A mid-career transition is not always what it seems. Changing careers could be very risky, hence it is important to think through some crucial points. We all know someone who has faced the mid-career crisis. Some of us have also been there and it is not the best situation to be in. A mid-career crisis…
Online intelligence firm Cyble recently announced that cyber criminals have posted personal data of 29.1mn or 2.9Cr job-seeking Indians on the dark web for free. The company recently through a blog post broke the news to the world. It is the same company which had revealed hacking of Facebook and Unacademy databases by hackers. “29.1…
The CXOs are the brain and soul behind every company decision. It is their expertise, knowledge, and capabilities that can either take the organization to new heights or hamper the growth of the company. Choosing a CXO is a tough and tiring task for any organization. There are a lot of factors to be considered…
Being well prepared – makes you appear more confident, makes you appear relevant, and gives you an edge as compared to others in line for the job.
Job interviews – don’t look at it as an interaction where people are judging you – try to see it as an opportunity to learn, network, and as an avenue to discover your strengths and limitations. Job interviews are important. When you are interviewing – it’s not just about getting hired. Of course, getting a…
Looking for a job can be one of the most challenging phase in a person’s life. If your job search efforts are not yielding results, you may want to give a fresh thought to your approach. You need to plan well and focus on important things that help your effort and increases your chances of…
“How to register with top executive search firms ?” – We have heard this question a number of times, and in this post we try to place our thoughts on the question and related aspects. It’s quite easy to answer this question. Let’s follow a simple structure: Step 1: Identify the concerned search firms. Step…
As you keep on progressing through your career, you naturally become more experienced and more expensive. By expensive we mean, your pay cheque starts getting fatter and fatter – of course this is conditional to the fact that you are capable enough and driven enough to continue with a corporate career.
I was planning to title this article as “Evaluating a job offer or a job prior to applying..”. I decided to keep it “Evaluating a job offer ..” since it’s difficult for one to evaluate a job on the parameters mentioned below prior to applying for the job. Most of the time an interview interaction…
Evaluating future employers is not easy, and then evaluating any job offer that comes your way can be more challenging. Whenever my industry colleagues speak to me about job offers and seek suggestions if they should go for it or let it pass – I normally hint at the need to look at the…
Working in a start-up can be a great way to start your career, as well as to take on lots of learning’s in a small span of time. As on date, every day you have a number of start-ups springing up specially in the areas of technology, mobile media, e-commerce, internet, digital media etc. A…
Seems that every one is keen to tap the growing segment that is hooked on to their mobiles – Blackberry, iPhone, Android Phones etc. Now, you have an easy option of checking out the latest jobs from your mobile phone. You can log into your account and manage profiles, apply for jobs etc. Last week…
Till some time back job search for senior positions was a challenge and the domain was primarily held by Executive Search companies, and Head Hunters. Normally companies were not too keen on posting senior level jobs, key positions so you had to depend on some executive search consultant getting in touch with you to discuss…
May be read as a continuation of : Fast track career growth & job search: Challenges Some suggestions that can help you plan better and act better on your job search efforts are outlined below. See if they can give you a direction. The title reads – “for fast trackers” – however the suggestions may…
How do you evaluate the call from a search firm or a recruitment consultant? Most of the time we have seen people asking these questions in their first conversation, when approached by a search consultant. Name of the company? What’s the designation? What’s the compensation being offered? Smarter ones typically also do a check on:…