Job cuts across the globe in various industries are piling up as more and more companies announce lay off plans.
Tough times see higher PF withdrawls (Rise By A Record 32% in 2008-09) - How to manage your finances when without a job?
As a clear sign of tough financial times, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) saw a record number of people emptying their PF accounts recently. In 2008-09, it rose by a record 32%, up from a 10 per cent increase the year before. The total number of withdrawal applications filed across India crossed the 1 crore mark. In Delhi alone, the average applications filed per month rose to 1 lakh between Oct 2008 and Mar 2009, from 30,000 between Apr and Sept 2008. According to a labour ministry report, about five lakh people lost their jobs between Oct and Dec 2008.
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Tough Interview question - Why were you removed from your previous job?
May of the employees are being on the layoff list these days. How to answer this question - Why were you removed from your previous job?
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Azim Premzi - Wipro Chief takes Pay cut - Indian CEOs listening?
Azim Premzi - Wipro Chief takes Pay cut . This is definitely a call for other Indian CEOs to take similar cuts rather than laying odd employees in these uncertain time
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How to cope with layoffs?
Layoffs have became very common now a days.These Layoffs are very painful and stressful for companies as well as to the employees.
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Career in Software Industry
Lot of people in India are thinking about the future of Indian software industry, whether it is a good career or not. More and more students in college are confused whether they should go to the software field or not.
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Careers in BPO
BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) is one of the rapidly growing industries in India. Career in BPO can be very rewarding, providing you a chance to put your skills to the test. It is the fastest developing segment of Information Technology Enabled Services industry. The BPO market is always hot in India and will remain same if there occurs any uncertain financial crisis.
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Don’t Cry Recession - Do not make recession an excuse for your inaction
“Recession” is the reason for everything that is happening to me!
Are you among those who think like this? If you think like this then you need to rethink about your thinking.
It has become fashionable to blame recession for everything that is going wrong. I lost my job because of recession. I have to work extra because of recession. My sales is down because of recession. Blaming everything on recession is an easy excuse.
But is that truth? Yes we accept that there are some who are genuinely affected by recession - but there are more than that who just got the “recession bug” and complain about recession in everything they do and assign the reason of their failure on recession.
Remember - it is easy for anyone to do good in the good times - those who have got stuff - do good even in bad times. The real test of how good you are is not in the times of extreme growth but it is in the times when the going is tough.
So if you are a good salesman - do not blame recession for drop in your sales revenue. Go out and sell! Do not sit assuming that due to recession there are no buyers.
If you are a good production manager - do not stop producing as nobody is buying. May be look for the ways to reduce the product’s production cost and pass on the benefit to buyers - al lower price they may buy!
If you are a good IT manager - look for ways to improve information efficiency and make your organization competitive in the changed scenario.
What else is mark of a real professional. If you keep sitting, doing nothing you will keep getting the same results - no action - no results.
As a job seeker even if you lost your job - do not get overwhelmed by the figures of unemployment - they are just statistics and they are there because we are making them. Keep trying to find the opportunity - never stopping your effort - and you will get the results. Meanwhile try for alternative occupations in the time you have and make the most of it.
Key is to ACT and do not make recession as an excuse for inaction!
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How can I improve my spoken English? How to speak with a neutralized accent?
Are you one of those candidates who have lost a job opportunity because you are not good in spoken English? Many candidates especially from India and China where English is not the first language (or mother toungue) are left behind in jobs - marked poor in communication skills. Even if they are good in English language - they loose out on the accent - when they try to speak English in their vernacular accent.
How can I improve my spoken English?
How can I neutralize my accent of spoken English?
You can do it with sufficient training - self directed or with outside professional help. In this article we will give some common tips to improve your spoken English.
How to train yourself in spoken English?
All you need is to incorporate some best practices in your daily routine which will take you closer to your goal of speaking English with a neural accent.
Watch Others
Watch other - be it a real person or a movie or news reader in an English News channel. You have to observe the movements of lips / mouth of the people you feel are your ideal English speakers. Watch them and try to imitate them - and do not feel bad - you are not doing anything worng in imitation - it is just learning.
Imitate
By imitating we mean you repeat whatever they say and try to maintain the clarity, rhythm and modulation of what they say. The key here is to start slowly and then increase your speed. If you star speaking very fast initially you will lose control. So initially speak slowly and then increase the speed.
Carry you iphone everywhere
Carry you iphone everywhere and listen to the English Music, English dialogues, recorded english conversations while travelling. This way you will save the time and also learinign this way your subconcious will be trained more effectively.
You may also record the stuff that you find difficult to speak and try to listen to it frequently. While listenins speak aloud with the player.
Use an audio dictionary
There are many audio dictionaries available in market. Use them to correct your phonetics and correct pronunciation of words that are hard for you to say. And if an audio dictionary is not available try
Read the books aloud - Make it a routine
Take your faviourite novel or book and read it aloud every day. 30-60 minutes every day should be your routine for reading aloud. It takes about 60-90 days to effectively start speaking well in English. So be patient with yourself and give yourself time to practice and be a good speaker in English.
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Internship resume - How to write a resume for intern positions?
You will need a resume if you are looking for an internship and applying for the intern jobs. And remember your resume will be one of the deciding factor for getting a call for internship.
A well made resume, which identifies your goals, academic background, skills, experience (if any), and activities, is just as critical for the internship search as it will be for your job search after you complete your education. A resume or CV which is for internship may not be very different from the one that you will use for a job application - both in intent and content. However, you may include some information for the internship resume which you may not in your final resume for the job search.
Structure of an internship resume:
- Objective of Internship: Write your objective for internship (customize for internship you are applying)
- Skills: Write your skill set (relavant to internship you are applying)
- Relevant experience: Write your experience relevant for internship. This may be part time experience or other projects. Explain in detail.
- Other experience: List the other experience (not related to internship being applied for). Be brief as this is not so relevant.
- Education: (Reverse Chronological - include present course up to last semester)
- Awards and Honors: (List any awards, honors, scholarships)
- Extra curricular activities
- References: Give some academic and if possible related industry references
- Contact Information: (Name, Address, Phone, Email)
Some Tips for writing internship resume:
- Tailor your resume for internship your are applying
- Write tailored cover letter or email
- Use ‘Reverse Chronological’ for education and experience
- Keep the contact details latest (don’t miss that one call)
- Propose your project while being flexible to change it if organization demands
- Keep it short - 1 page resume and 5 line cover letter
- Be prepared with your “Elevator Speech”
If you modify your resume based on tips above you will soon get the positive feedback from employers.
Best wishes for your internship!
