- Of the various nations receiving inflows from its residents
working outside the home country, India is the top recipient of fund
flows with an official total of $10 billion in 2001, much of it from
highly skilled workers.
- Some 48 percent of all "H-1B" visas were awarded to
professional workers in the United States and they went to Indian
doctors, information technology workers and scientists.
- India accounted for 62.5 percent of the inflows to South Asia,
while other competitor, Philippines, accounted for 58 percent of
remittances to East Asia and the Pacific in 2001.
- Around 6.6 million people with Indian passports are officially
working outside India. Also, as many as 22,000 foreign IT workers
were issued with work permits for the UK last year, of whom 85
percent were from India.
- Indians constitute the epicenter of the Silicon Valley
revolution. About one-third of the engineers in Silicon Valley are
of Indian descent, while over 7 percent of valley's high-tech firms
are led by Indian CEOs.
- More than 300,000 Indians worked in technology firms in
California's Silicon Valley, with their average income estimated at
$125,000 a year.
- Indians, along with other immigrant groups, make up 43%of the New
York City workforce. Foreign-born Indians are at the high end of the
educational spectrum as also that for income distribution.
- A report on the New York City immigrant profile, released by the
department of city planning, states that 41% of working Indian males
are in professional and managerial positions. Also, 58 % of working
Indian females are in professional or managerial positions.
- According to the US Census Bureau, the Indian median family
annual income stands at $60,000 as against the national average of
$38,885 and the estimated annual buying power of Indians working
abroad stands at $20 billion.
|
Headhunting from India- Why India
India- Gateway to the most sought after human resources &
professional expertise
Amongst India's various skills and capabilities, the wealth of trained
personnel and a tradition of seeking foreign employment is specially
beneficial in the current times. A home to the largest pool of skilled
manpower, working offshore is culturally inherent to Indians and this is a
great asset when it comes to working in foreign countries. From Engineers,
Software wizards, Scientists, Doctors, Accountants and highly skilled
Technicians to any other faculty, manpower is abundantly available in India.
It is no wonder that the rosters of many MNC and global companies are
repeated with Indian names. From auditors to financial controllers and
nervous to brain surgeons- Indians are found at all levels. Successful
corporations all over the world have Indians working in senior positions.
A look at some of the strengths that has made India an epicenter of
headhunting exercise:
Arabic
Copyright
© Shella Consultants, Mumbai. All Rights Reserved
Manpower Consultancy
