Is there a talent crunch in the auditing and consulting business?
Deloitte is experiencing a talent crunch in all regions, but we have very “We plan to increase the number of people in India, from 7,500 now to 12,000 by 2010″sophisticated internal human resource policies to hire and retain our workforce. We believe that anyone joining us should begin and end his career at Deloitte. Hiring good talent and retaining them is a difficult job. We have robust retention and advancement policies for everyone, especially women, who constitute 50% of the total hired employees. We have put in place an excellent training and leadership programme for human resources development. We also encourage employees to work in other countries to enhance skill and experience different working environments. How difficult is it to build an ethical corporation these days? Raising shareholder value is not a bad thing. The objective has to be seen both with a long term and short-term perspective. The ethical culture and tone of an organisation is decided at the top level. An unw