Praveen Mishra

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.

A job is not just about money.

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…

Why should I take up a Rs. 10,000 per month job ?

“Why should I work for Rs. 10,000 per month ? “ We will relate the above statement to that of a fresh MBA, an engineer or any fresh graduate who now aspires for a professional career. In case you have not been able to land up a job from campus considering either poor market conditions,…

Are they really paying for motivation

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…

Why DO you hire from degree selling schools ?

  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.

And you know that the guy has been fired ..

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…

What may be wrong with Talent Communities?

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…

New Leadership Appointments at Infosys

  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…