Tag: hiring

June 18, 2022

A job interview like a final exam, is bound to fill the most confident of us, with a certain amount of trepidation.

🎯Research shows that, it’s the third thing, people fear the most:the first being death, and the second, public speaking. 🎯The major stress, is around giving the right answers to the questions. Take note of this One Tip to help you Answer Any Question at the Job Interview. The Interview is Never about You. It’s always…
June 15, 2022

How to get yourself next promotion?

Everyone aspires for career growth and increase in salary. But only a few are ready to do what it takes, intentionally and consistently to get there. Here are 7 time-tested tips: 1. Exhibit a strong, positive can-do attitude. There are two types of employees. Those that are physically present from 9 am to 5 pm…
June 15, 2022

References Recommendations, Referrals – allies in your Job Search?

References, Recommendations, Referrals – allies in your jobSearch? 1. References are about your Past, what you did and how you faced challenges in the Past. These would include your network, college professors ex Colleagues, even your boss, other senior people with whom you have worked closely, your Alumni network. They are vouching for your previous…
June 10, 2022

Keep on Reading!

Keep Reading!Of the 3Rs, Reading comes first – not without reason. Decades ago, we had to rely on reading for learning. This paradigm has shifted in the last couple of decades with the arrival of the Internet and Digital Revolution Today some of us are too preoccupied with social media to bother with books. Some…
June 9, 2022

The only Purpose of Feedback is to Feed Forward

Feedback or Feed Forward?(A post of a different kind – spreading positivity and Hope) Could not help sharing feedback from a very senior executive received this morning. He declined my 3 month coaching Program, for some financial constraints at the moment. We had 2 interesting pre- coaching discussions, lasting more than an hour each. I…
June 8, 2022

How Work shapes your Personality

Being in a particular environment every day, for eight or more hours each day, for several years, has a big impact on the habits of our mind and behaviour. It influences our view of life and how we understand it, the way we think of ourselves and how we relate to others. Very often, though,…
June 8, 2022

Motivation that works at the Workplace – Positive or Negative?

What are the Negative and Positive factors that affect motivation at workplace? One of the Negative factors is Fear. Our protective, survival instinct, based on avoidance of harm and the inevitable consequences of consistently poor performance. All of us wake up each morning, with some hope, some motivation to show up. There are two types…
May 26, 2022

Life Long Learning – No.1 Skill Employers are looking for today. We can’t rely on our skills. Today’s sought after skills become redundant tomorrow. Life Long Learning is the only insurance for longevity at the workplace and to stay relevant at the workplace
May 24, 2022

It’s Hard to get Fired Today

Learnings that could apply to Indian and other job markets as well. It’s Hard to get Fired Today!(some perspectives from Wall Street Journal – May 19, 2022) The Pandemic has somewhat changed the paradigm for employees. Getting Fired takes Harder Work, today. Employers more likely to keep people on their teams, who wouldn’t make it…