2018 - 1st Quarter
It gives us great pleasure to welcome you to the First Edition of the Talent Anywhere Newsletter 2018. The Newsletter is our communication platform to give our esteemed readers a delightful insight into what happens at Talent Anywhere. This newsletter will be released every quarter and we intend to make it a regular quarterly publication. We believe it will be an useful tool to keep you in touch with events and accomplishments at Talent Anywhere.
The Newsletter provides a 360 view of the activities of Talent Anywhere and provides a birds eye view of the happenings across the Indian offices. Our objective with this newsletter is to provide something that is candid, genuine and deliver a happy read to our audience. We chose a quarterly schedule to ensure that our correspondence is never overwhelming and that the content delivered is relevant and ensure people who regularly receive large amounts of email; it just does not contribute to the noise. The format will allow us to approach concepts that do not necessarily fit within the structure of our blog or case studies. We hope to give readers inside access to what we have been designing, building and thinking. We hope this will be a welcome addition to your inbox and you encourage us.
As with most things that we do, we also view the creation of our own newsletter as a great opportunity to experiment. It will also be exciting to evaluate how our readers are engaging with our content as we go along. Thus, we will welcome any feedback and will seek to continually improve with each issue. It is through this ongoing project that we look to gain more information, insight, and ideas that we will pass along to our current and future employees. We are proud to be sharing with you the happenings of Q1 - 2018.
pune
Saurabh Pandey
Nilesh Gawande
Sweta Pawar
Sulakshana Birajdar
Sunanda Chatterjee
Akshata Nikam
Archana Zombade
Ritu Jindal
Rinkey Aghicha
BARODA
Snehal Dhakate
Rohit Prajapati
Archana Shah
Arjun Solanki
Rosy Fernandez
Daisy Teronpi
Pratik Patel
Pinki Hati
Rucha Patel
Nisha Parmar
Rashmika Pawar
Aatish Jevde
Jafar Hushen
Irfan Luhar
Abhijeet Lele
Shailesh Yadav
Krishna Patel
Vipul Solanki
Madhura Joshi
Trupti Rajput
Kishan Mevada
FINANCIAL PLANNING ACTIVITY
Financial planning has become the need of every individual as it helps to set financial goals and manage the individual income accordingly. Employees are aware of their respective income but they need to determine the ways to invest, save and spend.
Moreover thinking about taxes in the last week of March is not a prudent idea. With a financial plan, employees can assess their tax outgo well in advance and pay the least amount of tax in a legal manner.
For employees who were still unaware of the subject or employees who were searching for the right consultation we at Talent Anywhere assisted them by bringing the experts from the finance industry to guide them.
The Financial Planning Activity was held on the 19th January 2018. It was a full day activity where employees were invited to meet the experts individually and speak to them.
The experts guided on
All in All the activity it was informative and created much-needed awareness about the importance financial planning.
REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION
PUNE
Republic Day is one of the most important national events for India and its citizens. It is the day when Constitution of India came into force in 1950 on 26th of January. It gets celebrated every year since 1950 and will be continued in the future forever to remember the occurrence of Indian Constitution.
To mark the importance of this day we decorated the office in a tricolor theme with the National flag, streamers, and balloons in tricolor.
For a special Republic Day celebration, we delighted our employees by distributing tricolor sweets.
With patriotism in the air, Talent anywhere also invited all their employees to wear attire that reflects the Indian tri-color. The whole of TA office was seen in ethnic, wearing a mix of saffron, white and green. It almost seemed like the Indian flag was waving through floors.
We saw all the employees enjoying the daylong celebration.....
BANGALORE
BIRTHDAY BASH
PUNE
At Talent Anywhere, our birthday bash is one such event that our employees look forward to. The employees participated in the event with great enthusiasm. The event was celebrated with mirth and excitement.
We started the evening by giving away the coveted Carrom Tournament Trophy to the winners of 2017 tournament. We also gave away certificates to the winners and runners-up. We invited Rob Gurney for the presentation. After this, we had our customary presentation ceremony beginning with the distribution of 5 Year completion trophies to employees who completed 5 years in the organization. These awards were presented by Sara Jane Debney.
In the next segment, we took the opportunity to bestow congratulatory gifts to all newly married couples and new proud parents. We invited Andrew Kilgannon to do the honors for the segment. Towards the end, we had a round of introduction session for all our new joiners. All new joiners had to introduce themselves in one word-an adjective that should start with the same alphabet as their first name.
The event concluded with the serving of scrumptious snacks and a piping hot cup of tea and coffee-the ultimate combination. It was certainly a memorable event.
BARODA
We had good participation across the board which definitely encourages us to come up with more such events.
Taking the event ahead, we handed over trophies to the employees who completed 5-year glorious years with Talent Anywhere. All new joiners were introduced to the mass.
As our tradition goes, baby hampers were gifted to the new parents and gifts to newly married employees in the form of blessings for future happy life. To add more fun to the birthday bash, we had games i.e. blasting balloons and catching the balls with the help of Thermocol glasses. We had good participation from all the teams and lastly winners were handed over with chocolates.
To conclude the birthday bash celebration, we called up on stage all the employees who had their birthdays to cut the beautiful cake.Everybody enjoyed the yummy snacks and cold drinks.
HOLI CELEBRATIONS
PUNE
Holi
A carnival of colors!!!
traditionally represents the victory of good over evil!
Traditionally, participants play and color each other with dry color powder or water. People visit family, friends, and foes to celebrate the festive spirit, and then share Holi delicacies.
Retaining the spirit of festivity and to make all employees of Talent anywhere feel at home on Holi all employees were welcomed to enjoy the special festive sweet and colors arranged at the reception.
End of the day maintaining the decorum of the office, we had a very sophisticated color play wisely named TILAK ritual (act of wishing each other with a pinch of color on the forehead) after office hours in the foyer, wishing all a very happy holi and ending the day with a smile and a pinch of color.....
BARODA
WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATION
PUNE
self defense workshop on women's day
Talent Anywhere has been working towards women empowerment and gender equality. 8th March which is celebrated as International Women's Day worldwide has proved to be a milestone in channelizing Talent Anywhere's mission of women empowerment and gender equality. The theme this year at Pune Talent Anywhere was "Women Health & Safety".
Would you be able to defend yourself and your loved ones if someone were to physically attack you? It's a question most of us don't want to consider, but violence is, unfortunately, a fact of life. Thankfully, regardless of strength, size, or previous training, anyone can learn several effective self-defense techniques. To create awareness and educate on how to prepare for and stay safe in common real-world violent situations a self-defense workshop was organized for all female employees on the occasion of International Women's Day on 8th March 2018.
Mr. Rakesh and his assistant Ms. Sonali were invited to the premises to conduct the workshop. He started the workshop by introducing the subject and letting all the attendees know the importance self-defense.
The trainer guided on prevention is the best self-defense - he shared general safety tips like being aware of our surroundings while only walking and in parking areas, keeping our keys in hand as we approach our door or car or bike, varying our route and times of travel and other personal security precautions.
Apart from avoiding confrontation, we can defuse a situation or get away by handing over our wallet/purse or whatever they want. Hand over our money rather than fight because nothing we own is worth more than our life or health.
If violence is unavoidable, however, to really defend and fight back effectively some basic self-defense techniques were displayed and at the same time pairs were made and the staff was asked to practice the techniques.
Mr. Rakesh - the trainer was excellent! He is very knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful in getting the class participants to understand and practice not only the concepts but also the actual mechanics of defending oneself from a variety of real-world scenarios. He kept the class enjoyable and interesting and pushed everyone without demanding too much.
All participants enjoyed the workshop, it was extremely helpful and it reinforced to be aware and trust instincts. All the women's felt empowered to not be a victim and definitely learned new ways to defend themselves.
After safety, we touch the other subject of our women's day theme "Health".
This was a useful topic for the working women in our organization as in balancing the house chores and office affairs, health takes a back seat. So for emphasizing the awareness amongst our working women employees, we invited Mrs. Anamika Singh - Nutrition Counselor.
She had a one-on-one session with each employee and discussed their goals, objectives, and reasons for wanting to see a nutritionist. She reviewed their medical history, including any medications and supplements they are currently taking. Then she delved into their lifestyle to get a sense of their stress levels, sleep patterns, energy levels, and exercise habits. With the reference of the investigations, she discussed on dietary preferences and cooking habits and identified trouble spots like skipping breakfast or late-night snacking. From there she developed some initial pointers to help the respective start eating healthier.
The sessions were interactive we really appreciated the valuable health information provided our employees. We hope all the women achieve and maintain their personal health goals and live a happier, healthier and longer life.
After the session all of our female staff gathered to laugh, talk and be happy; Together with some lip-smacking snacks and a cold drink to go with it. All appreciated the workshop, the session, the arrangement, the office decorations and the greetings shared with them.....
BARODA
International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8th every year across the globe. We too participated wholeheartedly in this celebration at Talent Anywhere, Baroda.
We had organized two competitions especially for female employees.
cooking competition
We did it in the morning session which later on followed with the lunch with the super cooks.
card making competition
The participants has showcased their creative ideas. The female employees got together in the afternoon for a fun-filled session.
Guest speaker Ms. Konica was invited to have a talk on the topic Fitness and Hygiene. It was awesome discussions as each and every member wasconnected with the discussion and the participation was heartening.
The celebration carried on to the cafe where delicious, mouth-watering snacks and cold drinks were served.
It was truly an afternoon to remember, to celebrate womanhood and feel special on being a Woman.
BANGALORE
VODAFONE HELPDESK
To facilitate the employees with benefits to their mobile numbers we had arranged a helpdesk on 22nd March 2018.
The employees who visited the helpdesk, the representative assisted them with Aadhaar card linking, upgrading their sim cards, number portability,and plan change. Employees who required new connections were also helped.
The representative also gave a resolution on queries pertaining to their current mobile numbers.
Employees gave a remarkable response to the helpdesk.
FAMILY DAY
A Family Fun day is a great way blend family life with work - not to mention the ideal way to say thank you to our employees and their family.
Talent Anywhere Family Fun Day was one of the most popular event last year - blending fun, family and work in one well-planned occasion.
The event was designed to be suitable for all the family, young and old. Staffs are given the chance to bring their family at work, and whilst they, can enjoy food, special activities, socializing and some relaxation from work.
All arrangement was good and minute detailing was taken care. Facility tour given to family was really appreciated and family liked it.
Kid's take away gifts were enjoyed by his son and it also kept him busy.
Courteous staff they even attended us in Pantry area and helped family member with tea and coffee. Family liked Photo frames received as return gift as it would be good memory.
He also appreciated that at Refreshment counter family members were given first priority and employees were requested to join after them.
- Harshad Jadhav
Family experience was good and family members enjoyed a lot. Family liked the work place where he working, as they were very curious to know and see the working place. Thanks for the opportunity for calling family members to TA.
- Parag Soudagar
Many thanks to you and TA group for this awesome initiative. My mother has always wanted to see the office your initiative make it happens thanks for that. Keep the good work going.
- Anand Halkare
Thanks to you and "Talent Anywhere Group" for awesome initiative event like "Family Fun Day" and give us opportunity to bring our family to visit our office. Hope you and your team will plan more this kind of events in near future as well.
- Pradeep Adey
First of all, I would like to thank you for arranging such a great
event for all employees and their families.
I would like to share my personal experience -
My younger daughter (Juee) wanted to see my office. Every
morning her mamma was telling her that your papa is going to
office say bye to him.
She was very curious about that what is office and what Papa is
doing there?
She know about garden, play area, school, mall and other areas
but she want to know the place where her Papa spend almost
10-12 hrs of a day.
You gave me that chance to bring them into office, thanks for
that.
Overall arrangement was very good, food was very good. They
enjoyed all the games and activities.
And at last, the family photo frame gift is the most memorable gift
for life long.
Once again thanks to HR and admin team.
- Sandeep Deshmukh
The Family day occasion was nicely managed by all the
colleagues. I truly welcome every one of the volunteers who
made it an extraordinary achievement.
Our families got a chance to visit our working environment and
every one of them is exceptionally content with the way they were
welcomed and joined by the Talent Anywhere representatives.
- Amit Aherkhar
Event was excellent and well organized.
- Chetan Bhide and Satyajit Chakraborty
It was well planned and executed. He thanked for all efforts put in and appreciated.
- Abhinav Jaiswal
Event was good, family enjoyed a lot. His wife was very much excited about this event and she loved our office and the environment
- Sandeep Vanjare
It was a wonderful event organized by TA. All my family members
enjoyed visiting our office. It gave an idea to them that where do
I work.
It was well managed and there was no inconvenience for family
members to get in EON premises. It was good that the private
vehicles were allowed to be parked in TA's parking.
Overall the event was good.
- Piyush Solankar
This was one of the better organized events and the feedback I have got from all the team members and their families was very positive Please pass on thanks to all your team members, admin team, support staff and everyone else involved in organizing this event.
- Nand Kumar Roy
His mother and wife liked the facility tour given to them. His
daughter liked the balloon decoration she could not take of her
eyes.
Family was happy as they got opportunity to visit office.
- Vikrant J Anchalkar
In my opinion the event was a success, as it got good feedback from all quarters, so well done to you and your team.
- Pravin Nair
It was a heartwarming initiative taken by the company and HR. My family really liked the way the event was organized & presented. They were very happy to take the floor walk and see through the office, and especially my work station and meet. This also gave them a chance to meet my colleagues. Thanks again for arranging the event.
- Rakesh Tahasildar
All things were good. Take away idea was also good, even his wife wanted one.
- Yogesh Pawar
Day was very good and my family also enjoyed the event. In fact they wanted to see office and company made wish come true for them.
- Dipak Salve
The Family fun day was a day to remember. All the things organized by the Talent Anywhere was just perfect. My mom too, was feeling very much special. The welcome ceremony, the assistance through the TA floor, the refreshments, the entertainment programs at the cafeteria, etc. we're all just amazing. My mom is happy I am working at such a wonderful place with such decent people. Would never forget this day. Looking forward for next family day. Thank you so much!!!
- Sai Prasad Nelakanth
It was very amazing experience to meet families of my colleagues
during office time and it was very well organised by Talent
Anywhere.
Enjoyed a lot and looking forward many more occasions. Thank
you so much for organising such a great event.
- Dhiraj Parashar
Family day was good and a fun day. Parents were happy seeing
the environment and workplace. Met all colleagues. They liked
EON IT Park. Also, games organized were nice.
Overall it was a good experience.
- Koustubh Kulkarni
Family fun day was fantastic and we enjoyed much. Especially photo session and kids program was awesome.
- Nitin Bhirud
It was well organized and executed by the HR Team and Event
committee.
My husband was happy to see the arrangements made by TA
which made all the family members feel special and felicitated.
We also met family members of our fellow colleagues and felt
really happy knowing them.
To sum up it was indeed a great event.
Thanks a lot to all involved in making this happen.....
- Samruddhi Ghare
A New Refreshment Service "Do it yourself - Sandwich" started on 3 January 2018 this is for the benefit of employees who are working in extended hours. Employees can make their own sandwiches. All ingredients are placed at the counter. The counter is made available after 7 p.m. (IST).
We received an amazing response from the employees from day one. All employees have appreciated the initiative taken by Talent Anywhere. Employees happily grab a quick bite when working late hours.....
Yadav More hails from Sultanpur which is a small village in Maharashtra. His father is farmer and has a very small piece of land and the only means of income in the family. Due to hand to mouth existence Yadav came to Pune to give financial help to his family. Yadav More is associated with Talent Anywhere since last one year. Yadav More worked with us as pantry staff since one year. He is on the payroll of the vendor.
Yadav had no prior medical history. He was complaining of headache and giddiness for few days.
Yadav hails from a very poor family. The cost of the surgery and his hospitalization was too high. Hospital had given a package of Rs. 3,70,000/- excluding medicine expenses.
Talent Anywhere Initiative
His family and Talent Anywhere team met the doctor of concession on his bill. On the basis of his financial conditions the doctors reduced the bill amount to Rs 1,70,000/- excluding medicine expenses. His family managed to arrange funds but was still unable to match the gap. Yadav's parents and brother met our team members they were in huge distress, we consoled them.
Talent Anywhere coordinated with employees and decided that on humanitarian ground we initiate a fund raising activity which will reduce his family's burden.
We made an announcement that employees can willingly contribute any amount to help Yadav.
Current Status
Yadav is now discharged and is undergoing physiotherapy. Recently he was re-operated.
Thank you mail with all the details has been shared with all the respective employees for their support.
It was a great gesture well led and was remarkable in the way, the team could integrate with all staff members across the floor and from all clients and a substantial sum of money was collected, which helped Yadav More get over this crisis of his life.
This is another of our stories of what values we all as humans bring to our life.....
We received a very good response from all the employees; they whole heartedly supported the cause and a huge amount of Rs. 65,000/- was collected.
Talent Anywhere team visited multiple times to check the wellbeing of Yadav to understand his health and providing necessary support/assistance. From the total funds raised Rs. 45,000/- were paid against his hospital bills, Rs. 2,500/- were paid towards his medicine bills and Rs. 17,500/- were handed over to him for post hospitalization expenses.
Maher Ashram NGO organized a Sports camp for their children and was looking for assistance in terms of grocery. As a CSR activity we encouraged our employees to extend their help and donate groceries.
The grocery requirement list was shared with employees along with timeline. Employees open heartedly supported the donations.
A total grocery of 103.5 kgs was collected and handed over to Maher Ashram.
A big thank you was shared with all the employees for their contributions.
pune
January
Dough Crawford
Chief Executive Officer
Rob Gurney
Head of Legal Practice
Andrew Kilgannon
Head of Conveyancing Support
Sarah Jane Debney
Head of Operational Quality and Compliance
February
Andrew Startup
Lead Uniface Developers
March
Michael Jarvis
Technical Director
John Barrow
Operations Director
BARODA
January
Dough Crawford
Chief Executive Officer
Rob Gurney
Head of Legal Practice
Andrew Kilgannon
Head of Conveyancing Support
Erik Carlson
Operations Director
Sarah Jane Debney
Head of Operational Quality and Compliance
"Work hard in silence; let your success be your noise."
- Frank Ocean
wishing many more years of success to all employees who completed five years association with Talent Anywhere services in the last quarter.
Rahul Borse
System Administrator
DOJ: 10 Jan
Bhagirath Gohil
Sr. Legal Associate - Movers
DOJ: 18 Feb
Jayesh Gajera
Legal Associate - Movers
DOJ: 18 Feb
Kedar Sagar
Legal Associate - Movers
DOJ: 18 Feb
Aarti Bhagwat
Legal Specialist - Adv FH
DOJ: 18 Feb
Sohel Pathan
Sr. Legal Associate - Registration
DOJ: 11 Mar
TALENT ANYWHERE LAUNCHES 'EXTENDED TEAM' SOLUTION AT MUMBAI - THE BUSINESS CAPITAL OF INDIA
Talent Anywhere launches Mumbai delivery center to support clients with finance, media and digital marketing sectors.
Talent Anywhere has launched a new delivery center in Mumbai to help clients access extended teams in India's leading finance and media hub. After ten years of presence in Mumbai in various business parks, this expansion contributes to the company's continued growth in headcount and delivery centers in India, adding to locations in Bangalore, Pune, and Vadodara.
Providing direct access to niche and advanced STEM talent has been a major driving force of the model, where companies maintain greater control over selecting and managing their offshore resources.
Mumbai presents an opportunity for clients to hire candidates from India's most advanced and dynamic manufacturing ecosystem of multinational professional services, and large corporate businesses.
As the powerhouse of business, the city has volumes of project managers, data analysts that operate on global standards, contribute to proprietary intellectual property and enhance offshore productivity. Thriving India's economy offers one of the largest markets for the international companies. Mumbai not only is the gateway to India but also has large skill pool of marketing, advertising, and sales.
As Mumbai continues to be the most dynamic city of India, no international company can afford to ignore India, as promoted by current Prime Minister Narendra, who was also Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat for 10 years and responsible for making Gujarat the most progressive state of India, has placed the city at the forefront of industrial, infrastructure, automotive and smart cities sectors. There are few places with a more diverse and competitive talent pool leveraging "Made in India" initiative.
"Our new expanded delivery center offers one of the most talented pools of people in finance, media, digital skills and fashion." Sridhar Vangala, VP Talent Anywhere.
For last five year, the Mumbai delivery center was located at India Bulls Finance Center at Lower Parel which is the epicenter of India's finance and venture capital industry. We are launching an entirely new smart office in one of the tallest commercial building in Mumbai in Lower Parel area. The new center is in operations effective 1st March 2018. We are very excited to offer a panoramic view of Mumbai to our clients.
EDITORIAL TEAM
People Operations Pune
People Operations Baroda
In-house TA Designing Team