How To Avoid Getting Duped By Your New Employer
Immediate joining should ring an alarm bell, it a sign that some one just walked out of the job without serving the notice period. In normal circumstances this is rare, people do not like walking away unless the place is making them go mad.
People Analytics: HR’s Chance to be Strategic
The Human Resource (HR) function?s tryst with data is very old. Ever since the organized way of doing business started, managers have been concerned with this clich? question ? ?How do we find the right person for the right job at the right time and cost?? The answer to this is still evading managers
Why You Should Work For A Startup
On one hand, is a high-paying job position at a reputed organisation in your choice of field. On another hand, is a job proposal from a small startup that has just kicked off. You've seen their work, trust their mission and liked their approach, but you aren't really sure whether you want to take the risk of working with a startup.
India Job Market in 2014 & What’s Next in 2015
Wait and watch policy kept the hiring market subdued in the first quarter of 2014, thereby limiting the increments and bonuses, which were rolled out in April 2014. The only exception was the Startups market, which saw hordes of dollars flowing in, the sector continued offering larger than usual pay raises and kept the job market warm.
What is making you miss all the deadlines?
Generating results and timely delivery of assignments are one of the two biggest factors that shape the career of an individual, the room for error is minimal and any shortfall is...
How To Succeed As A Freelance Web Designer
Freelancing in web designing is a dream for many professionals with an artistic bent, but this field isn?t just about the talent you have. Successful freelancing depends on your business savvy...
How To Make A Career In Journalism
The idea of weaving stories through mass media has found a newborn interest in our new generation. People enjoy moving, taking risks and coming up with stories that matter. Media is...
The Makings Of A Great Salesperson
Convincing people to buy things that they?ve never heard of or probably don?t need is not an easy job. While many sales people struggle to get though the process, some can...
How To Make A Successful Career In Social Media Management
Social Media has removed the information?asymmetry?between companies and consumers.In a rapidly changing & increasingly globalized world , organization?s are constantly looking for ways to improve their products and identify relationship building...
How To Start A New Job
So you managed to land a job after a long struggle and many interviews. You are feeling over the moon and thanking your stars that the ordeal is over. Right? Not...
Job Interview Tips To Make A Brilliant Impression
Here are some basic interview tips that will help you prepare for an excellent interview.?After impressing your potential employer with your CV and cover letter, now comes the most difficult yet...
Changing Jobs – How To Evaluate A Potential Employer
In the current volatile business climate, it is important to evaluate a prospective employer and the new job from various angles. Remember that it is your future that you are taking a call on. There is no scope of snap decisions in such a scenario and no point jumping from the devil into the deep sea.
Is It Time For A New Job
If you're considering quitting your job, you may be indecisive about whether it's the right decision or not. On the one hand, you're pretty miserable. On the other hand, if you...
What Can HR Do To Reinvent Itself
I chose to devote my career to Human Resources due to a passion for business and an understanding of the value human capital brings to a company.
I fear however, that many...
How to Find a Job During Economic Crisis
It is not simple to find a good job with high salary especially during the economic crisis. Strong competition in job market forces job seekers to do everything that's in their...
How To Get A New Job next year
With the onset of the holidays and a brand new year just around the corner, along come the traditional resolutions. I will lose XXkgs, I will complete a marathon, I will...
Time To Have Human Back in Human Resources
"Human Resources." When it comes to your career, those two words will ultimately influence whether you are hired or fired, have to relocate your family to move up or move out,...
What are the Career Options in HR
HR is not just about liking people.?HR?isn't?the job for you if you?re not a ?people?person?, but liking people won?t be enough on?its own. More precisely, you have to be interested?in
getting the...
HR as a Career: How did I end up in a job in HR...
How did I end up in a job in HR? Did you ever meet people who told you that already at age ten they wanted to become an HR manager?
I was...
Fast-Track Your Real Estate Career In India
Built environment (comprising of construction, the buying, selling and leasing out of property estate and various other related real estate-related activities) is one of the major contributors to the Indian economy....
My 30 years in HR: 10 lessons learned
On July 1, 2012, I worked 30 years in HR. What did I learn?
Most people have no clue what??people in HR actually do
The photo?by the side of?this blog is made...
Ten Things Your HR Head Should Be Doing Now
If you ask a CEO ?What does your HR leader do?? he or she is likely to say: ?You got me. I just know I need to have one.? We expect...
How to Handle Panel Interviews
As if a one-on-one interview wasn?t stressful enough ?. there is the dreaded Panel Interview! If the thought of facing a panel of interviews sends you into a tailspin, you are...
How To Handle One-on-One Interviews?
These are by far the most popular style of interview. You meet one-on-one with a representative of the company, more often than not, the manager you will be reporting to, or,...
How To Handle Telephone Interviews ?
The key to a good interview lies in your ability to research, prepare and rehearse. There are many different styles of interview and understanding how these work can help you prepare...
How Becoming a Leader Can Help You Get a Promotion
Many companies today are looking for leaders, not just managers, to take on greater roles within the organization. As a result, competition for higher-level positions can be fierce. Leaders have the...
20 Ways to Kill Your Job Application!
Here are 20 Ways to Kill Your Job Application, we spend a great deal of time talking to recruiters, employers and human resource staff every week. I recently sent an email...
How To Crack HR Interview – Using STAR Model
In the HR Interview for a new job, using the STAR model method is one of the most effective ways of getting your message across to potential employers whether in your...
What will your body language tell the interviewer?
How you present at interview is so important. But have you thought about how your body language will either support or kill your chances of securing the job?
Being given an interview...
Redefine Your Limits – Live to your Full Potential
We are limited by the beliefs we set in our mind, history shows that successful people are able to break these shackles and unleash their potential. The difference is the ?...
Tips to Make Your Career Development Plan Work
"Relax? It will all work out, my company loves me" simply isn't true for a career. We have to make things work for ourselves, trying to adopt a positive outlook towards...
How To Switch Jobs In A Market Slowdown
All things considered, this is not the best of times for switching jobs . This world has seen a fair bit of negative fallout of the economic problems in Europe and...
How To Achieve Career Mastery
You have worked hard at mastering yourself ? your habits, your outlook on life, your relationships and your finances. Now is the time to master the course of your career, as...
How To Do A Good Performance Review
The ingredients of a bad performance review are haste, lack of focus, a non-empathic attitude and a mechanical approach to the process. A good performance review obviously calls for a diametrically...
How To Manage Stress And Regain Well-being
Without doubt, wellbeing is the ultimate objective of human existence. Paradoxically, we often wind up surrendering well-being in order to earn money, and then spend a major part of the earnings...
Tips On How To Choose The Right Business School
Choosing the right business school is a matter of extensive research. The time you spend doing this research is a very worthwhile investment, so do not take shortcuts. Most business students...
Human Resources Jobs: Skills And Qualities
Human Resource professionals are important personnel in an organization. This is because they contribute to the viability and the success of the business through the strategic organization of human capital. While...
Career Tips For Aspiring Women Achievers
We are finally seeing the entry of women in board-level positions at leading multinational companies. However, the numbers are not stacking up as anticipated - many businesses continue to have a...
Are You A Manager Or A Leader?
It is a known fact that people who do what they are good at are happier people. As a happy adjunct - happier people tend to be better at what they...
Asked to Relocate? What To Ask Your Employer
Have you been asked by your employer to relocate? If so, you are in a situation which an increasing number of employees are finding themselves in today. There can be any...
