We are pleased to announce the forthcoming events (Essay competition & Webinar) of CSI, ACM & IEEE CS Chennai/Madras Chapters in Dec 2021. Pl register using the respective event registration link. Registrations are open till 8 pm IST on the previous day of the event. *Essay Competition on Talent Acquisition* IEEE Computer Society Madras Chapter, ACM Chennai & Computer Society of India Chennai Chapter are pleased to announce an essay competition on the topic "Talent Acquisition". Talent acquisition is a strategic role in an organisation to identify, target, and attract the most qualified candidates for a given role. Talent acquisition is beyond simple recruitment and involves several complex steps to ensure long term needs of an organisation. Talent acquisition involves different stakeholders -- employer, employee & recruiter. While each one of them contribute for the effective talent acquisition in the overall hiring ecosystem, challenges are faced by everyone. We expect the authors to focus on the challenges faced by any one of the three stakeholders -- employer/employee/recruiter and pen the essay and submit the essay as per details outlined below: Title: Challenges in Talent Acquisition in your role as ------ (Employer/Employee/Recruiter) (Pl note the author needs to select one of the three roles and write the essay focusing on the challenges with reference to the selected role). Open to: All including professionals, recruiters, faculty, students Length: 600 to 750 words Format: pdf file OR word doc file File Name: <your 10 digit mobile no>.pdf OR <your 10 digit mobile no>.doc Author details: The following are to be provided at the end of the essay Name Designation Organisation/Institution Name City Mobile number Email ID Essay to be sent as attachment by email to: info@csichennai.org Last Date: 18th Dec 2021 Prizes: 12 prizes in total. Authors of four essays shortlisted under each of the three roles will be presented with a "Certificate of Appreciation" along with a copy of the book "FAIL-SAFE HIRING: Assuring Talent Acquisition" authored by Mr Raghunath Ramaswamy and priced at Rs. 395/- Please refer: https://amzn.to/3xkpNbn (Pl note the no of prizes under each role may be revised based on the no of essays received under each role) All the remaining authors submitted the essay will get a "Certificate of Participation". Date of the Result: 28th Dec 2021 at the webinar on Talent Acquisition. Contacts: For clarifications, pl send email to info@csichennai.org / ieeecsmds@gmail.com *Webinar* 28th Dec 2021 at 6 pm IST. Webinar on "Best Practices in Talent Acquisition" by Mr. Raghunath Ramaswamy, Founder and CEO, Spectrum Consulting & Author of the book "FAIL - SAFE HIRING: Assuring Talent Acquisition. Register at https://bit.ly/3CMrBLn Other events in Dec 2021: https://bit.ly/3kChR0h Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 211211: https://bit.ly/3oHur0A IRAI Quiz -- 211211: https://bit.ly/3IG2rlJ