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India Inc is hiring in 2013. The confidence index seems to be stable as of now. Although it has slipped 4 points since October, but the Regus global business confidence index for India is currently at 137 points for April. In a survey by workplace solutions provider Regus which spanned
India is in a downturn. And the recessionary times are clear. State Bank of India recently received 1.7 million applications for just 1,500 entry-level clerk jobs! The main attraction? Good perks, obviously.. but “Job for life” status. In fact for the Probationary Officers job, the perks at State
A recent study by Gaucher, Friesen, & Kay published in American Psychological Association has suggested that gender-biased words used in advertising create significant issues for women psychologically when applying for jobs. That, job descriptions that lack feminine-gender words actually repel female applicants! The hypothesis the team started with was that “to
There are many benefits to outsourcing work to out of US, but this is by far the most brilliant of them all. A person living in the US, hired a Chinese firm to do his day job while he would be on Reddit and eBay. He would pay the Chinese
As per Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM), India, coaching for IIT’s JEE examination is a Rs. 10,000 crores (roughly $2 billion) industry. > Coaching for admission to the IITs and other engineering colleges has acquired the status of a big industry in India. According to the Associated
Now, this is quite an achievement! How many of us can say that we are in our “Dream Job”. To have half of the working population believe that they are in their Dream Job, the Indian companies must be doing something really awesome! The only issue, however, is that most
This is a very interesting answer from a native Mandarin speaker. Things that I didn’t know about or realized. Read Quote of Tao Tan’s answer to Life Advice: What non-English language will be most useful for my child to know in 20-30 years? [http://www.quora.com/Life-Advice/
Psychology is a popular major amongst the undergrads in the US. Every year 100,000 bachelor’s degrees are awarded in US every year. So what are the different careers available for people in this area? What can you do if you want to specialize in Psychology. I am sure
Linkedin [http://www.linkedin.com] is the professional career portal and more for businesses. Interestingly, people who have an account on it, have their profiles up and most of these profiles have buzzwords [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzword]. Well, these buzzwords match the ones that recruiters want to see,
What should one do in life? How much is money important? Should I go for money? These are the questions that we all have. And the answer is never easy in any situation as money does give you ability to do many things in the world. Here is one video
It is interesting to compare the employment situation between different countries – how many people work, how they work and what they produce?Here is an infographic [http://column5.columnfivemedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Working-World-v5.png] of such a comparison. For example, did you know: * American workers are the
In a survey across the globe [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/linkedin-research-reveals-data-about-the-top-childhood-dream-jobs/articleshow/17280864.cms] by Linkedin, where it asked the respondents about their dream jobs when they were kids and if they were currently in those dream jobs, 415 Indian participants also replied. It seems becoming an
By Guest Blogger, Nikhil Garg Rs. 44,600 – this is how much it would cost me to chase The Great American Dream! Yes, today I finally booked my Cathay Pacific economy class tickets for the date of September 25th. I’d have a good week to myself before I start
In today’s corporate world, it is important to emphasize one’s own strengths while knowing the weaknesses. And this should be done when crafting your resume. But sometimes people get too carried away in a competitive situation. Given how things are in the job world in the US – specially
A friend recently lost his job. The times are bad so its no surprise that someone would eventually. And he is a smart Indian guy, which translates into he must have lived intelligently and saved for the rainy day. What he is grappling with is not that he can’t
Do you have a great relationship with your colleagues at work? If not, the chances of you dying earlier than those who have good relationships is lower by 250%! Next time that obnoxious co-worker comes to you and starts on his/her tirade, just flash that number and hopefully that
In these times of distressed economy, it seems affairs still work. As per the “Best Boss” survey by Adecco Group [http://www.cnbc.com/id/39619940], 17% of the Americans think that having an affair with boss is good for advancement of career. It leads to better promotions. 7% – one
These days we work a lot of hours in office. Sometimes and in some cases these hours are as high as 20 in a day! For many people, there is hardly any life outside office. Such is the state of life these days. And we all have many colleagues we
One of the things that most personal development Gurus talk about these days is to treat yourself as a “Brand”. Unless you handle yourself as a brand, which needs to be nurtured, enhanced and marketed, you will be sidelined in the new world of cut throat individualistic competition. Normal careers
In the physical world, most people lock their doors, buy car insurance, and take other precautions to protect themselves from harm. In the digital world, most people leave their valuable online reputation wide open and vulnerable to computer errors, cruel pranksters, vicious rivals, and identity thieves. To combat this, many
A lot of people are losing jobs. And as more people are losing jobs, there are others who are lining up to take advantage of these people by scamming them while offering “work from home” deals. All sorts of things are promised! From stuffing envelopes to mystery shopping etc. And
Wanted to share some important and salient points about COBRA Subsidy plan. * Valid for people who were involuntarily terminated between September 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009 * To be eligible annual income cannot exceed $125,000 for a single person and $250,000 for a couples * 65% of existing COBRA
Economy is really bad right now globally. However, even in this economy students can do certain courses that can help them get into useful and paying careers down the road. Here are a few courses that I found would be very useful to students in India who are looking for
These days when the unemployment is running real high, the anxiety in the population is going up as well! When anxiety rises, so do the searches for those areas. Google has given the trends in search for “Unemployment” and how it has gone up almost 3 times this year! It
These are times when people are looking at their lives and the surrounding chaos and some are seeing their jobs disappear. It is not a good situation. If one is in that period of mid-life where one starts re-evaluating one’s life that has been and that would be, the
Jobfox did a study from Nov 2007 and July 2008 to find 20 professions where demand remained high over economically rough periods. The top five [http://blogs.bnet.com/bnet1/?p=495&tag=homeCar] are: 1. Sales Representative 2. Software Design/Development 3. Nursing 4. Accounting & Finance Executive 5. Accounting
All our lives we try to fight hard and study to get jobs and create a career.Save moneys – climb the ladder, kill our dreams just to feed our families. There is a certainty and a feeling of safety. Or is it? In these days? Outside of these jobs is
Getting a job when you do not have the right experience or credentials is tough. But if one is smart, he/she can easily off-set that by sheer enthusiasm. It requires focus and targeting the interviewer/company that you are interviewing for. I remember when I first came to US
There are many ways social networks are used. For dating, friendships and not so legal activities to start with, and then for politics etc. Twitter – which doesnt do a whole lot for the owners (no revenue model really), but excellent viewership and interaction has been used the most innovatively! The
In 1990, I went to Insitute of Rural Management, Anand [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irma.ac.in%2F&ei=8bYfR-bIDZjceonThLcN&usg=AFQjCNHL6Atu72YADg2ARk_w9lK-S3h8tA&sig2=mzDGYMmSwi-ZJ1RggDlrRQ] . It was and remains one of the premier Business School that caters to
There seems to be a divide amongst the Bschool graduates in India. Those from metros and top-tier MBA schools are going for the corporate jobs, while those in the second tier cities are opting for the public sector. > Students from those business schools which are located in tier-II cities, such
Here is another guest article from the authors of the book “Recruit or Die” – Chris Resto, Ian Ybarra, and Ramit Sethi It’s important that every employee is treated equally and that businesses look for hr consultancy services [https://ppmnortheast.co.uk/] that will allow them to ensure that any
Here is some excellent advise on how to manage one’s career from TheLadders.com [http://www.TheLadders.com] newsletter (William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson). I think everyone should print this and keep it up on his/her desk for life!! * Document your accomplishments at the end of each week.
Rather surprising news but still interesting… India is creating FAR more jobs [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_creating_more_jobs_than_China/articleshow/2134968.cms] than any amongst the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China)! > A study conducted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a club of
So many Indian recruiters are simply adding other desis to their yahoo messengers… and keep sending the jobs in all sorts of areas. However, today I just got a message from this recruiter that simply made me marvel at the highly creative marketing techniques that these folks can come up…
I knew that when my boss, the Chairman and the CEO told me in my third week of joining on Monday morning – "Your job is 7 days a week, 24 hours a day…. I did not see you here yesterday!!" Plus we did not have any Saturdays off.. forget about
This is a very familiar rant from the Indian companies – that the demand for the talented people in IT is so high that (1) they cannot retain them and (2) the cost of delivery is going high. So what do they do? They go and start hiring folks from non-engineering
I have believed that the Indian Middle Class is a major force in the world – it has virtually, against all odds, created the Tech Miracle in our country through sheer force and grit of the values steeped in education. They have their kids sent to Kota for IIT preparation, or
Working with or being interviewed by a fellow-desi (Indian) is one of the worst experience that any Indian can go through on the career front. Recently, a friend was being interviewed by this guy for a senior role in India (he wants to move from US to India after 7-8
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