Tag: jobs

• 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…
• 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…
• February 24, 2023

  World Economic Forum 2023 – 4 Takeaways

  4 takeaways from #wef23  held in January 2023. An interesting experience during the pandemic has been the opportunity to watch the livestreaming of global summits, including the WEF 2023 at Davos last month. Am sharing some of the topics and learnings.Source credit: The Adecco Group Upskilling & Reskilling are major challenges that Companies must address.…
• November 3, 2022

  Empathy inspires

  Empathy Inspires… even at  work! Real #stories  move people. This one is about one of my first bosses at Hindustan Unilever, where I spent several decades. The late, Bipin Shah, Chairman of Lipton & Director of HUL. One of the most humane leaders I’ve come across. The incident happened in the early 1970s, a decade…
• August 27, 2022

  Why are employees leaving?

  Why are #employees Leaving?(Some perspectives shared by McKinsey; Some my  own) Employers don’t really know whyemployees are leaving. EMPLOYEES themselvesdon’t know why employees are leaving. That is Employees are in a conundrum- they too are facing insecurity & are confused, by & large. As employees return to #office,even in #hybrid mode, they find  things are…
• August 24, 2022

  Social Media Screening

  Social Media screening – with discretion? ➡️Algorithms  are good for economies of scale. They may not be, always good for context and nuance. ➡️Harris Poll of over 1000 people in 2020, showed that 60-90% of employers, used social media to research job candidates. ➡️54% reject candidates, based on their social media presence. ➡️Social Media can…