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Category: Labor & HR issues

Report: Russian e-commerce severely hampered by HR shortages

Part of a Global Perspectives Series on Russian e-commerce offered by East-West Digital News / Apr 02, 2012

The lack of qualified human resources appears to be the most difficult issue faced by the fast growing e-commerce industry in Russia, says a report by East-West Digital News. All key positions are affected, from general managers and project managers, to e-marketing specialists to IT and fulfillment teams.

The shortage of skilled employees on the market drives rapidly growing salaries – $10,000 per month or more for certain positions – and increases competition between employers for available employees. As a result, important positions may be filled with insufficiently skilled employees, or left vacant for months. Some Moscow companies try to recruit in the regions, or abroad, the study shows, based on interviews with dozens of market players and recruitment agencies.

Social résumé startup Resumup enrolls global companies in innovative recruitment experiment

By East-West Digital News / Mar 02, 2012

ResumUp, the infographic résumé startup that emerged from two innovation contests last December, is launching a new product, currently in beta testing, bringing some fresh air to online recruiting.

While its first product focused on infographic résumés using data from social media profiles, the St. Petersburg startup now takes an extra step, matching visual résumés with visual job vacancies.

GlobeCast Hot Bird 8 satellite to broadcast CTC-International

By Andrew Nizhnik, East-West Digital News / Feb 20, 2012

CTC Media, a leading Russian media company listed on the NASDAQ, announced last week an agreement with GlobeCast to broadcast the international Russian-language version of CTC, “CTC-International,” via GlobeCast’s Hot Bird 8 satellite.

A subsidiary of France Telecom, GlobeCast is a global provider of content management and worldwide transmission services for professional broadcast delivery. Hot Bird 8 currently covers both western and eastern Europe as well as a number of countries in North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

“Our team fucked up in Russia, I lost tons of money,” says Lamoda.ru’s German owner Oliver Samwer

By East-West Digital News / Dec 23, 2011 / 1 Comment

In a confidential email sent in October to his management team revealed yesterday by TechCrunch, Oliver Samwer, the co-founder of German incubator Rocket Internet, had crude words for the management of Lamoda.ru, the online shoe retailer he launched in Russia earlier this year.

“Our team fucked up in Russia,” wrote Samwer, complaining that Lamoda.ru failed to become number one in the country – a reference to Lamoda’s competition with Sapato.ru, launched in 2010, which remains the most recognized brand in this market segment in spite of Lamoda’s repeated marketing assaults.

St. Peterburg startup aims to set a new global standard for online résumés

By Adrien Henni, East-West Digital News / Dec 15, 2011

Created from the ground up less than half a year ago, ResumUp has suddenly assumed a presence on the Russian startup scene. From a “pretty obvious idea” – building infographic résumés using data from social media profiles – ResumUp aims at no less than “setting a new standard in career management, online and social recruiting,” said 33 year old St. Petersburg entrepreneur and ResumUp founder Eugene Barulin in an exchange with East-West Digital News.

The future will determine the prescience of Barulin’s ambitions on the global market for online job search and career management, but it is already undeniable that ResumUp technology, developed in just a few months, offers an amazing user experience with no major bugs.

Viadeo teams up with Sanoma Independent Media to launch Russian version

By Adrien Henni, East-West Digital News / Dec 14, 2011

Viadeo, a global professional social network with over 40 million members, and Sanoma Independent Media (SIM), Russia’s leading glossy magazine publisher, announced yesterday a joint venture agreement to develop Viadeo’s network in Russia.

The deal will combine the local strengths of SIM asset Rb.ru, one of Russia’s top business websites with a powerful professional community and Viadeo social networking tech expertise. Viadeo has also announced its platform will be available in Cyrillic, including local services, at the beginning of next year.

Poll reveals just 28% of Russian Internet users registered with online professional networks

By East-West Digital News / Jul 08, 2011

A poll released by SuperJob.ru, a leading Russian language employment search provider in Russia and the CIS, indicated that just 28% of Russian Internet users are registered with a professional social network.

First Russian premium job search portal launched by FastLane Ventures

By East-West Digital News / Jul 08, 2011

Fast Lane Ventures, a business incubator based in Moscow, announced the launch of Upladder.ru, the first Russian online job search service reserved for professionals with a monthly salary of more than 100,000 rubles, or $3,500.

Better late than never: LinkedIn launches Russian version

By East-West Digital News / Jun 24, 2011

LinkedIn announced earlier this week that it has launched versions of its website in Russian, Romanian and Turkish.

According to the company, the English version of the website already had 400,000 users from Russia and over 1,000 groups related to Russia, reported ComNews.ru, a website covering IT and telecom issues.

3 out of 4 Russians seeking IT jobs see better prospects abroad

By East-West Digital News / Jun 14, 2011

Among IT job seekers living in Moscow and St. Petersburg, 55% contemplate leaving the country, while 22% have already taken some concrete steps in that direction. Another 6% do not intend to leave because they do not believe they will find a job abroad, according to a recent poll by Ancor, a major recruitment company operating in Russia and some CIS countries.

Category: Labor & HR issues

Report: Russian e-commerce severely hampered by HR shortages

Social résumé startup Resumup enrolls global companies in innovative recruitment experiment

GlobeCast Hot Bird 8 satellite to broadcast CTC-International

“Our team fucked up in Russia, I lost tons of money,” says Lamoda.ru’s German owner Oliver Samwer

St. Peterburg startup aims to set a new global standard for online résumés

Viadeo teams up with Sanoma Independent Media to launch Russian version

Poll reveals just 28% of Russian Internet users registered with online professional networks

First Russian premium job search portal launched by FastLane Ventures

Better late than never: LinkedIn launches Russian version

3 out of 4 Russians seeking IT jobs see better prospects abroad

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