IBM Global Services, the technology services and consulting division of International Business Machines (IBM), is the world’s largest provider of systems integration and technology consulting. It offers services in areas such as application development, data storage, infrastructure management, networking, and technical support (Datamonitor Plc., 2007, p.4). IBM Global Services is also among the world leaders in providing business consulting and outsourcing services. IBM Global Services’ headquarter locates in Armonk, New York. The company has more than 190,000 employees around the world.
IBM Global Services has numerous operations which provide a cooperative environment between themselves. The services that company provides are strategy and change management, human capital management, customer relationship management, supply chain management, and financial management as well as application development, data storage, infrastructure management, networking, and technical support. The company capable of working in a unison with the other IBM divisions which gives a competitive edge to IBM in its business consulting services (Datamonitor Plc., 2007).
From being primarily a hardware vendor, the company has successfully transitioned into services and software. In doing so, it has moved from being a point product vendor to end-to-end solution provider (Datamonitor Plc., 2007, p.6). A strong brand helps the company to differentiate its offerings and enables it to compete effectively against regional players.
The company’s recruiting efforts and recommendations to these efforts for improvement
According to Business Dictionary (2013), “The process of finding and hiring the best-qualified candidate for a job opening, in a timely and cost effective manner. The recruitment process includes analyzing the requirements of a job, attracting employees to that job, screening and selecting applicants, hiring, and integrating the new employee to the
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