Tag: employee

February 18, 2024

How to use ChatGPT judiciously for your Interview Prep‼️ ➡️The idea is to ensure that the interview is a fair and unbiased process. ➡️Veer round to performance based interview. ➡️When the interview doesn’t take the course of a performance based interview, you can experiment by adapting the conversation to forced choice questions. ▶️Some ways in…
November 11, 2023

An Interview Question – with a difference ‼️ A lot has been written & heard about Frequently Asked Questions at job interviews. One of the mundane ones being:‘Tell me about your weaknesses.’or ‘What’s your greatest weakness?’ This one certainly leaves most candidates in a quandary, as to how to answer authentically. I rather liked a…
October 4, 2023

Tips for Employees to stay Future- ready

5 Tips for Employees to stay Future-ready 1. AWARENESS ➡️ Review industry reports to understand markets & overall landscape of jobs. ➡️ Stay informed on global issues & industry dynamics. ➡️ Understand impact of external factors – hybrid model, gig economy & fractional working (individuals providing specialised services to multiple organizations). 2. SKILLS ➡️ Deepen…
August 15, 2023

Take Control of your Career

Take Control of your Career‼️– the shape of things to come. ➡️ We are now in an era of Do It Yourself Career Development. ➡️ As job tenures shorten, companies may become less motivated to offer formal training in future. ➡️ Your career & personal development will be your own responsibility. ➡️ The top skill…
August 15, 2023

Asking for Vacation Time – A Struggle?

Asking for vacation – a struggle? ‘I can’t think of taking a vacation now. There’s so much to be done’ ‘With all news & rumours of layoffs, now’s isn’t the right time to ask for a vacation. Does this sound familiar? ❓Some reasons why employees are reluctant to avail of vacation time: ➡️ Gen Zers…
July 24, 2023

. Effective Communication – Your Ticket to success!

. Of all life skills, Communication – the Human connection – is the foremost. . Oral communication involves 4 processes. Send ➡️ Receive ➡️ Understand. ➡️ Respond. . Easy enough it seems. Yet the biggest problem is to Listen to what is NOT being said. . Understand the context, culture, situation. . Every communication is…
April 13, 2023

Clarity of Direction in your Job Search

Clarity of Direction & targeting Companies in your Job Search! The pandemic has created an unemployment pandemic of sorts – in India as well as globally. 35 million white collar workers are still jobless, as of February 2023 in India. Today’s Job Search is Less about Searching, and More about Being Found. Chances do not…
January 8, 2023

Workplace shifts in 2023

Workplace Shifts in 2023! Uncertainties of economic slowdown & rising inflation, among other things, are likely to lead to workplace shifts in 2023. Some of the trends we may see are mentioned below. 1. Hybrid rather than Remote is here to stay. The ‘return to office’ debate may continue; but Hybrid may well emerge the…
December 2, 2022

Does it help to haave office friends?

Does it help to have ‘office friends’? The office used to be the standard place to make one’s first friends in adulthood, or even lifelong friends. But WFH and hybrid working has changed that. Yet 52% employees report craving for more connections at work. Gen Z is probably feeling the brunt of this, having missed…
November 23, 2022

How will Employee Engagement work in the Gig Economy of the future?

Yesterday I had the privilege of attending an interesting & insightful Masterclass on the Bloom-World platform. A major subject of the discussions was Employee Engagement This got me thinking about how employee engagement will pan out as Gig Economy evolves in future. Undoubtedly, employee engagement contributes to employee wellbeing, productivity, retention & profits. But it’s…