Friday, February 15, 2008

“HR outsourcing is at a very nascent stage in India today, in comparison to the US & the UK”

Besides the regular, temporary & permanent staffing solutions, ‘Ma Foi’ also offers a unique staffing solution for the top management levels, as well as for the companies that are on the verge of commencing operations in India. For Ma Foi, the link with the client is not just restricted to providing staffing solutions. So when overseas clients set up shop in India & start HASTHA KRISHNAN, CEO, MGSSLGreenfield projects, Ma Foi offers them inter-management services till the time it takes them to set up their offices, get their licences etc. Till then, the CEOs & other key personnel are on the payrolls of Ma Foi. Once the office is set up & requisite licences are obtained, Ma Foi shift s back into the client mode. Hastha feels, “Organisations are comfortable subscribing this service from us, because Ma Foi is a much respected organisation, around the world & it solves their problems many folds.”

Ma Foi keenly understands its client’s needs & trains the staff to be employed on both soft & technical skills. Most of the training is tailor-made, but general training on time management, customer orientation, developing sales & negotiation skills is also imparted. Th e HR firm has come up with Ma Foi Employment Survey (MEtS) – a pioneering service offered Beyond Oursourcingby Ma Foi’s HR Statistical Research division that attempts to understand employment trends across 17 sectors.

In an increasingly complex marketplace, companies are continually being challenged to do more with less. In such a scenario, when companies want to do away with the nitty-gritty of HR management, they look towards HR Solution providers. However, till the time, issues like cultural mindset & psychological acceptance with regards to outsourcing are addressed, there is still a long way to go before we see increased levels of HR activities being outsourced.

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IIPM Editorial, 2008

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IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative