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…
Career pivot across functional domains is challenging but it may be possible. Some thoughts on how you can make it work for you. Career pivot from one function to another. We are limiting our discussion to inter functional career pivot. Many amongst us think of career pivot at some point in our careers. Some of…
Have you applied for the Joint Secretary position with Government of India ? Last month Indian Government, in a first, allowed candidates from private sector to apply for select Joint Secretary position with its ministries and departments. This has been viewed as a positive move by most, and with suspicion by another set of people.…
My last post was also about Future of Work & Workplaces , albeit with a different perspective. I placed some thoughts on changes that have been happening, and some simple questions that emerge, about future workplaces. There may be much more, but it helps to keep life simple and talk about simple visible things. Technology, communication…
Dhamma is a pali word which borders around the Sanskrit word Dharma. We are not talking about Dharma as any religion. We are just talking about Dharma as what needs to be done and the right way of doing things – a philosophy. Dhamma at workplace is just about taking up learnings from Dhamma, and…
Everyone wants a perfect resume – something that captures the attention of guys at the other end and does magic in form of an invite for meeting. You may have had people asking for advice: What format or template should be used? Should I use the color and graph type modern template or a simple…
These are simple insights that can enable you work on your written communication in a business scenario or otherwise. You may be already aware of these, but then you invariably miss out on these. Who is the recipient? Emails have become an essential component of written communication at workplace, as well as a well used…
The closer you are to the activities and decisions that directly impacts an organisations growth, success, or value creation – the more valuable you are. What enables you to claim top of the line compensation? A big hearted employer, a cool boss, your ability to deliver and get things done, or just some good luck.…
Once you have decided to pass over an offer, how would you react to the follow up calls by the search consultant and the HR guys at the concerned company. These days, when mid & senior level opportunities are getting limited, landing up a new job offer is a big deal. In that case, why…
We are inquisitive characters. We always want to know what will happen, what can happen etc. We are also keen to find ways of how we can impact the future and if can predict the future right. We are keen to predict the future of economy, future of industry and the future of business. We…
The Objective statement on your resume confuses the recruiter and hiring manager. May be it positions you as a jack of all trades while they are looking for some specialist, or maybe it positions you as an SME while they are looking for a generalist operations guy. Your resume ends up boring the recruiter…
Some stories on severance pay-out’s.Severance pay comprises the pay and benefit’s awarded to an employee on his/her exit from an employer. The exits may be some untimely exit brought around by a firing or because of some M&A, or it could be retirement. We have listed some interesting stories related to severance pay-out’s. Severance Packages:…
“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…
Spacing & Formatting : Ensure that the spacing in your resume is uniform. Check the alignment – you can opt for a justified or a left aligned formatting through out the document. Use underline / bold / italics selectively and with a purpose. Please remove unwanted underlining, avoid highlighting texts unless some one has requested…