September 2008 - Posts - On The Job

September 2008 - Posts

B-school student? Then compete for a job

Posted by Aparna Kalra at 
Competitions and quizzes have always been around on b-school campuses but more recruiters are launching such competitions to identify talent, and promise a job. September seems to be the favourite month for these events and b-schools are buzzing with the competition rage. MTV, on campuses for the first time with a contest, has got a request to extend...

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Where spouses are vetted...

Posted by Aparna Kalra at 
Earlier this month, I wrote about impressing the boss's spouse in times where the personal and official mix. The New York Times has weighed in with jobs where not only candidates but spouses are also vetted (although in certain states like New York a board of directors must desist from even asking a job applicant's marital status). These are...

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Wanted old hands!

Posted by Rajeshwari Sharma at 
The other day my father asked me if I could help him with creating his resume. It was a perfectly normal request but coming from a 63-year-old man, who has been really enjoying his post-retirement life- dividing time between Kolkata and New Delhi with my mum for company, was a bit of a shock. Before I could fully recover, dad shrugged his shoulders...

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Covet thy colleague's ... real estate?

Posted by S. Mitra Kalita at 
Today's column married what has been The Topic in this capital -- the global financial crisis and the DDA lottery. Although on the latter, I think we all submitted our cheques and have moved forward with life. The former seems like we will be facing a fallout for months,possibly years to come. Have been getting differing feedback (check out the...

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IIM Ahmedabad: Sympathy for Lehman (or the batch of 2009)?

Posted by Aparna Kalra at 
Students at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, flooded by calls on Wall Street's bloodbath including two from this reporter, have issued a statement on the trouble at Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, "to express our solidarity with two of our long standing recruiting partners and wish them well in their hour of distress"...

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Supermom, sexy or sexist?

Posted by S. Mitra Kalita at 
There's a debate waging over Sarah Palin on another blog run by an organization with which I am quite familiar, or at least used to be. One reader posted my last week's column comparing Palin to India's own Mayawati, which triggered this comment . Here's an excerpt: "To call a working woman, a 'Superwoman' is almost insulting...

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Premchand Palety here

Posted by Premchand Palety at 
I have gone through some of the mails that our readers sent regarding the survey.At the outset I would like to clarify that the prime objective of this survey is to elevate the standards of management education.We are not doing this to perpetuate brand myths but to create new brands based on their actual performance.B-schools have been evaluated against...

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Discussion on MBA rankings - join us today!

Posted by S. Mitra Kalita at 
We have gotten lots of feedback to our MBA issue and welcome more of it. Check out the very long list of comments here and keep them coming. A reminder that Premchand Palety, director of C-fore, which conducted the rankings, will be online with me at 4pm today to discuss them at this link . Share this post: email it! | del.icio.us! | digg it! | newsVine...

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Talk to us about our MBA rankings

Posted by S. Mitra Kalita at 
Premchand Palety, director of C-fore which conducted Mint's business school rankings will be available for a live chat here on “On the Job” on Monday, 15 September. Prem also is the author of the popular Mint column “Business Case.” I hope you caught his provocative piece today on an institute in New Delhi . So log in to discuss the rankings, the...

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Move over America...

Posted by Rajeshwari Sharma at 
Every time I read something like the latest executive quiz by The Korn/Ferry Institute, I secretly feel happy about my broken American dream as a 20 something. Those were the days when a great job in the United States meant you had arrived. It’s a different story that I am far from arriving (please don’t read this as a job in the US but career in general...

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Harassed in the workplace?

Posted by Poornima Mohandas at 
Writing ‘Sporadic legal battles point to labour issues in IT, BPO sectors’ opened a skeleton’s closet so to speak. According to one senior human resources professional in an Indian IT services company, 70-80% of harassment in the workplace (sexual or otherwise) go unreported and undocumented in India. If you don't wish to be mute here are some organizations...

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Should the company pay for your kids' travel?

Posted by S. Mitra Kalita at 
I've been watching the coverage of Sarah Palin, the vice-presidential nominee on the Republican ticket in the US, with great interest. Overnight, she has become America's most famous working mom, giving birth while in office (I mean, literally, she gave a speech AFTER her water broke). This morning brought this story from the Washington Post...

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You must impress the boss. But the boss' spouse?

Posted by Aparna Kalra at 
In times where business and pleasure merge into one, it is not possible to know your boss well and not his or her spouse. The relationship can be a tightrope walk but cannot, and should not, be avoided. My current boss’s spouse made it easy for me by being a likeable, easy-going musician and painter (No, readers, I wasn’t forced to write this and my...

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How a kid's birthdays affects work

Posted by S. Mitra Kalita at 
I had today off. But I feel like I've worked like a dog. Any working mom will know why when I tell you that my daughter's turning 4 tomorrow. That means there are cakes to be ordered, return gifts to hunt down (why oh why do we do those?), menus to plan, entertainment and activities to organize, and husbands to order around (and then redo their...

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Do you smoke at work?

Posted by S. Mitra Kalita at 
I can't stand smokers, their smell, their attitude, their sense of entitlement to puff, puff, puff wherever they please. My foray into the habit ended quickly in college when even the cinnamon taste of Djarms couldn't ease my paranoia that I'd die of lung disease. But some of my best friends are smokers...So what to do? Union Health Minister...

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