VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is on Gartner’s, a reputed US market researcher, list of popular countries where IT groups outsource service operations.

Gartner has produced a list of 30 offshore service locations used by IT companies ranked based on the following criteria: cost, cultural similarity, intellectual property and data security, education, government assistance, legal stability, infrastructure, human resources, language and economic and political environment.

In the Asia – Pacific region, China is rated equal to India in terms of scale but its disadvantage is English. Vietnam is on the list but its business environment is said to be not attractive enough.

Gartner forecasts that next year, global offshore services spending will rise by 60% in Europe and 40% in the Americas.

The 30 most popular destinations in Alphabetical order:

The Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay

Asia – Pacific: Australia, China, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, The Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam

Europe, the Middle East and Africa: Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, North Ireland, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine.

Source: money.cnn.com

Ms. Malik’s Process and Training Program Development Yield Consistent Recruiter and Sourcer Results, Improve Recruitment Operating Efficiency

RPOworldwide, a leading provider of offshore Recruiting Process Outsourcing (RPO) services, today announced the promotion of Akanksha Malik as to Country Manager, India.

In this capacity, Ms. Malik will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of RPOworldwide’s Indian Global Recruitment Center network, as well as strategic growth planning. Since joining RPOworldwide in 2006, Ms. Malik has developed recruitment training, workflow and process efforts for the company, establishing best practices for RPOworldwide employees, and significant quality assurance for RPOworldwide’s clients.

Discussing Akanksha’s promotion, RPOworldwide Executive Vice President Murali Balasubramanyam remarked, “Akanksha’s perseverance to developing and delivering our Recruitment programs has had a tremendous impact on how our Recruitment Centers operate; we have witnessed significant progress across all levels and areas of recruitment, thanks in large part to her efforts. I am confident she will be successful in this new role, and her efforts will continue to increase our global delivery capabilities.”

RPOworldwide CEO Steve Shangold stated, “Akanksha’s contributions to our recruitment operation were evident from her first weeks on board. Her leadership style and experience from her years at Intel and General Electric have enabled our organization to establish scalable processes which have lead to continued results for our clients, and success for our organization.”

In 2007, RPOworldwide was named among ‘Emerging Market Leaders’ in the 2007 RPO Baker’s Dozen by HROToday. Additionally, RPOworldwide scored highly in the recent NelsonHall RPO report in the ability to offer full life-cycle recruiting services and support recruitment in emerging markets, and was named #2 ranking out of 120 Top Recruiting Process Outsourcing (RPO) Services Vendors in Brown & Wilson’s “The Black Book of Outsourcing.”