“Going through a depression stage is a common phenomenon upon a job termination. Such prolonged situation is vulnerable to damaging yourself, friends, family and associates. It’s a silent killer!” remarked William L. Ayers, Jr., the founder and vice president of The Ayers Group, a New York-based outplacement service firm. On the side of retrenched company, existing employees seeing their colleagues terminated will be likely to lose faith in the company. Bill, as friends and colleagues … [Read more...]
Rodrigo Yepes Enriquez: ‘RI-Ecuador Relations Vital to Economic Opportunity’
Traditionally a farming country, the Republic of Ecuador has been experiencing the economic growth after the discovery of oil in the 1960s. And despite being a small country, the fifth largest oil producer in South America has many faces to offer to visitors worldwide. Ecuador gained its independence from Spain on August 10, 1809. As the world witnesses the 200th anniversary of the South America’s tiny but oil-rich nation, Ecuador is looking forward to a bilateral cooperation with Indonesia in … [Read more...]
STAR ENERGY: Building a breakthrough in geothermal energy
Blessed with abundant natural resources the Indonesian economy has enormous potential for long term growth and sustainability. Not only does the world’s fourth most populous country contain abundant commercial minerals and energy, like oil and gas, but Indonesia also has the world’s greatest geothermal potential, by a wide margin! Geothermal energy produces heat and power extracted naturally occurring high temperatures in the earth, and is being promoted across the globe because geothermal … [Read more...]
Premium Services Lucrative Market in Retail Banking
As the backbone of the financial system, the banking system has the potential to take the adverse effect of global recession. In spite of this, Indonesia has proven itself to be better prepared than when the country was hit hard by the 1997 monetary crisis. It’s 2009 and the growing number of well-to-do customers in the country witnesses how their presence has captured the attention of the retail banking market. To banks, mass affluent customers incontestably contribute much more … [Read more...]
Working at the sharp end
Optimism for the future of Indonesia’s financial sector has motivated Rizal Satar to work for one of the world’s largest professional services firms. Aulia Rachmat reports. While breaking the fast at his state-of-the-art office in Jakarta during Ramadhan, PT PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) FAS president director Rizal Satar confided that he was reading a biography of US presidential candidate Barack Obama. He added that he would not be surprised to see him sitting in the White House Oval Office … [Read more...]
Seeing bigger picture through CSR programs
Being a good corporate citizen means a company is committed to address not only the needs and expectations of its employees and shareholders, but also those of the society. Staying true to this understanding, PT HM Sampoerna’ corporate social responsibility programs are built on the company’s own “Three Hands Philosophy,” which balances the expectations of its consumers & business partners, employees as well as the society at large. In light with the philosophy, PT HM Sampoerna is seeking … [Read more...]
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