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Corporate India might be cheering the speed at which Satyam Computer is being put “on the road to recovery”, but the IT giant’s 50,000 employees aren’t still entirely at peace.

“We were really anxious till the day before the announcement of Tech Mahindra buying the stake in Satyam. Now, we are confused – there are rumours about a complete restructuring of Satyam,” said Ram Kumar, who works in the marketing team in Chennai.

Employees’ worries range from layoffs to whether the company will continue to have an office in Chennai. “We need representatives from the management or the new owners to come and talk to us about the sale,” said R Shankar, who has been with Satyam for over four years.

They’re also worried whether their work culture will match the buyer’s. Tech Mahindra is a telecom company and “some of our North American clients had never heard of Tech Mahindra before the buyout,” Shankar said.

Satyam has two kinds of employees – billable and non-billable associates. Billable associates are employees who are working
on projects; non-billable associates are on the bench or between projects. Then there is the support staff like arketing and finance teams. “The new owners may want to cut down on this section as they are not needed on projects,” said Kumar.

“Support staff don’t bring in revenue directly, so I don’t know if we will be included in the restructuring plans,” said Radha Shyam. “A report said 12,000 people would be laid off once the takeover is over. We’re quite anxious,” she said.

“I think the takeover is very good for Satyam. And, for me, if my job is intact, then the move is good,” said Kumar.

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Another site, Oodle.com, is a classified-ad aggregator that pulls its listings from thousands of other sites (though not from Craigslist.org). The site simply links to ads found elsewhere, with some tools for refining a search and an option to receive e-mail updates about new listings. Classifieds are especially useful for those searching for non-corporate, non-technical jobs, and PC Magazine calls Oodle “a formidable web presence” in the field.

Yet another option is Hound.com, a job site that narrows its search results to employer websites only. The idea is to weed out bogus listings and positions that have been filled in favor of the most current postings from company sites. The focus on quality over quantity could save time wasted by chasing dead or worthless links. Juju.com uses a similar strategy. JobCentral.com is a membership organization of major corporations like IBM and Hewlett-Packard. It allows job seekers to directly search employer ads and might be worth a try if you’re looking for work with a huge corporation.

Although America’s Job Bank is now defunct, the U.S, Department of Labor’s site CareerOneStop.org, allows users to search state job banks, which incorporate a wide variety of non-technical and non-business categories. The new site retains the InfoNet section, which contains company profiles, median salary information and education statistics supplied by the government.

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Although Monster, CareerBuilder and Yahoo! HotJobs remain the largest job sites, there’s evidence that job seekers and employers are finding more targeted ways to look for a potential position or candidate. While it didn’t specifically start out as a job-hunt site, the online classifieds website Craigslist.org has been growing in usefulness as a job-search resource. Indeed, Craigslist boasts that its job boards have millions more daily page views than either Monster or CareerBuilder.

Employers are able to post ads to Craigslist.org for free or at a nominal cost, in contrast to the hundreds of dollars the major job boards charge per ad. This makes Craigslist.org attractive to smaller employers and to those posting more esoteric jobs. The site is organized by city and state, and the listings represent a good cross-section of locally available opportunities. Jobs are categorized by industry, with the most recent postings listed first. There is also a keyword search engine with a few filtering options. Part-time and temporary jobs are listed separately under “gigs.” Other career sites are blocked from gathering ads from Craigslist.org, so its postings generally won’t show up on aggregator sites like SimplyHired.com or Indeed.com.

Job seekers may post resumes on Craigslist.org, but it’s important to take privacy precautions since anyone can view what you post. Likewise, take precautions with responses, since anyone may pose as a representative from a company. Take the time to do your own follow-up work to make sure the offer is legitimate. All personal information other than an e-mail address should be removed from your resume. Job-Hunt.org offers detailed guidelines on “Your Cyber-Safe Resume,” tailored to sites like Craigslist.org.

Another trend is the increasing recognition of networking sites as an effective alternative to the major job sites. The professional networking service LinkedIn is cited by PC Magazine as “by far the most developed” of these. Users can create a LinkedIn account and post personal profiles detailing their skills and experience. Headhunters browsing the site for employees with relevant experience may contact individuals after seeing their profiles. Each profile includes an option to add contacts and references from past and current colleagues, and enlarging your network increases the chances of a recruiter (or even just a colleague that knows about an open position) noticing your profile. According to About.com’s Alison Doyle, “LinkedIn members comprise 130 different industries, and include 130,000 recruiters.” Mega-sites CareerBuilder and Monster are following this trend and now give users the option to create a business networking profile.

LinkedIn.com’s members can invite others to join their list of connections and thus build a network. In addition, your contacts may provide referrals to people they list on their profiles, increasing your ability to make personal connections with those you otherwise would never meet. Members may search the site for those with the same background, university or experience, potentially leading to fresh opportunities. LinkedIn’s primary function is social networking rather than job searching, but the site does have job listings and a search function. A tool called JobInsider allows users to open any job ad on Monster, CareerBuilder, HotJobs, Craigslist, SimplyHired, Dice or Vault, and then find out who in their network is employed by the hiring company. JobInsider also gives users tools to request an introduction with the hiring manager and mention the employees the user already knows. This gives LinkedIn job seekers an advantage over others who just anonymously respond to an ad, since LinkedIn users already have an “in” with the hiring manager. Creating a profile at LinkedIn.com is free.

Jobster.com is a site that combines advertising and recruiting services for companies with social-networking and job-search features. User profiles and employee reviews of corporations appear on the site along with resume posts and searchable job listings. In addition, Jobster’s interface with the social-networking site Facebook.com allows users to create a “talent network” listing the user’s professional connections. CareerBuilder.com, Dice.com, SimplyHired.com and HotJobs.com have also developed applications linking

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