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Why you may not become a CEO ?

You have impeccable credentials – a degree from one of the top rung business schools, good number of work experience with some of the top brands –  still you may not get a claim to the CEOs cabin. A good number of professionals fail to get on to the top box in their organization despite […]

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Hot jobs & roles for management professionals and fresh MBAs ..

While every function in a business is important, and every functional area has their own relevance, there are positions and functional specialties, which are typically “hot” in almost all organizations. These areas may seem nothing different for other stuff that you do when you join a company from a b school, but  within a few […]

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Job Search

Evaluate job opportunities in a better manner.

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: […]

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Do you need to outsource your resume writing ..

I have been often asked by my friends to help and guide them enhance and build their resumes. I must say that , it is a challenging task, it’s a creative task, and it’s a time consuming task. But I must also say that most people who have approached me for the same are professionals […]

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I am not concerned with my appraisal ratings ..

“I am looking out for a change & I am not concerned with my appraisal ratings”.  A typical sign of over confidence and arrogance for some. In the last quarter of the financial year, some of us start having thoughts regarding our proposed shift in jobs, once the appraisal year is over. Most of the […]

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Job Search

Job search through Linkedin ..

Linkedin , has started offering a ” Job Seeker Premium” account for professionals looking for a job change.  This adds to the other revenue stream of Linkedin, which already has a series of paid services for members to enable networking for business as well as to enable recruiters and hiring managers link up with prospective […]

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Round One– Referrals for jobs in your dream company …

Would you pay to be interviewed for a position in a company ? An interesting business model is being championed by Round One Network Pvt  Ltd. to connect candidates to companies for their job openings. The company has been promoted by an INSEAD graduate, and has been existence for some time now. As per reports […]

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Sectors to look out for jobs in 2012

For career moves in 2012, some of the sectors that may be looked at would be sectors which are going to have a long term focus as well as sectors & companies which are more on investment mode at this stage.