ricky Ponting (Capt), Adam Gilchrist, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden, Brad Haddin, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds.
On-field Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Amish Saheba (Ind).
Third umpire: Suresh Shastri (Ind).
Match referee: Chris Broad (Eng).
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October 13, 2007 15:27 IST
India will need to play out of their skin to stop the mighty Australians from clinching the series as they go into the must-win sixth cricket one-dayer in Nagpur on Sunday with their confidence dented by the Vadodara debacle.
The nine-wicket thrashing in Vadodara not only allowed the Australians to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the seven-match series but also came as a big blow for the home team which had raised hopes of a spirited fightback.
The Indians have now been left with the daunting task of winning the last two matches to level the series, a task which is not impossible but appears extremely difficult going by their current form.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] has asked his teammates to forget the Vadodara humiliation and look ahead to the remaining two matches of the series but the Australians are in no mood to allow India to recover at all.
Australia's domination reminiscent of 1983 West Indies
The hosts need to put their last defeat firmly on the backburner and raise their game by a few notches at the VCA stadium where the batsmen are expected to have a field day.
The key to the Indian batting lies in the opening partnership between Sachin Tendulkar [Images] and Sourav Ganguly [Images] as the wicket promises a feast of runs after a dew-freshened first hour's play.
"Our main aim would be not to lose wickets in the first ten overs. Whenever we have had a good opening partnership we have put up a good total," said the team's cricket manager Lalchand Rajput.
There could be some help to the new ball bowlers in the morning, with the dew factor coming into play, though the wicket would be covered overnight.
'Talking back won't annoy Aussies'
It would be interesting to see what decision Mahendra Singh Dhoni takes if he wins the toss for the second successive time in the rubber.
Mitchell Johnson, the 25-year-old left-arm swing bowler, who grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul in Vadodara, and Brett Lee [Images] were the nemesis of India in the last game and could again pose a big threat in the first hour's play because of the morning dew.
But the Indians, at this point, seem better at setting up a target than chasing it and the team is confident of not only winning the tie tomorrow, but also the seventh and last one at the Wankhede Stadium.
"Why not (about India drawing level in the rubber)? The boys are confident. They have come back from 0-2 down in England [Images] to level the series 3-3 (and then lost it 3-4). We will go in with positive intent and the boys are very confident," Rajput said.
Barring Tendulkar, who came up with an elegant 47 to mark his 400th ODI appearance, the rest of the top-order batsmen succumbed to the swing of Johnson and the speed of Lee, who removed struggling Rahul Dravid [Images] for a duck.
India would be hoping for a big turnaround in Dravid's form, as he is a batsman who can lend solidity to the middle-order and bat around the other stroke-makers, which will help them to launch an attack in the last overs.
Dravid is in woeful touch as he has mustered only 44 runs in four innings and the total includes two ducks.
However, his shortage of runs is not worrying the team management and they are looking forward to one small break to come up the Bangalore stalwart's way.
"I don't think so (that Dravid's lack of form is a worry). He's a great player. 'The Wall', needs just that one break (to go on to a big score). He got a good first ball that day," said Rajput when queried whether the middle-order mainstay's lack of runs is worrying the team management.
An important aspect which could impact the result and strengthen India's hands, is the hip injury sustained by the imposing Matthew Hayden [Images] when he made a turn for the second run during his half century stand with Adam Gilchrist [Images] at Vadodara.
If Hayden is unable to play, it would be a huge relief for the Indian bowlers who have been at the receiving end of an imperious assault from Hayden and Andrew Symonds [Images] in the series so far.
Sources in the Australian camp feel he's almost certain to play after having responded well to the treatment for the injury.
But the additional worrying factor from the fifth game is the rediscovered touch of the other opening marauder in the Australian team, Gilchrist.
The wicketkeeper was struggling in the previous four games mustering only 59 runs but smashed an unbeaten 79 in 77 balls at Vadodara.
The left-hander also singled out comeback man Murali Kartik for some special treatment by smacking him for three sixes in one over to dent his confidence to some extent.
It's very important for the Indians that Kartik, who bowled very well after bring recalled for the Chandigarh ODI after a 20-month gap, regains his bowling poise.
The 31-year-old's bowling spell along with off spinner Harbhajan Singh [Images] in the middle overs could again become crucial on a ground with a very well-maintained outfield but short straight and square (60-65m long) boundaries.
The Indians are sure to be egged on by the full-throated support of a capacity 35,000 crowd and it's up to them to take advantage of this additional plus point in their favour.
After the hot and humid conditions at Vadodara, the weather here is a little cooler and less oppressive, which will be welcomed by both the teams.
The teams (from) :-
India: M S Dhoni (Captain), Yuvraj Singh [Images] (Vice capt.), Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan [Images], Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, R P Singh, Zaheer Khan [Images], S Sreesanth [Images], Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Kartik, S Badrinath.
Australia: Ricky Ponting (Capt), Adam Gilchrist, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden, Brad Haddin, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds.
On-field Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Amish Saheba (Ind).
Third umpire: Suresh Shastri (Ind).
Match referee: Chris Broad (Eng).
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