'Who you know today will determine who you know tomorrow.' 'Becoming an expert in your domain will incentivise others to have you in their networks.' 'And the more diverse your network, the better it is.' An enlightening excerpt from Ambi Parmeswaran's All The World's A Stage: A Personal Branding Story.
While technical skills can land you a job interview, soft skills will help you stand out and climb up the career ladder.
'Our focus is to play well in this World Cup and do what we need to do as a team. Rest people are trying to dig up things that doesn't exist and I am not someone who is ever going to give fodder to that.'
'We chew paan and spit it out on Mother India and then chant Vande Mataram. Throw garbage and then chant Vande Mataram... , the PM said.
How does one make an impression without meeting the recruiter face to face?
Include only what is relevant to your application, says Abhishek Kumar, Assistant Professor, School of Management & Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
Many placement agencies are fly-by-night operators in New Delhi.
Follow these guidelines to keep your team motivated and create a productive atmosphere.
Entrepreneurship, education and training will be provided in 2,200 colleges, 300 schools, 500 government ITIs and 50 vocational training centres through massive open online courses.
'What's the first thing you're going to do when the world is normal again?'
Infosys needs to be more innovative and disruptive with its product and services, keeping its focus on growth.
"Today the country is moving forward from women development to women-led development," Modi said.
If an employee bond is used to ensure that the employee never leaves, then it is illegal.
'Information highways are getting stronger and being strengthened.' 'Occasionally, accidents could occur. But do you stop constructing highways because two motor cars collide?'
K Pandia Rajan, an expert on the employment scene and recruiting speaks on the buoyancy in the Indian economy and what youngsters can look forward to.
Infosys has been in the eye of the storm on alleged violation of H-1B and business visa norms on several occasions in the US
Make sure that people work hard together not against each other.
Why do hundreds, and in some cases, thousands, turn up for a single vacancy at the lowest rungs of government jobs? The answer is simple: It offers a stable, assured income, which overcomes all other objections, says Shreekant Sambrani.
The impact of GST is particularly stark in the highly fragmented synthetic textile industry, which attracts different GST rates at different stages of production and sale
A Molotov cocktail of lies, abuse and bigotry is blowing up social media.
The future of the Make in India campaign looks bleak with a generation of ill-educated jobseekers -- and especially dark if they are cannon fodder for caste riots or put behind bars for breaking India, says Sunil Sethi.
For Afghans in India, including medical tourists from the war-torn country as well as migrants and refugees staying here much longer, the safety of friends and families is the biggest concern - particularly for those linked to the now collapsed government or who have had work ties with the US.
No country has grown without educating its people. India's shameful lag in primary and secondary education has persisted for several decades, and the crisis in higher education is now threatening a social and political calamity, says Ashoka Mody.
More than a decade after it entered the market, Naukri.com, Info Edge (India) Ltd's recruitment services portal, has about 50,000 customers and about 120,000 job listings.
The Confederation of Indian Industry has pegged the requirement for investment at Rs 280 lakh crore ($4.7 trillion) for five years beginning 2014-15 to make the economy grow by seven per cent a year on an average.
The markets stayed on edge last week due to the endless saga of Greece's problems.
He said the country has all the capabilities it needs, it just needs opportunities now.
'An isolationist US and a disintegrating European Union will create a power vacuum that only China is in a position to fill -- a conclusion that is uncomfortable but unavoidable,' says Nitin Desai.
'Mr Modi may have the aura of an irresistible conquistador now, but he is human. He isn't an 'avatar,' argues Shekhar Gupta.
'With this amendment, permanent employees will cease to exist.' 'The government should give a human touch and human face to labour reforms.' 'Ideas like survival of the fittest, might is right, etc, are rules of the jungle.' 'They cannot give new terms like hire and fire to jungle law.'
Sources say even some senior pracharaks are in the race to bag top positions in the government.
Sadly, for hundreds of millions in India, that inequality from their birth and the utterly inadequate schooling and health care they receive thereafter mean that the lottery is stacked against them.
While most applicants seek positions in the personal staff of ministers, some want to be inducted into one committee of the government or other, G Sreedathan reports
By roping the Bollywood star, the professional networking platform looks for wider appeal and a mass audience.
Key documents related to the seven-year-old scam go missing from medical college in Gwalior.
Kargil observed it as a 'black day' and leaders in Leh seeing it as an opportunity for development.
The billionaire businessman beat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States.
Savji Dholakia, the diamond magnate who sent away his son to gain a 'hands-on' life experience, likes to do things the hard way.
The New Year, like 2014, will see brisk hiring. But, specialisation and strong domain skills will decide who gets hired.
Helping co-workers too often may lead to mental and emotional exhaustion and hurt your job performance, a new study has warned.
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