Posted by lana
Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:11:01 GMT
This is one of the most commonly asked question about any organization. Within Accenture, their Human Resources (HR) department plays a major role in the employee’s promotions (and salary increases) than the employee’s manager. It does not make sense since the manager knows more about an employee’s potential than the HR folks. I guess the theory behind the HR’s tight reign and control is to ensure uniformity across the organization.. huh.
Now lets see what one could do to get the promotion and better salary increases.
- Try to establish good relationship with the HR folks; Always keep in touch them and be nice to them. When they are around, make sure to behave properly… the theme here is, every little bit helps.
- You are the ambassador of the Accenture brand – so do things outside work (aka extra-curricular activities) that promotes and fosters Accenture brand. For example, participate in non-profit organization events to spread Accenture Brand. More importantly make sure that the HR folks are aware of your activities.
- Last and the least, make sure to have a good relation with your boss. Always make him successful and make him look nice in-front of others.
Now a little quiz. Which of the following two candidates are likely to get the promoted and fetch higher salary increases:
- Awesome technical guy, good enough to be working at Google to rewrite their search algorithms
- An above-average employee with good relations with HR and participating in few extra-curricular activities.
Any guesses?
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Posted by chuck
Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:12:37 GMT
In a recent survey by Accenture (NYSE:
ACN), employers that offer interesting work, regular recognition and
rewards, and opportunities for quick advancement are the most popular
targets for job seekers. Following are the key characteristics that
is of greatest interest to job seekers:
Opportunities for fast career
growth
Employer business outlook
Taking care of employees
Challenging and interesting work
source:
http://www.hrlook.com/news.asp?id=082906b.asp
Now the question is, how does Accenture
treat their employees? Click on the following links to see the
results from our Accenture Employee Surveys:
Current employee’s opinion:
http://www.tecross.com/accenture/employee_surveys/scorecard/3
http://www.tecross.com/accenture/employee_surveys/feedback_comments/3
Former employee’s opinion:
http://www.tecross.com/accenture/former_employee_surveys/scorecard/3
http://www.tecross.com/...
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Posted by tecross_staff
Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:53:07 GMT
We have done a preliminary study of all the surveys we have in-house. Our sincere thanks to those individuals who had taken time to share their opinions on their current and as well past employers. It has been strikingly obvious that people are more critical of their current employer than the previous employers. Also the longer the tenure with the current employer, the mellower the opinion on the past employers. What does this mean? Is it possible that time erases bad memory? People become more forgiving over time? Our initial reaction for this employee behavior is the grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side syndrome. But we found that this is not always the case. There are circumstances where an individual employee still feels the same way even after leaving the company for more than 2 years. If you are looking for a job, make sure to avoid such companies or at least try to understand the problem before you walk-in. On the flip side, it is also a possible case of disgruntled employee situation.
To get more understanding on this situation, we did contact few individuals to understand their take on this topic. The common theme is that the current employer often fails to provide the challenges and opportunities that they promised (directly or indirectly) during the recruitment process. Our take is that the result is inconclusive – it appears our grass-theory is right, however, we have to do more thorough study.
So look forward to our detailed study on this subject in the very new future. Meanwhile if you have something to share about your current employer or past employers, visit us at http://www.tecross.com
-Tecross Team
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