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Simple, earnest question: How can I overcome nerves before an interview? Simple, effective answer: Try the 3Ps 1. PREPARATION: Apart from doing what it it is expected to do, i.e. making us more prepared, it does something else that is important. Many of us suffer from...
The headhunter calls you and asks if you are available this evening for tomorrow morning "Hi, this is an urgent position and the visiting global leader is interested in meeting you. Of course she can meet you virtually next week too, but why miss the opportunity of...
The key to acing an interview is to KNOW YOUR Sh*T I read an interesting post on social media, which shared the above excellent nugget about interviews. And while I agreed with it wholeheartedly, it also gave me some food for thought. I often work with senior level...
The Babbler, The Dabbler, The Scrabbler I often come across three kinds of people in career work. Which one of these are you? The Babbler: Talks about his/her career. Either to others or self. Has career on his mind all the time, and it has been so for some time now....
In my career, I have quit jobs 3 times without having another in hand. This is not a motivational post to inspire you to do the same. Quite the contrary. I do not recommend doing this just for a lark. But I would like to share what worked for me.It is only with the...
@Candidates- Multiple interview rounds is not such a bad thing. Going against the popular opinion of hiring decisions being made with as few rounds as possible, I want to share 3 instances where multiple interview rounds helped me as a candidate. Org 1 - The first...
Here’s a mini case-let I’d love your views on. This was a senior-level interview. The candidate was performing very well – he was superbly articulate with seemingly the right attitude, his experience history checked just about every box. He was amongst the top brass,...
A friend just shared that his son’s school is offering online swimming classes. The children have been taken through the classes (because the school had already taken the fee for sports classes) and have even been given a certificate of completion! I had written the...
You may have heard these words in countless movies. What almost always precedes these simple three words is the hero’s (or heroine’s) struggle to actually spout these out – just convert thought and emotion to sound. Well, sometimes whole movies and romantic novels...
Had the pleasure of attending a beautifully curated event on careers in the social sector recently. Social sector is a blanket term used for NGOs, philanthropic foundations, social businesses, non-profits, humanitarian and international development organisations....
I was asked an interesting question recently. What are the signs an employee is uncoachable? What options should be exhausted before a possible termination? Both the questions above are strong questions by themselves, with distinct answers. But when asked together,...