Clickjobs to power 'reverse brain drain'

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Clickjobs.com, the Indian job portal from the BharatMatrimony Group, is all set to power ‘reverse brain drain’ by organising a job fair at New Jersey in the US to help Indian IT professionals return home.

Michael M. Bala, business head, ClickJobs.com told CyberMedia News that the job fair is being organised in partnership with the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce on August 25-26, 2007.

“India has always been a powerhouse of immense talent and coupled with the unparalleled economic growth, India has become a favoured destination amidst a lot of MNCs, financial institutions and IT companies. This, in turn, has thrown open the doors to talented people who until now thought of the West as their only resort. As a result, many a professional are looking forward to come back to India. We take great pride in acting as the interface between the employer and the employees, presenting them with a host of opportunities to cash on through the Indo-US job fair,” he said.

Bala said that the fair is aimed at bringing together ERP, IT, ITeS Professionals in the US and the Indian companies looking at such specialized professionals. “We are looking at attracting over 6000 professionals and best of the employers from India across industries.”

“Companies had been going to US for recruitment, but this will be the first time a platform is being created for recruitment, and enabling reverse brain drain. The Indo-US job fair will have about 20 companies, which are looking at middle level and senior level managers looking at coming back to India,” Bala informed.

According to the “The Indus Entrepreneurs” (TiE) report, around 60,000 IT professionals have moved to India from the US in recent years. People working in US see a trend of emerging opportunities in the subcontinent, as they have a significant skill-set for these companies who also have a presence in India.

Moreover, Indian economy is booming, and salary levels are becoming high compared, and also offer these professionals to come back and live with their family in their own homeland.

“The highly valued talents in business and technology are a strategically important resource for companies looking to fill crucial positions. Hence, the job fair essentially targets professionals with specialized skills who are aspiring to return and work in India,” Bala added.

When asked about the ‘reverse brain trend’ and participating in the fair, Jan Ackerman, vice president - Recruiting APAC of Oracle said that his company believed in bringing top talent for the full life cycle product development activities in India. “We are the only MNC to have the India Development Centre to work on entire life cycle activities, which includes right from the Product Management to Product Engineering work which requires people from who have worked in similar areas from US.”

“Talent in India is more of services market-oriented, whereas Oracle is focusing purely on the product development, high-end consulting and sales consulting kinds of roles. The high-end of tech skills with product focus is majorly available with matured and happening markets like the US and hence Oracle India is looking at hiring people from US. We need people with high end technology focus who can deliver exponential value to the customers from development, consulting, support and sales perspective, and hence are looking at people who have the expertise and are willing to come back and work in India,” Ackerman added.