Category: Skill Grill

• September 19, 2024

  Transferable Skills –  Key to today’s Job Search ‼️ ⏏️ In a competitive & volatile job market, professionals may need to transition roles & industries, multiple times. ⏏️ Building & documenting one’s transferable skills is critical. ♂️Transitioning from Sales to a Marketing role can be one example of such career move. ♂️While both fields aim…
• August 29, 2024

  Executive Career Growth Metrics5  steps to mitigate McNamara Fallacy  ‼️ ⏺ Executive Career Growth follows  structured path in most corporates. ⏺  ‘Management by Objectives’ (MBO) popularized by Peter Drucker in 1954, has long gone out of fashion. ⏺ Yet, setting & tracking OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) along similar lines is quite prevalent, even in…
• August 24, 2024

  Mission: Zero Unemployment in IndiaIndia‼️ ♦Today as we celebrate 78th Republic Day, I recall the third anniversary of our Co-authored book‘Sone ka Chidiya ko Jagao’ – a collection of professional essays on the Unemployment Scene in India.(underlying theme: Zero Unemployment in India) ♦Three years later, the situation is hardly better. ♦ Citigroup India’s recent report,…
• August 1, 2024

   Are you Eyeing that Promotion?l⏺Although we all aspire to a Promotion, decision isn’t entirely in our hands. ⏺ Certain proactive steps can, however, drastically increase the chances of Promotion. In this post I will talk about one aspect viz. :‘How to Make yourself Promotable? ♦Promotion need to be earned. ♦Qualities to exhibit‼️  1.…
• July 24, 2024

  ⏺ A great article on ‘The, Future of Work Is Flexible’ and the Shape of Things to Come. ⏺ Read the article from WIRED. Some topics Covered;  1. Pixelated Workforce & fractional working. U Work initiative of Unilever, first conceived in 2016.. 2. The Rise of the Internal Marketplace (FLEX) 3. The Skills Passport…
• July 24, 2024

  5 Not-to-be-ignored LinkedIn Features‼️ ⏺ LinkedIn launched as e-resume & online networking platform. Today it’s become much more than that. ⏺ A powerful tool for networking, growing  thought leadership & building personal brand. ⏺ Many of LinkedIn’s billion members, aren’t leveraging its full potential.  Some underutilized LinkedIn features:. 1. Collaborative Articles ➡️ Are a…
• July 24, 2024

  The Cover Letter – First Cousin of  Resume❓ ⏺ 83% recruiters believe #Coverletter can bolster Resume. ⏺ Well crafted Cover Letter (about 250 words) showcases uniqueness, language skills, creativity & enthusiasm for specific job. ⏺ Not a waste of time  (unless specifically instructed ‘not to’) when you’re up against sea of comparable skills & experience…
• July 24, 2024

  The Cover Letter – First Cousin of  Resume❓ ⏺ 83% recruiters believe #Coverletter can bolster Resume. ⏺ Well crafted Cover Letter (about 250 words) showcases uniqueness, language skills, creativity & enthusiasm for specific job. ⏺ Not a waste of time  (unless specifically instructed ‘not to’) when you’re up against sea of comparable skills & experience…
• July 24, 2024

  Past, Present, Future of Resumes‼️

  ⏺History: ➡️ Leonardo Da Vinci credited with creating first #resume in 1482. ➡️ In letter that landed him a job as Director of Festivities in Milan, Italy ➡️ This would be called a ‘cover letter’ today. ➡️  Historical records suggest in 16th century, traveling artisans used some form of resume to introduce themselves to employers.…
• May 26, 2024

  Story Telling Leadership –A crucial skill for Today’s HR‼️ ⏺HR leader may announce compensation enhancement package. But the audience is not inspired. ⏺ This is where Story telling helps. ⏺Instead of relaying data to make a point, stories connect with the heart. ⏺Stories can powerfully shape organization’s culture.  Recent Forbes study, revealed that 75%…