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…
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Fast track career growth & job search: Challenges
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Are you one of those high flyers – whose success and growth seems to be a liability ? At least during your efforts of job search. You are a fast tracker with a small career span, and are already too expensive for employers. Moving up in the corporate hierarchy and your increasing pay packets can…
Workplace Burnout, Frustration, Stress: Lets get over it and get back to work.
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Looking at the case of burn out in a simple manner – The burn out may not always be a result of some thing drastic, but just a little extra bit of work pressure, and too much of concentrated focus on work for some extra stretch of time.
It’s time to leave !!
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Why did you leave your last organisation ? Lots of consulting and research companies undertake numerous surveys and studies – to demystify the attrition puzzle, and come out with their findings. What triggers the decision for employees to separate from their employer ? When should an employee realise that’s its time to leave ? I…
Handling Performance Appraisals
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Performance Appraisal, is a key activity that supports the Performance Management Process and Initiatives for any organization. This is an assessment of employee’s performance vis-a-vis expectations of the organization. For most companies Performance Appraisal is an annual event – and one of the most religious ones. Considering the impact that an annual assessment has on…
The Telecom business ecosystem
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With the cancellation of 2 G licenses as per The Supreme Court ruling the operators have to face a decent degree of uncertainty till the time fresh guidelines for auction and spectrum allocation comes. At least one operator (its investor Telenor) has hinted on exiting the market if required. Now all this clearly indicates on…
Why you may not become a CEO ?
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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…
Compensation decision for new hires ..
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Mature organizations with robust processes and practices have established compensation norms, for various bands, hierarchy levels, and functions. These compensation levels are derived based on Job Analysis, Job Evaluation supported by Compensation Benchmarking exercises. Some company may also arrive at these norms based on their industry benchmarks and their business projections. Normally mature organization’s try…
Do you need to outsource your resume writing ..
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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…
I am not concerned with my appraisal ratings ..
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“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…