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- Ministry Asked to Speed Up 3G Auction Process, IM to Get Revised
- PTCL Offers Limited Time Free Upgrade from 2 MB to 4 MB Broadband
- Brand Matters: Employer Brand Strength Dramatically Impacts Talent Acquisition
- Ufone has a Social Networking Website: ClubUfone
- Teradata Inaugurates its Office in Lahore
| Ministry Asked to Speed Up 3G Auction Process, IM to Get Revised Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:39 PM PDT
For which, ProPakistani has learned, a meeting of the Auction Supervisory Committee (ASC) is scheduled today to finalize modalities for hiring international consultant to award 3G licenses. Standing committee unanimously approved the recommendations of the sub-committee primarily aimed at ensuring transparency in the process of 3G license bidding. The committee directed the ministry to expedite the auction process in the light of recommendations submitted by the sub-committee and approved by the main committee. The international consultant, once appointed, would determine and review the auction process from scratch. PTA was further directed to follow the best international practices in awarding 3-G contracts and with the objective of maximizing revenue, efficiency and competitiveness in the best national interest. The PTA must observe the performance and financial viability of existing mobile phone companies before considering them to qualify for the bidding process. The Ministry of IT was recommended to ensure that infrastructure sharing is mandatory for the license holders to avoid environment pollution and encourage economies of scale. The PTA was suggested to avoid awarding more than one block to one operator as this would be anti-competitive. Alternatively, PTA must impose the condition to launch 4-G technology on two blocks brought by any one operator. The PTA should make criteria for appointment of international consultant transparent as well as complete the hiring process at the earliest so that the auction process of 3G could be completed without further delay. Related posts:
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| PTCL Offers Limited Time Free Upgrade from 2 MB to 4 MB Broadband Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:09 PM PDT
Customers can enjoy 4 Mbps speed at the price of 2 Mbps during Ramadan. All existing customers (of 2 Mbps broadband) can call 1236 to get their broadband speeds upgraded to 4 Mbps without any additional cost till September 30th, 2012, after which they will have to pay usual price of 4 Mbps, i.e. Rs. 1,999 per month. New customers can also avail this offer, while 1 Mbps broadband holders can upgrade to 4 Mbps speeds as well. Promotion Details:
*Rs. 5,000 per month will be charged for greater than 300 GBs downloads. Highlights:
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| Brand Matters: Employer Brand Strength Dramatically Impacts Talent Acquisition Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:05 PM PDT
Employing the most talented people has to be the most important thing that you are asked to do. Do it better than the competition and you can conquer the world. Do it worse and the best you can ever hope for is second place – Glyn House What's your dream job? For most people it has to do with their passions. Even if that passion is doing nothing and getting paid for it, the dream remains. However, the quantification of dreams has become increasingly possible, especially when one considers the strength of the feelings that drives people towards particular organizations for jobs rather than others. It was believed that pay scales, work hours and employee relations were the main drivers for job seekers when choosing where to apply, a fact that was borne out by statistical data. But that was before the growth of the brand management industry and the increasing strength of positive brand perceptions among consumers became important factors in deciding consumer choices. So if brand perceptions can influence consumers, is it also true, as is widely believed, that employer brand strength influences job seekers choosing where to apply? According to the 'ROZEE.PK Top Employer Rankings 2012', a survey conducted by ROZEE.PK in collaboration with YouGov, the answer is yes. For example, a highly branded employer who posted a job in the functional area of Accounts & Finance attracted up to 879% more applicants than a weakly branded employer seeking talent for the same category. The results of the data analysis show that job seekers displayed the same pattern by applying more to those openings that were posted by a top employer. Within the same time frame, there was a vast difference between the number of applications received per job posting by highly branded employers and those received by weakly branded employers. Though the difference in labor supply against demand is still considerable within the Pakistani labor market, what is surprising is that the number of job-seekers – the majority in fact – prefer applying to employers they perceive to be a better employer brand than their competitors. This impacts the job market in two conflicting ways: firstly, companies with strong employer branding have a larger pool of talent at their disposal eager to work, thus reflecting an intensified supply of labor in the market; two, companies that have not built 'employer brand awareness' are left with a meager percentage applying to their vacancies, hence perpetually perceiving a more serious shortage of supply in the job market. From analyzing this data we can come to the conclusion that though the Pakistani market is largely an employers market, this isn't true for all companies. Only certain companies, those with good brand and employee reputations, are likely to have a glut of applications for jobs, while others with negative perceptions among job seekers are left out in the cold. The strength of employee branding is a phenomena that is slowly growing in Pakistan and this is a positive trend. It forces companies with bad reputations to improve their human resource infrastructure in order to compete for the best talent, and it gives incentive for the market leaders to stay ahead of the curve. In an employers market it's important that employee rights are protected. The best way of doing this is by giving potential job seekers the tools and information they need to make the right choices for their careers. If the results of the study are anything to go by, it seems that lots of employers need to pull up their socks in the game to attract the best and brightest to their doorsteps. In a previous study, it was shown that the impact of changing demands for different skill sets over time and its corresponding impact on talent supply changed market perceptions about necessary job skills. In the 'ROZEE.PK Top Employer Rankings 2012', we concluded that although labor supply and demand for particular categories influences applicant ratios for jobs, it is the job-seekers' perception towards the employer that plays the most significant role in attracting talent. The author is the CEO and founder of ROZEE.pk, Pakistan's most popular and widely visited employment website. Related posts:
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| Ufone has a Social Networking Website: ClubUfone Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:00 PM PDT
Under the umbrella of its youth brand, Uth, Ufone introduced this Facebook like localized social networking website http://www.clubufone.com for users in Pakistan. We are told that ClubUfone was initially an exclusive service for Ufone subscribers, but now anyone having a mobile phone (of other than Ufone networks) can get registered too. Simply sign up at the URL mentioned above and you are in. ClubUfone offers almost all basic features of a social networking website, where users can add photos, videos, music, events and much more. ClubUfone also offers video chat service between friends and a facility for businesses and celebrities to create pages (just like Facebook fan pages). Ufone said that ClubUfone is specifically bundled for those living in Pakistan with localized features and language. ClubUfone users can select Urdu as their primary language to start using the website in Urdu fonts. ClubUfone is optimized for phones with minimalistic look and feel. Moreover, Ufone users can sign-up, update their status and do other basic operations through SMS. Ufone users can send Sub to 7171 to subscribe, while registered users can update their status on ClubUfone by Send an SMS: st (space) your message to 7171. All text messages sent to 7171 are charged at @12 Paisa/SMS Related posts:
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| Teradata Inaugurates its Office in Lahore Posted: 19 Jul 2012 08:48 PM PDT
Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, officiated at the inauguration ceremony and appreciated Teradata's efforts in encouraging economic growth of the IT sector in Pakistan. He extended Government of Punjab's support to Teradata in extending their operations in Punjab. Teradata is focused on integrated data warehousing, big data analytics, and business applications. Teradata's innovative products and services deliver data integration and business insight to empower organizations to make the best decisions possible for competitive advantage. Hermann Wimmer, Teradata President for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) present at the occasion said, "Teradata remains committed towards growth in Pakistan market, extending the Lahore office by setting up an office with the capacity of 200+ highly skilled IT professionals', is a testimony to how Teradata envisions the economic potential of Pakistan". Khuram Rahat, Teradata Managing Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh said, "I am very pleased to see the Government of Punjab's support for Teradata. We have come a long way since our office at Lahore was established in Lahore in 1997 with only 5 persons, and has now extended to a 200+seat office and with plans of growth in the near future." Expressing his views on the occasion, Burhan Khan, Manager Teradata Global Consulting Center Pakistan, said that extending operations from Islamabad to Lahore would contribute to the knowledge economy of Punjab and will help Teradata tap into exceptionally skilled IT professionals. Dr. Umar Saif, Chairman Punjab IT Board (PITB), introduced the Teradata University Program and announced 15 universities of Punjab which will be participating in this knowledge transfer program during the year 2012-13. Related posts:
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