Talent Anywhere - Newsletter | Quarter 4

Personal grooming and health care camp Navratri celebration Dussehra celebration Diwali celebrations Christmas celebration

2018 - 4th Quarter

We have now stepped into the New Year! Let us all welcome the New Year with open arms and embrace the new chapters and challenges it brings along. This is the last newsletter of the year 2018. We would like to thank you for your continuous support.

The third edition of the newsletter for Q3 of 2018 was well received by all our readers, as much as the first two instalments. It was a proud moment for us to know that employee's shared Q3 newsletter with their family members to show the employees testimonial. Every quarter we give our best to make the newsletter interesting, insightful and informative.

We sincerely believe that all our efforts and collective endeavour will help to develop a cohesive work environment and strengthen interpersonal bond within the Talent Anywhere. Hope you all like the newsletter of Q4. Once again, A very happy new year to all our readers.

Content :

The 4th edition of newsletter covers the following sections:

New joiners of the quarter
Activities across Talent Anywhere, all locations.
Our principal clients visits
New Initiative
Graduate training program

NEW JOINERS

pune

Vijay P.

Avinash W.

Amol G.

Benzir F.

Aarati P.

Sohail B.

Dinesh G.

Tejasvi J.

Nagesh D.

Yadnesh S.

Mumbai

Isha G.

EVENT CALENDAR

Personal grooming and health care camp

All employee's who visited the camp were provided free consultation on dermatology problems, hair and scalp analysis and weight loss consultation.

BCA (Body Composition Analysis) was done for all who visited the camp followed by health counselling. Employee's were happy to visit the camp; the smiles broadened when they received the discount coupons to be used at the treatment center.

We received a tremendous response from the teams and received good feedback for the overall event.

NAVRATRI CELEBRATION

PUNE

The last quarter of the year is usually filled with festivities where all major festivals of the year fall in. Talent Anywhere ushered in the Q4's season of festivities by celebrating Navratri across all our offices.

The beauty of colored dress brings relief from the monotony of everyday life. Each day of Navratri has its own significance.

In the month of October Talent Anywhere employee's came together to rejoice and dressed in traditional colorful attire. The spirits were high and this added all to the navratri celebrations. It was a memorable event full of color and laughter.

Navratri literally means nine nights; it is a festival spread across 9 days and is celebrated across the country. It celebrates the triumph of good over bad. The dates are determined according to the lunar calendar. On each of the nine nights, it is celebrated by wearing outfits of nine different colors.

Dressed in all festive finery the employee's matched with the nine significant colors of navratri. Everyone ganged up to get their pictures clicked. Our office transformed into a colorful and vibrant assortment of colors and each passing day surpassed the previous one. These photos below say it all!!

Navratri celebration @Bangalore And Vadodara

DUSSEHRA CELEBRATIONS

Celebration @PUNE

Celebration @MUMBAI

Celebration @BANGALORE

DIWALI CELEBRATIONS

Diwali is undoubtedly the biggest festival of India.

Derived from a word conjugation meaning "Row of lights", it is probably the most iconic festival.
Diwali symbolizes victory of 'Light Over Darkness', 'Good Over Evil' and 'Knowledge Over Ignorance'

Diwali generally falls between the months of October and November. In India, people start preparing for Diwali at least a month in advance with revamping the houses and making their long waited big purchases. Entire household, neighbourhood and work places are decked up with light, alike.

It is certainly not a one day affair but a week-long celebration in which each day bringing its own significance. It starts from 'Govardhan Pooja' - a day dedicated to cow worship to 'Dhanteras'- a day of worshipping wealth to 'Bhai Dooj'- dedicated to celebrate the bond of a brother and a sister. The main day of Diwali falls on a new moon night which is celebrated by lighting up the entire household with strings and arrays of light.

We get insights from the epic of Ramayan. This day is celebrated as the day when Lord Ram returned to Ayodhya (his home town) after a period of 14 years of exile after defeating Ravan, King of Lanka. Legend has that people of Ayodhya lit up the entire city with lamps, to rejoice and celebrate the return of the righteous heir to the throne.

Diwali is not only celebrated in India but is now celebrated across the world with great pomp and joy. It is widely celebrated as a festival of Light bringing in positivity, joy and enlightenment in lives. Now a days, we see many public places outside of India, being lit up to mark the festival.

Talent Anywhere, across all locations offices were decorated to mark the festival of Diwali with colored bands and many beautiful decorative items.

There were lanterns hung from the celling and beautiful hand made earthen lamps were lit at the entrance.

To further celebrate the day we organized "Traditional Day" as the final celebration. All our employee's participated with full enthusiasm and put their best foot forward by donning the traditional attires!

To add more to the celebration, all employee's received gifts for Diwali along with personalized greeting card from Talent Anywhere's side. We have captured all the beautiful moments in our camera.

Diwali celebration @Vadodara

We at Talent Anywhere shared this festival of joy by celebrating Traditional day which was in month of November. Team members across the floor participated with enthusiasm. We also gifted fruit infuser bottle as Diwali gift to all our employees. The best part about using a Fruit Infuser (bottle) is that the fruit can be reused many times before the flavour starts to dissipate; making it a very good way to get great tasting flavoured water.

Diwali is the most spectacular festival of India, which is celebrated through the varied cultures of the country with vigour and enthusiasm. Autumn marks the arrival of this festival and the preparation for the same begins much in advance with people decorating their houses and exchanging gifts.Also known as the festival of

Joy of Diwali

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

With the onset of December comes the numerous activities that bring in the Christmas spirit. Our teams are no less when it comes to celebration of Christmas.

Christmas celebration @PUNE

Most of our teams celebrated, by arranging the customary activity of the holiday season- Secret Santa within the teams. It is an activity where colleagues exchange Christmas presents anonymously i.e. each member is assigned another member for whom they should bring a small gift. All team members received their respective gifts and further more each one had to guess who their Secret Santa was. Some were successful while others were not even close. It was a fun filled day indeed.

We also had a Christmas tree put up in the office where all the employee's were invited to decorate it one by one. Everyone enjoyed decorating the tree that day. Photos at the end of say it all!

Events @EON, Pune

Winter festival season was celebrated in the month of December, to bring festive joy for working people. Pop-up stalls, photo-booth, games, music and special fashion show were arranged for everyone in the EON premises.

On the eve of Christmas we had put up the Christmas tree and wrapped it in lights and decorated it with Santa, rudolph, wreath, gift box, candy sticks, stars and many more special ornaments. We could also see the snow which had managed to make its place on the tree and charm it.

The office was also beautified with streamers and Santa Claus cut outs wishing all the employee's "Merry Christmas" The Secret Santa gift exchange is a great way to embrace the giving spirit of the holiday season without naming yourself as the gifter. We celebrated Secret Santa on 21st December along with cubical decoration on Christmas theme. We had four groups who participated for cubical decoration.

Christmas celebration @Bangalore

Christmas Tree Decoration

Our Bangalore office was also beautified with streamers and Santa Claus cut outs wishing all employee's "Merry Christmas"

The Secret Santa gift exchange was a great way to embrace the giving spirit of the holiday season without naming yourself as the gifter.

We celebrated Secret Santa on 21st December along with cubical decoration on Christmas theme. Bangalore team enjoyed their Secret Santa gifts exchange and also participated in decorating the cubical.

Christmas celebration @Vadodara

Christmas falls on 25th of December every year and is celebrated with zeal and zest across the world.

It is the festival which gives the message of peace, love and forgiveness. Decorating the Christmas tree is a great way to enjoy the festive cheer, lighten the mood, and bring us all together.

We planned a surprise Santa visit to every department, through his visit the floor extended over to fill out the cheerfulness and joy among all.

New initiative @Talent Anywhere

Talent Anywhere understands and acknowledges the importance to knowing your team better; not just professionally but also up close and personal. It is important to have smooth communication ties while working with teams.

With this in mind Talent Anywhere brought in a new initiative, where team members from Talent Anywhere and client team members will be meeting each other over lunch/dinner/hi-tea periodically. It is certainly a step ahead to increase collaboration between the client teams and Talent Anywhere teams

First of one such meeting happened on 5th October where the teams met for dinner. It was a fun evening which started with a small school time game called as a 'Ping Pong' followed by another game where people shared interesting information about themselves and others had to the guess the truth from it all.. The games, guesses all was great fun. The place, though loud, did not stop everyone from having a blast.

The next meeting took place on Friday, 21st December. The venue was a newly opened restaurant which serves barbeque food. The dinner was a success where everyone was engaged in heartfelt conversations with each other. It was a well-received event and was well appreciated.

A step ahead to increase collaboration between the leadership team and Talent Anywhere team a quarterly dinner program has been organized. The leaders, People operations team and hiring team went for dinner on 5th October. It was a fun evening we started with a small school time game "Ping Pong", "Share Something Interesting" and followed by "Guess the Truth". The games, guesses all was great fun. The place was loud though it did not stop us from enjoying.

In the next client team dinner meeting was represented by Makarand K., Aatish L. and Vrushali A. From Talent Anywhere it was represented by Jyothivas N., Anjali R. and Avinash K. The dinner was a success where everyone was engaged in heartfelt conversations with each other. It was a well-received event and was well appreciated.

On the Occasion of one of our client's 10th anniversary celebration, we had invited team for dinner on 30th November evening. All the team members along with Archana K., Hanan G. & Jyothivas N. were part of the celebration.

Carrom & Chess Tournament @Vadodara

Carrom is a very popular indoor game in India and is played by families and corporates alike. In fact, many carrom tournament are held across the country because of its popularity. At different parts of India, many clubs and cafes hold regular tournaments.

Different standards and rules exist in different areas. The aim of the game is to pot (or pocket) one's nine carromen and the Queen before your opponent.

No matter if you win or lose, the most important thing in life is to enjoy what you have. Carrom and

Chess are the two most played a indoor game that's why was chosen to be played. As compared to previous year, this year we have received more than 50 participants for the event. Employees were relaxed by playing these games. It was a stress buster from daily routine.

We had our three Finalists after the round-robin:

Dipen D. & Aditi D.
Nilesh B. & Sandeep G.
Kuldipsinh G. & Rajil P.

Similarly we had finalists in Chess tournament:

Vikas P.
Ravi C.

Finally the tag "King of the Chess" 2018 was given away to Vikas P.

OUR PRINCIPAL CLIENT VISITS

Client Visit @Vadodara

Director - Bob H. was in Vadodara office with the team from 3rd - 8th December. Bob had one on one discussion with each team member. Bob conducted meeting with all Vadodara team at The iPlex auditorium, he discussed about the present and future of the company, product and various technology launches. It was well received by the Vadodara team.

We had arranged informal dinner meeting with team and Bob at Gazebo garden restaurant, Sevasi and it was fun understanding each of the team members.

Bob also visited Statue of Unity - Sardar Sarovar Dam, Kevadia. He enjoyed the view and also liked country side on the way.

Client Visit @Pune

CEO - Jeffrey H. visited our Pune office in month of December. Traditional welcome was given to Jeffrey wherein he lit the lamp and bouquet was presented by Jyothivas N. - VP Global solutions.

GRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAM

Introduction

In 2017, Talent Anywhere started new program to train "Graduates". These graduates, short-listed by Talent Anywhere were hand-picked from recent batches that passed out of college. Finally, 7 graduates of the group were short-listed and offered. They all joined mid of the year at our Bangalore office. This was Talent Anywhere's first pilot batch. The batch was trained on niche skills and the batch performed well during the 6 months of training period.

Based on success of the pilot batch, Talent Anywhere initiated a similar program at Pune in 2018. This program was designed to give an opportunity to fresh graduates, train them on niche skills and make them ready for a project driven environment. With this view, Talent Anywhere On -boarded 17 fresh graduates at Pune in the month of July 2018.

In this program, emphasis was given on the understanding of the company, the business, developing commercial awareness and deep understanding of company values.

Topics covered during this program

Importance of time and leave Management
Nutrition and health
Creative thinking
Remote management and expectancy
Effective business writing
Business communication world

During the initial training months, Talent Anywhere team not only imparted technical training but also conducted multiple sessions on professional etiquettes and corporate culture. These sessions were conducted each friday and went on for one hour. The trainings were conducted by team members from the people operations team. This initiative provided a good balance to the graduate batch where technical and non-technical aspects both were covered in detail. The team quickly adapted the learning aspect and results were visible in everyone within a few weeks of training sessions.

The main objective of these 'Friday Sessions' was to build a team who are not only technically skilled but also are confident and understand different approaches and practices followed in the corporate world.

The sessions included training using audio-visuals, power point presentation, practical activities, brain storming sessions and discussions.

At the end of the each training formal feedback was collected from all participants. We received a positive and encouraging feedback from all participants. The trainers (Technical and Nontechnical), also received a positive feedback.

At the end of 6 months of training, the entire batch was now ready and confident to take on challenging work and embark on global career with Talent Anywhere.

PUNE TEAM WITH TRAINERS

TRAINING TEAM

BANGALORE TEAM

EDITORIAL TEAM

People Operations Pune

People Operations Baroda

In-house TA Designing Team