Praveen is the Founder & Principal Consultant of KHEdge, a boutique HR & Business Process Advisory firm. Over last 15 years he has advised & worked with promoters, founders, business leaders, HR leaders in areas of – Business Strategy, HR Strategy, Organisation Design etc.
This post is directed at “fresh from campus” job seekers and may be read as a continuation of our earlier post – Why should I take up a Rs. 10,000 per month job ? For starters, the thought to skip any supposedly low paying offer make sense if you are mature enough to weigh your…
The rankings don’t matter much for most of you as a normal job seeker. In your typical tenure with an employer you may not be able to make the best out of all the “goodies” on offer, the work place etc. Most of the employees have a typical tenure of 2 – 3 years with…
Keep yourself updated on what’s happening around. This is important. Most of the time when you proceed on a sabbatical, it’s like an endless holiday with a professional life perspective. You may never realise that you are loosing connect with the industry, and it may be a couple of years before it dawns on…
The thoughts below are inspired. Have seen such happenings over the years, I was impressed and wanted to share these power packed ideas with people like you and for the benefit of those who prefer to waste time being knowledgeable and being creative. Some of these thoughts may help make life easier for those who…
Our sales desk got a query from one prospective participant for one of our training workshops – the training concerned a functional theme in Human Resource Management. The lady on the other end of the phone asked – Will I be an expert on the subject matter if I participate in your training?
A news report in a leading daily says – corporates pay big bucks for motivational speeches from real life achievers. The real life achievers in this case has been stated to be – sports person, movie directors, authors, and some business guys. Well, for one I am sure, that the corporates who hire these achievers…
It’s something so similar to memorizing formulas, when you were in math’s class in primary school. Rather than getting the concept and its application to a context – a good number of us always find it easier to cram the whole thing, and then speak out the terms at right or wrong platforms. In…
Recently I came across a news article in a reputed daily about a leading IT company having placed a mandate with some manpower firms to help them source non engineering candidates for IT roles. The mandate involves preliminary training of the candidates and subsequent placement.
There are times when a senior level business executive is fired and he is still not fired. Well, a conflicting & contradictory thought. Let me explain – Have you come across an organizational announcement saying that .. “ Mr. New Smarty has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer effective 1st March. He will take…
When social recruitment pioneers advise companies to build and promote the concept of Talent Communities, the thought behind the whole effort is to be able to facilitate the building of a community of talent (read – prospective job applicants), that is engaged enough to voluntarily communicate to show case their knowledge, support other members of…
In business, we love playing with terms and terminologies. Every now and then , every year some new terminologies evolve and catch the fancy of businesses and professionals. These words and terminologies subsequently become a routine buzzword. However, for at least some time these terms have a mystical value for a…
Definition of Work Work is not just about “doing” some thing using your hand, head or pen paper or a computer. Waiting at the reception, waiting to meet your boss, waiting for a meeting, waiting whole day at a clients reception etc. All of this also classifies as work. Depending on your role , job,…
This week, Infosys has announced some fresh appointments, as a part of leadership reshuffle. As a part of the new appointments, Nandita Gurjar, the present Head HR is being appointed the Global Head of Education & Research. Srikantan Moorthy will be the new Global Head of Human Resources. Nandita Gurjar has been with the…