There is a popular saying - “what gets measured, gets reviewed and what gets reviewed, gets improved and rewarded”. Applied at the workplace, it means that to get rewarded, your work should get measured first and noticed too. At the end of the day we all want recognition of our hard work. Recognition comes when [...]

I always find one of my friends grumbling about the amount of work he does. He always keeps on complaining that he has lots of work to do -  work long hours in the office to finish the work; spend lots of time in answering e-mails; handle tonnes of files and papers. And most importantly, [...]

“Did you hear that the new Team Lead is flirting with the boss? ”; “Oh! he is getting divorced!”; “Her wallet got wacked from her bag!!” .W ho doesn’t like the juicy gossips and if it’s at the work place, the more the merrier! There were few people in my previous office, who were also [...]

In these times of slow economic recovery, many of us are finding it difficult to hold on to our respective jobs. Work pressures, stretched working hours, stringent quality checks and - clubbed with all this - workplace politics. Ethically speaking, just how desperate are we to save our job?
You need to be aware when someone [...]

A brilliant story, recently forwarded by my friend on my email. I am presenting it as is for our valued readers. Some of you may have read this before but worth reading again.
The take away from the story is, about how to keep your goal in mind till you achieve it. You will never realize [...]

It depresses me when I meet some smart talented youth, without a job. Scratch their surface and I am surprised with the findings. The observation is that many of them really do not even know what is the kind of job they are looking for!!! I have come across many a candidate who have not [...]

This posting is my continuation of my earlier posting ‘Tips to make a good impression in an interview’.
I asked, ‘what’s the best way you consider for background check of a prospective employee?’, to a friend who is a recruiter in a company. I was surprised with his answer when he replied ‘google search’ as his [...]