, Nastrac Group is a 20-year-old multi award winning organisation that offers executive search services across several industries including IT/Technology, Banking, Financial Services, Retail, Telecoms and FMCG as well as providing end to end Diversity and Inclusion Solutions (D&I). We caught up with Amit Anand to find out more. Nastrac Group is composed of a highly diverse group of professionals and as a certified minority and women owned business enterprise, the group provides a unique cultural perspective that enables the team to build effective and lasting D&I solutions to clients. Amit outlines how this focus on diversity and inclusion permeates through every aspect of the firm’s work and ensures that clients receive the services they need. “At Nastrac, we create a diversity ecosystem to get our clients their ideal candidate directly from the source. We organise and sponsor diversity events and awards targeting a specific demographic that attract passive talent pools, giving candidates valuable networking opportunities while marketing the role and our client as an inclusive employer of choice. Through our D&I Solutions we focus on adding value by maximizing our client’s reputation as an inclusive employer, engaging a diverse pool of candidates and assisting firms in creating a broad spectrum of talent across critical business functions. “In addition, we also use big data to help predict the strength and Alkem Company (S) Pte Ltd is a printed book distributor and ebook aggregator. We invited Melvin Choo to tell us more about the firm and the services it offers. Alkem supply printed books and ebooks to libraries, bookstores, academic institutions and corporate organizations. In addition, the firm offer library services and Professional Development services. To date, Alkem is proud to have achieved the record of fulfilling more than 14,000,000 printed books and more than 4,000,000 ebooks in a single year. These figures highlight the ever growing popularity of ebooks, despite the fact that printed books remain the dominant market player. Melvin outlines the latest innovations firm has implemented in order to take advantage of the surge in popularity of ebooks, as well as discussing the other factors which were critical to the company’s success. “Our digital platform has the ability to loan out ebooks and etextbooks with a time limit function and allow readers to read both offline and online. In addition, our platform has vast collections from all over the world including publications from Singapore (SingTitle) and South East Asia (SEA). Our local technical support in multilingual language and the ability to customized solution for individual libraries also plays a key importance in our product support. “Knowing the local market requirements was also a key factor in our success, and as such we work hard to understand our region and the opportunities we are presented with. Being based in Singapore is an advantage as our data centers are located in Singapore and supported by high speed connectivity and regional connectivity. In addition, the Singapore Government has provided SME numerous support through various programs such as PIC Grants and tax incentives We try to provide holistic solution but at the same time a personalized approach in deploying different library requirements.” Within the wider market currently, libraries are facing a challenge of shelf space. To alleviate this, they are seeking ways to increase their collections while maintaining their current titles. Libraries are looking into economical ways of acquiring books in digital formats as a solution to the limited shelf space, which includes collections of ebooks. As such, Melvin is keen to highlight the fact that Alkem’s future will revolve around supporting clients as they seek to digitalise their collections, although print books will also remain a focus. “Moving on forward, Alkem will increase our market reach out beyond the traditional markets both in print and digital. We also hope to get more publishers on board our ebook platform.” Company: Alkem Company (S) Pte Ltd Contact: Melvin Choo Contact Email: [email protected] Address: 1 Sunview Road #01-27, 627615, Singapore Phone: 65 62656666 Website: www.alkem.com.sg Best Digital Text Distribution Enterprise 2017 N stability of new potential recruits. Our analytics can give our clients detailed information on loyalty and likely performance indicators of potential hires to help reduce the risk of a bad hire. This is accompanied by predictive analytics, which helps our clients retain, efficiently incentivise and engage existing employees as well as providing data for succession planning.” Based in Singapore, Nastrac benefits from being in a globally competitive business market and enjoys the benefits of a highly skilled labour market that accompanies a global trading economy. Singapore, however, is not merely a financial hub, but a diversity hub in Asia, where Nastrac is championing diversity and inclusion initiatives across industries, and continuing this will remain the firm’s ongoing focus, as Amit concludes. “Ultimately, Nastrac celebrates the spirit of entrepreneurship and values diversity of thought. Every leader in the company possesses the passion to excel and the diligence to ensure client satisfaction. In order to adapt to the ever evolving needs of our clients, we have recently launched our new website, which encapsulates everything we do at Nastrac Group, worldwide, and we are looking forward to gaining more work and connecting with new clients around the world thanks to this great new site.” Company: Nastrac Group Contact: Amit Anand Contact Email: [email protected] Address: C/o WeWork South Bank, 22 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PD Phone: 44 20 3542 5592 Website: www.nastracgroup.com Most Trusted Executive Search Company ASB17002 ASB17004
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