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New mags offer internship chances
Numerous movies, soaps and chiklet novels have been devoted to portraying the colourful life of college and the fun-filled days of youth. It is that part of life that witnesses the formation of strong ideas and a vision towards the future. Most ...
Do It Right

Have you got your role right?
What is your job all about? This is quite an obvious and basic tenet of any job – one that actually needs no mentioning. Yet, in the hullabaloo of getting a new job, joining formalities and settling into a high-pressure role, this crucial ...
Finger Tips

Make Yourself A More Valuable Employee
In these days of tough competition, organisations are no longer bothered with the average employee but are fighting to retain those that bring the maximum value to the organisation.

Here are some ways in which you can improve your value ...
Miscellaneous

VIEWPOINT
Cold welcome makes new hires quit quietly
Retention is the buzzword but as a priority it buzzes in too late. Retention ought to begin on Day One when an employee comes to the workplace for the first time. A new hire is a highly motivated employee who is eager to prove his worth to ...


FOCUS
Put ’positive aggression’ in to performance
Picture this: Sreesanth jumps and jives, hits and grins aggressively, as he stumps a batsman of the opposition. The captain, Dhoni, simply smiles and says, he allows his batsman to carry forward positive aggression, as it benefits the team. Now ...
A clue to the ’why’ factor of job hopping
“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom”.

- Confucius

Today’s workforce seems to have taken Confucius’s words to heart. Whether it is ...


HR HIGHS
These retention drivers keep teams together
In today’s business environment, it is a known fact that people are the best assets and cannot be moved out or moved in at will by inexperienced managers. The fact is most employees leave their jobs because they do not like the way their ...
THIS & THAT
Invoke peer pressure to stem procrastination
Ms. Preeti is always late (or should we say, barely in time) – be it her festival shopping or filing her tax returns. Every task or project involves a last minute dash to beat the deadline. It’s not that she is pushed for time, but ...
Q & A On Career Concerns

Dated December 12, 2007
Please tell me which universities offer M.Phil chemistry in distance mode.

Rengamani. V Kakatiya University, School of Distance Learning and Continuing Education, Warangal: In service teachers with minimum two years of teaching ...
Working Trendz

Let subordinates solve problems by themselves
This is a typical dilemma of managers - they feel they have delegated everything fair and square to their subordinates. Finally they think that they can do tasks or undertake projects that will help them grow.

But unfortunately many find ...



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