Singing champion Erik Santos is set to host ABS-CBN’s upcoming talent search program, "Star Power," with Megastar Sharon Cuneta. In an interview with “The Buzz,” Santos said he's happy that ABS-CBN is giving him a chance to showcase not only his singing and acting talents but his hosting skill as well.
Santos added that what makes his TV project extra-special is the fact that he will be working with the megastar.
Santos also quickly clarified that his singing career remains his top priority amid his many projects. In fact, he is now gearing for his upcoming concert.
Santos said, for the first time, he will be producing his own show titled
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Job outlook is positive: Survey
BANGALORE: The organised sector in India is set to create about 3,20,400 jobs between July and September 2010, reveals the latest results of Ma Foi Randstad Employment Trends Survey. There is optimism in the economic scenario across all sectors and services sector has created most of the new jobs in the country.
The survey was conducted across 13 industry segments that included eight
Indian cities. The top five sectors leading the boom are healthcare, hospitality, real estate & construction, IT & ITeS and education, training & consulting.
The top management and senior HR personnel of 650 companies were queried about their hiring intentions in present quarter vis-a-vis the last quarter and their views about the whole year.
The survey reveals that a total of 418,564 jobs were created between January and June 2010 with healthcare sector creating over 121,000 jobs followed by Hospitality sector creating close to 63,000 jobs.
New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai are the leading job generators creating 112,987 jobs for the period of January to September 2010. Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad follow closely creating 30,000 plus jobs during the same period.
Real estate & construction sector leads the pack with the highest growth in number of people employed by the sector; not surprisingly, the sector expects growth in average salary by about 4% followed by pharma (3.5%) and healthcare (3.4%) during the third quarter.
Amongst the cities, Bangalore expects increase in average salary by about 4.9% followed by Delhi (3.5%) and Pune (3.5%) during July-August-September period.
Estimated proportion of experienced workforce is the highest in the pharma sector, which is 87%. Healthcare sector is estimated to have the highest percentage of freshers at 38%. Kolkata has the highest estimated percentage of experienced workforce (82%) and New Delhi has the highest estimated percentage of freshers (35%), found the study.
Commenting on the Indian job market scenario, Ben Noteboom, CEO, Randstad Holding, “We see positive trends across many economies across the globe, such as the US, Germany, France, Asia Pacific and parts of Europe which are clearly growing. I expect India to continue its economic growth and employment generation fuelled by its domestic consumption and stabilising global economy.’’
K. Pandia Rajan, CEO, Ma Foi Randstad, said, “We see a clear trend of increased optimism in hiring spread across all sectors. We see the service sectors like healthcare and hospitality spearheading the boom by adding significant number of jobs. The buoyant economy has given a boost to real estate & construction sector, which has demonstrated the highest growth in employment figures. We are positive that this trend will continue in the next quarter too.’’
The survey was conducted across 13 industry segments that included eight
Indian cities. The top five sectors leading the boom are healthcare, hospitality, real estate & construction, IT & ITeS and education, training & consulting.The top management and senior HR personnel of 650 companies were queried about their hiring intentions in present quarter vis-a-vis the last quarter and their views about the whole year.
The survey reveals that a total of 418,564 jobs were created between January and June 2010 with healthcare sector creating over 121,000 jobs followed by Hospitality sector creating close to 63,000 jobs.
New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai are the leading job generators creating 112,987 jobs for the period of January to September 2010. Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad follow closely creating 30,000 plus jobs during the same period.
Real estate & construction sector leads the pack with the highest growth in number of people employed by the sector; not surprisingly, the sector expects growth in average salary by about 4% followed by pharma (3.5%) and healthcare (3.4%) during the third quarter.
Amongst the cities, Bangalore expects increase in average salary by about 4.9% followed by Delhi (3.5%) and Pune (3.5%) during July-August-September period.
Estimated proportion of experienced workforce is the highest in the pharma sector, which is 87%. Healthcare sector is estimated to have the highest percentage of freshers at 38%. Kolkata has the highest estimated percentage of experienced workforce (82%) and New Delhi has the highest estimated percentage of freshers (35%), found the study.
Commenting on the Indian job market scenario, Ben Noteboom, CEO, Randstad Holding, “We see positive trends across many economies across the globe, such as the US, Germany, France, Asia Pacific and parts of Europe which are clearly growing. I expect India to continue its economic growth and employment generation fuelled by its domestic consumption and stabilising global economy.’’
K. Pandia Rajan, CEO, Ma Foi Randstad, said, “We see a clear trend of increased optimism in hiring spread across all sectors. We see the service sectors like healthcare and hospitality spearheading the boom by adding significant number of jobs. The buoyant economy has given a boost to real estate & construction sector, which has demonstrated the highest growth in employment figures. We are positive that this trend will continue in the next quarter too.’’
Books To Add To My Ever Growing Pile Of To-Read Books
I love books. If you haven't realised this by now, you must have just started reading this blog or you just don't know me very well. On top of loving books, I also hoard them. I have multiple plastic storage boxes full of books that are read and a few more boxes filled with books that I have yet to start reading. This, of course, doesn't stop me from wanting and adding more to the already growing pile.
With one of the local book stores having a sale (when is it never having a sale?), I might just drop by to check if they have the books that I want.
1. The Malay Archipelago
This book was actually introduced to me, in passing, during my Evolution & Phylogeny class when we were discussing about Darwin's theory of evolution. I've never been that much interested in studying evolution in depth, so it wasn't until this class that I discovered that it's actually a lot more interesting than I thought it was.
Anyway, the book was written by Alfred Russel Wallace who was a naturalist who lived in the South East Asian region back in the 1800s. Basically, the book is like a chronicle of his travels, his scientific research and his observations. I'm very interested in reading on how different the region must be like more than a century ago and if we can still find at least a tiny speck of what was seen back then if we travel through the region.
2. Blameless
The third book in The Parasol Protectorate series. I'm still currently reading Changeless, the book before this, but my friends are bugging me to quickly finish it so that I can get on to the third book, just so that we can squee about it together. The ladies I hang out with don't squee very often and it's usually over books and from the previous books, this series is very squee worthy.
On top of wanting to know what happens in the next book, I wonder what Madame Lefoux will be wearing in the next book. That lady has the most outrageous and yet amazing outfits in the book. Or at least I think so from the image I have of her in my head.
3. The Phoenix Transformed
This is the third book in The Enduring Flame trilogy. I've been waiting at least a year for this book to be out in paperback and as of yet, I have not seen it in the book stores. The story takes place a thousand years after the events of The Obsidian Trilogy, which is one of my most favourite trilogies by Mercedes Lackey.
There are dragons, mages and magic in this series. Unfortunately no unicorns, which I miss since the unicorns in The Obsidian Trilogy have such distinctive personalities that make you wish you had one as a friend, though you had to be chaste and celibate to even come close to one. Tough, huh?
I realised that I have not included a romance novel in a reading list for quite some time now. Truthfully, I've not actually found one that made me impatiently waiting to read it. Lately, it's been the fantasy and the science genres that has been grabbing my attention. Is this what it means to have a maturing taste in reading? Or not?
With one of the local book stores having a sale (when is it never having a sale?), I might just drop by to check if they have the books that I want.
1. The Malay Archipelago
This book was actually introduced to me, in passing, during my Evolution & Phylogeny class when we were discussing about Darwin's theory of evolution. I've never been that much interested in studying evolution in depth, so it wasn't until this class that I discovered that it's actually a lot more interesting than I thought it was.
Anyway, the book was written by Alfred Russel Wallace who was a naturalist who lived in the South East Asian region back in the 1800s. Basically, the book is like a chronicle of his travels, his scientific research and his observations. I'm very interested in reading on how different the region must be like more than a century ago and if we can still find at least a tiny speck of what was seen back then if we travel through the region.
2. Blameless
The third book in The Parasol Protectorate series. I'm still currently reading Changeless, the book before this, but my friends are bugging me to quickly finish it so that I can get on to the third book, just so that we can squee about it together. The ladies I hang out with don't squee very often and it's usually over books and from the previous books, this series is very squee worthy.
On top of wanting to know what happens in the next book, I wonder what Madame Lefoux will be wearing in the next book. That lady has the most outrageous and yet amazing outfits in the book. Or at least I think so from the image I have of her in my head.
3. The Phoenix Transformed
This is the third book in The Enduring Flame trilogy. I've been waiting at least a year for this book to be out in paperback and as of yet, I have not seen it in the book stores. The story takes place a thousand years after the events of The Obsidian Trilogy, which is one of my most favourite trilogies by Mercedes Lackey.
There are dragons, mages and magic in this series. Unfortunately no unicorns, which I miss since the unicorns in The Obsidian Trilogy have such distinctive personalities that make you wish you had one as a friend, though you had to be chaste and celibate to even come close to one. Tough, huh?
I realised that I have not included a romance novel in a reading list for quite some time now. Truthfully, I've not actually found one that made me impatiently waiting to read it. Lately, it's been the fantasy and the science genres that has been grabbing my attention. Is this what it means to have a maturing taste in reading? Or not?
HEADLINES !!!
• Asian Stocks Fall on U.S. Economic Growth Concern
• Europe Debt Crisis Abates as Traders See Yield Spreads Narrow
• Yen Strengthens on Speculation U.S. Housing Market Will Be Slow to Recover
OVERALL VIEW:
Dow Jones : Broke 10580. BUY towards 10730 easy. Mid term Sell near
10730 level
USD Index : Should test 81 level again. Buy near 81 level
Gold : Buy to 1300 easy and Sell near 1300 level
Crude Oil : Sell to 70.80 level
Soft commodities : Super run in Softs signifying a possible sell in Stocks
soon
Bonds : Temporary bottom found at 129.00 level
SET50 : Uncertain today. Stay out
TAKE NOTE: PLEASE TRADE SHORT TERM FOR NOW. MARKETS THESE DAYS WILL NOT RUN A CERTAIN DIRECTION FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. TRENDS ARE HARD TO HOLD EVEN FOR MORE THAN 1 WEEK.
MAJOR ECONOMIC and WORLD EVENTS THIS WEEK:
26 - 28 October World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa Marrakech, Morocco
OVERALL VIEW
Signs indicate that this week should be time for a retracement in US stocks. Firm soft commodities and bottoming Bonds point to a Sell in US stocks
TODAY’S TRADE
INTRADAY TRADES
NO TRADE ON TODAY
Please Note: That Trailing Stop is merely used as an option, it is not necessary to place it if you choose not to. For our company trade, we use
Trailing Stop)
FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT OUR POSITIONS/MARKETS:
GMT
0830 UK Mortgage Approvals
Big Company Earnings
NO COMPANY EARNING ON TODAY
NO HOLIDAY ON TODAY
Open Positions (Unrealized Profits/Losses)/Closed Positions (Realized Profits/Losses)
TOTAL UNREALIZED PIPS = + 83
TOTAL UNREALIZED PROFITS/LOSSES = + $ US 830
TOTAL REALIZED PIPS = - 19
TOTAL REALIZED PROFITS/LOSSES = - $ US 190
• Europe Debt Crisis Abates as Traders See Yield Spreads Narrow
• Yen Strengthens on Speculation U.S. Housing Market Will Be Slow to Recover
OVERALL VIEW:
Dow Jones : Broke 10580. BUY towards 10730 easy. Mid term Sell near
10730 level
USD Index : Should test 81 level again. Buy near 81 level
Gold : Buy to 1300 easy and Sell near 1300 level
Crude Oil : Sell to 70.80 level
Soft commodities : Super run in Softs signifying a possible sell in Stocks
soon
Bonds : Temporary bottom found at 129.00 level
SET50 : Uncertain today. Stay out
TAKE NOTE: PLEASE TRADE SHORT TERM FOR NOW. MARKETS THESE DAYS WILL NOT RUN A CERTAIN DIRECTION FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. TRENDS ARE HARD TO HOLD EVEN FOR MORE THAN 1 WEEK.
MAJOR ECONOMIC and WORLD EVENTS THIS WEEK:
26 - 28 October World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa Marrakech, Morocco
OVERALL VIEW
Signs indicate that this week should be time for a retracement in US stocks. Firm soft commodities and bottoming Bonds point to a Sell in US stocks
TODAY’S TRADE
INTRADAY TRADES
NO TRADE ON TODAY
Please Note: That Trailing Stop is merely used as an option, it is not necessary to place it if you choose not to. For our company trade, we use
Trailing Stop)
FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT OUR POSITIONS/MARKETS:
GMT
0830 UK Mortgage Approvals
Big Company Earnings
NO COMPANY EARNING ON TODAY
NO HOLIDAY ON TODAY
Open Positions (Unrealized Profits/Losses)/Closed Positions (Realized Profits/Losses)
TOTAL UNREALIZED PIPS = + 83
TOTAL UNREALIZED PROFITS/LOSSES = + $ US 830
TOTAL REALIZED PIPS = - 19
TOTAL REALIZED PROFITS/LOSSES = - $ US 190
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