June 2008 - Posts - On The Job

June 2008 - Posts

Truth and beauty

Posted by Rajeshwari Sharma at 
One of the early proverbs that I picked up from my father included handsome is that handsome does, cleanliness is next to godliness, god helps those who help themselves and several others. As I tried to learn and grasp their meaning, my impressionable mind almost led me to believe that handsome is that handsome does until my best friend in college preferred...

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learning in the break room?

Posted by Aruna Viswanatha at 
Companies are investing crores of rupees in training programs for their employees—soft skills, hard skills, management skills—all taught either by a formal instructor, or by a software substitute. But how much of it is really useful? According to Narrendiran P, a public relations manager at the training firm Expertus , not that much. Formal training...

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Of surveys and other such stuff

Posted by Rajeshwari Sharma at 
I was about to delete the mail as I read the first sentence: information technology companies continue to enjoy the best reputation among corporates in India for the second consecutive year. Don't we all know it? Thanks to numerous surveys revealing the positive perception that technology companies enjoy in India. However, the third annual study...

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Background score

Posted by Rajeshwari Sharma at 
Fake resumes have been a bane for human resource managers for a long time now. The enormity of the issue, however, came to the light two years ago when technology companies Wipro Ltd and Infosys Technologies Ltd reportedly fired employees due to discrepancies found in the information provided by them. Since then, companies have been investing time and...

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