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How To Get A Good Job – And What Startups Hiring Managers Must Do To Get Best Talents

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The economy is still struggling to bounce back to pre-recession state. Unemployment is high. In some countries, there seems to be no model to explain how many unemployed people could find jobs. In Freetown, it is reported that youth unemployment is around 70%. In the U.S., general unemployment figure  is close to 10%. In Nigeria, the graduate unemployment approaches 30% – 50% (our number). So how can someone get a  job in today’s economy.

 

Tekedia has compiled these simple steps to help, especially for those that lost their jobs in the last recession and hoping to return back:

 

  • Demonstrate mastery of your field

You need to show you know your job despite the fact you were cut during the last recession. This could come by writings and other ways you can use to showcase your knowledge of your industry.

  •  Motivate yourself

Nothing gets people elevated in life than being self-motivators. They like to work and get things done whether anyone is pushing them or not. They have expertise in figuring out solutions to tough problems.

  • Agility matters

Can you manage different things or even positions as the organization’s needs evolve? Can you become a strategic thinker today and tomorrow you will be an executor of plans. Can you lead operations today and tomorrow be asked to produce a ten year vision summary.

  •  Keep records

You have won laurels in your old job or career. Are you keeping them? Can you demonstrate that you have done any solid and commendable job before? You need to show those awards

  •  Result oriented

You do not rest until a solution is found for a problem. You are a very resourceful person in figuring out solutions.

 

What Hiring Managers Need To Do To Get Talents

And for the hiring managers that are looking out for talents in the open world, there are many qualified people there. All you need is to look and you will find them. The key thing is knowing how to discover them.

 

We have listed below some tips that can help any hiring manager get a team of stars.

 

  • You need to hire fast because timing matters in startups.
  • Do not neglect referrals. Call and find out what those claims are.
  • Be very objective and be focused when hiring. Do not be distracted by subjective things as non-performance related things. If you like men on black suits and the best candidate has a gray one, do not disqualify him because tomorrow the black suite guy may never wear it. He might have borrowed it and the gray one may have many blacks ones.
  • Do not take people serious. Break them with jokes. Find out if they can adapt in case your company needs them to do new things. In this age, nothing is static. Firms continue to change as competition demands. You need mobile and adaptive manpower to stay in business.
  • Business wins by hiring the right people. It comes down to relevance and character. He seems to be talented, but right there he has no character. He has excused you thrice to pick a call. No decency. He may not be organized and your projects can suffer. Is he/she relevant? Yes. But does he has character to meet that deadline at very demanding pressure. No. You will have a decision to make.
  • Remember, not all people that come for interviews have interest to work for you. Some have offers but want to honor your call. It is also left for you to convince them. Do not be deceived that it is a one way system. Some just want to get the free hotel stay and the next day confirm an offer with another company.

Mobile Device Geography – Top Mobile Device Makers By Country And Q1 2011 Sales

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Mobile devices are perhaps the hottest gizmos of the last few years. Billions have been sold. Yet, only a few nation controls the whole business.  Nokia remains on top with Samsung following closely.  In the top league, Europe has one representative (again Nokia), with China pushing hard from very behind with three makers in ZTE, HTC and Huawei. Japan has lost ground with Sony-Ericsson selling only 2m units in Q1 2011. For North America, Apple and RIM carry the banners. But remember, this does not tell the whole story. Why? The Chinese makers can knock everyone off the chart in the next few years.

 

Tekedia has broken down the top makers by location. The numbers are in millions of units sold (Q1 2011).

 

  • Nokia, Finland, 108

  • Samsung, South Korea, 69

  • LG, Japan, 24

  • Apple, US, 17

  • RIM, Canada 13

  • Motorola, US, 9

–  ZTE, China, 2.3

  • HTC, China, 2.2

–  Sony Ericsson, Japan 2

–  Huawei, China, 1.6

 

Sources:  Businessweek,  SEC, Fortune,, Tekedia Intellgience

 

Tekedia Overview Of Samsung Turnaround – The Legacy Of Chairman Lee Kun-hee

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Samsung remains an iconic brand. It is globally respected for its flat screen TVs, LCD screens, DRAM technology, etc. But recently, the world has come to know it for the Galaxy tablet. The tablet has brought it to a new level and pushed earnings up.

It all started few years, if not months, when Chairman Lee Kun-hee transformed the company. He cut the then CEO and replaced some of the managers. He also invested in the electronics division R&D and operations to the tone of 98% new injection of resources. That resulted to the record $136 billion revenue in 2010 with about 58% profit growth.

From Tekedia analysis, we noticed that Samsung did many things right. It answered iPad with technology through Galaxy Tab. As we have reported here that it was only the Galaxy tab that actually challenged iPad. Forget the Dell Zoom, RIM Playbook and the host of other tabs, Galaxy was in another league and Apple was threatened to sue them. Of course, they countered sued. By the time this tablet finished the year of sales, it has cut Apple iPad market share from 93% to 73% while itself got 17% from zero.

The competition is still there and it is heating up. But Tekedia sees a progressive upward momentum for Samsung. Based in Seoul, South Korea and employing nearly 200,000 people globally, the Samsung Group has found the mojo, through the Samsung Electronics.

Notice that Galaxy S– its Android phone is also a hit. The phone sold 10 millions in 2010 and continues to sell globally. It was one of the products that helped Google Android to its preeminent mobile OS position today. If it continues its momentum, Nokia will lose its top spot as the global maker of phones, in few months.

Chairman Lee has done well in Samsung Group. Its DRAM business has benefited from the mobile device growth. Yet, they have to be concerned that profit fell in Q1 2011. In this industry, there is never a permanent winner. All they have to do is to ensure they stay top for a long time by executing well.

Managing People In Startups – Six Things To Avoid If You Must Succeed

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When you have a company or you are in a position to manage people, it is important you understand how they see or perceive you. If they see you as not a good manager or supervisor, it could affect productivity. You must come out as a professional who is committed to make the firm succeed  by tapping the collective skills of all the team members. You must respect your team and have confidence that they can do the jobs you hired them; otherwise, you will find it hard to delegate.

 

These are five things to avoid

 

When you have graduates in a team, they have done many things right before you hired them or before working in your company. One mistake you will be making is to imagine that they do not know anything. In some cases, they know more than you. If you just give them a little freedom to fail or succeed, they will succeed. There is a huge difference between mentoring and micromanaging. They cannot always do it the way you do it, but they can get the results right. Yes, you like to write equations in Microsoft Office Excel, but they like to use buttons. Both do the same and that is why you must not micromanage.

  • Close-talks

When you talk to your team, be professional. Do not counsel them. Just make them understand you see them as professionals. Be a mentor and do not be deceived thinking you can manage their lives. Sure, you can manage the job. And that is why you must separate both. Most close talks do not work out. Even if you must do them, make it work related and avoid stepping into their lives, unless that actually affects their efficiencies.

  • Befriending your staff

Have great moments with you team, but do not make them your friends. Make them relax and be in good terms but they must not be friends to you. There is a difference between respect and team work than being friends. Erosion of principles could happen if you want to become their friends and they may not like that after all.

  • Obsession with managing up

When you focus on managing up, remember that you cannot neglect managing down. It turns out that both aspects are necessary to have a cohesive execution. You must learn to delegate.

  • Favoritism

This is a killer. Do not favor anyone. Just treat all the same, but reward exceptional performance. The fact you identify talents and reward them does not mean you favor them. There is a genuine reason to push talented team member  upward and that must be based on performance that is visible than any kind of subjective favoritism.

  • You know all

This is where you fail. By neglecting to get insights from your team, you will surely fail over time. You do not know all and being open to listen will make your firm perform better over time. Managers that think they know all always end up losing insights that would have made things better. Be the manager, but be open to new perspectives.

 

No Innovation Without Commercialization – Why Diffusion Of Innovation Matters

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Diffusion of Innovations is a theory of how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread through cultures. It is basically “the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system”(Dixon, 1928).

The key elements in diffusion research are:

  • the innovation
  • types of communication channels
  • time or rate of adoption, and
  • the social system which frames the innovation decision process (Wikipedia, 2009).

Diffusion of an innovation occurs through a five–step process. This process is a type of decision-making. It occurs through a series of communication channels over a period of time among the members of a similar social system. Ryan & Gross first indicated the identification of adoption as a process in 1943 (Rogers, 1964). Rogers’ categories the five stages (steps) as:

  • Knowledge,
  • Persuasion,
  • Decision,
  • Implementation, and
  • Confirmation.

The most important thing here lies in the capacity to get the ideas to the places it can affect lives. The challenge is if diffusion of innovation matters for the growth of the African economy, how can it be done? Technical education will play a very fundamental role in making this possible. Without education, it would be very difficult to sustain any diffusion model.

Without market success, innovation is essentially an invention. It must affect lives or communities or businesses before we can talk of innovation. So, when you design or build, think of not just the greatest invention, but what can have impacts in the markets. That way you get innovation. If iPad and iPhone had not sold well, no one will see Apple as an innovative engines despite producing those products. But with the success in the market, Apple becomes a respected innovative brand.

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