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Job Hunting is like marketing in which you have to market yourself to the
employers. Those who are able to market themselves successfully get through the
tough process of job selection. As companies get lot of benefits through
advertisement, so do the job seekers, by positioning and presenting themselves
in an effective manner.
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Following is a brief summary of the steps, which should be taken to accomplish
your objective:
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Knowing Market Scenario-Get to Know the Job Market and your
Career Options.
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Pre-planning - The initial stage from where you start thinking
about career. Manage your Personal Resources. Assess your skills, experiences
and interests.
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Preparing for the Interview - Write your Resume and Cover
Letters, and then posting your Resume to concerned office/dept.
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The Grand finale’ - The final preparation for the interview is
exactly the time when you have received the call for an
interview.
Following these steps would surely lead you to a desired job with a strong
career ahead.
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Listed below are blooming tips, which will make you climb the success ladder
free and easy:
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Delegate the responsibilities properly
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Use words of praise for the genuine employees
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Evaluate employee performance for change
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Screen applicants with appropriately scrutinizing their work credentials
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Create an employee reward/bounty program for new hire referrals
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Do not hire husband/wife, parent/child teams - if one is terminated, the other
might tend to become a liability for the compan
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Regular and consistent training for employees whenever possible
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Never correct an employee in front of his peers - use a private office
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Become available and approachable at all times
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If industry certification is available, encourage employees through education
subsidy/reimbursement and increased pay
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Encourage employees to improve and augment their skills through education and
training
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Never ask an employee to do something you wouldn't do yourself
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Set an example for the subordinates
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Set realistic goals for performance, which are flexible with situation and work
environment
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Indispensable qualities
The traditional image of a 'secretary' no longer fits many of
the duties that are actually being performed within the workplace. Many
'secretaries' today are handling diversified responsibilities beyond just
typing or performing stereotyped clerical functions.
A good secretary is essential for the proper functioning of any
office. It's the most demanding post in any office. All the records, files and
official details are handled by a secretary. He/she is supposed to give advice
and hints on how to streamline daily schedules within an office setup.
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A secretary needs to be prompt, neat and efficient.
Duties and Responsibilities:
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A secretary must be organized in his/her approach
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He/ she must attend meetings and compose the official minutes
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He/ she must answer all correspondence promptly, and inform superiors before
passing the communication forward
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During board meetings, one of most indispensable roles of a secretary is to
document all board meeting activities by maintaining an attendance log and
transcribing minutes. A secretary should also keep the minutes of all the
meetings, along with a maintaining record of regular correspondence with
various clients and other records.
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With diversified role in present competitive scenario, a secretary takes the
umpteen initiatives, to develop, to grow, to learn, to adapt and to move with
the times. There will always be a need for well-qualified and experienced
secretaries who’ll have a say in an ever-increasing corporate world where
skills and competencies matter most.
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Review the Projects - The project should be
started after knowing the background of the scope of the project. In addition,
the cost - effectiveness of the project should also be taken into account.
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Identify Project Organization & Team Requirements
- Identify the requirements of the project as well as the purpose of execution
of the project or advisory team in addition to the personnel requirements for
composition of project teams from both the business unit and the IT
organization.
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Collaborative Project Team Kickoff Meeting -
Initial meetings always establish the baseline for the project activities to
take place. In the meeting, issues regarding the project scope are generally
addressed.
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Analyze Business Requirements - Reviewing all
project-related documents, tools, findings and recommendations and map them to
the project plan, tasks and major milestones.
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Audit Project Tasks & Resource Requirements for Each
Project Activity - Create a process for reviewing and evaluation
of team member's workload, pro actively identifying and resolving resource
constraints or issues.
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Review Project Life - Cycle Event's Goals,
Objectives and Predictable Risks always serve a control over the project
environment, and in wake of any imminent impacts, they may alter the original
goals or stakeholders expectations.
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Establish Project Business Rule - Practicing
the 3 C’s viz, cooperation, coordination and communication,
leads the project to a fruitful outcome.
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Establish Management Principles & Processes
- The project plans are road maps to any project. Therefore, be prepared with
the project plans in advance.
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Before making any decision gain consensus from the team
- Projects are run only with the help of teams and do remember to take the
consensus of all before taking any decision for the project.
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Liven up to the label – PROJECT.This means
Planned, Rational, Objectives, Justified, Expectations, Coordinated and Team
Driven.
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Whether you're applying for a part-time job, an internship, or your first or
second full-time job, avoiding these common errors can help you land into your
dream job.
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Applying to over qualified positions - The
fact is that not all the nailed interviews and glowing references in the world
will not make you land in jobs that require degrees/ experience lacking within
you.
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Expecting job opportunities to come your way -
About 80 percent of available jobs go unadvertised, which means they won't be
posted on a job board or waiting for you to circle them in the classifieds:
It's up to you to hunt for such job opportunities.
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No Homework Done - Statistics reveal that 44
percent of corporate executives say that student jobseekers lack knowledge
about corporate culture, company's products/services, its main competitors,
branding and the current issues affecting the trade policies.
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Addressing items - Head your document with
phrase "To Whom It May Concern." Before you mail a resume or cover letter, call
the company and ask for the name of the HR manager or division head of the
company. If answering to a blind ad, address the cover letter to "HR Manager."
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Being too modest - Face the interview session
with confidence and professionalism. Don't be afraid to divulge everything in
detail that you've accomplished over the years of hard work. "The whole point
of an interview is to explain how you can prove to be an asset to a company.
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No Preparation Done - If you're not prepared,
or else if you haven't found out about the company, you are bound to be blown
out of the water.
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No follow ups - You certainly don't want to
bug a company on a daily basis. However, a phone call to find out the status of
your application after sending a resume or interviewing with an executive is
perfectly acceptable.
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Being unorganized - Keep a log of each
document you send to the company, where you have had applied for a job.
Maintain a record of materials you sent, follow-up calls if made, time and date
of the calls, name of interviewing panel/person etc. for your reference.
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Have you ever come across the following statement - your
services are not be required by the office? Well, this could happen to anyone
at any work place, irrespective of the fact how generously you have served a
company.
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Management makes you slog each day by loading you with tons of work. At the end
of the day when you are about to leave the office premises, you are invited in
the boss's cabin for a closed-door meeting only to hear that you have been
fired.
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A general feeling largely aspires among work force that Job firing is
always impromptu. While most of the time the higher management
will try to evince signs to make you realize indirectly its high time for you
to stay out there on the seat on which you performed meticulously lately.
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Listed below are some of the most common visible stains of Job Abandonment:
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make a blunder and the lower/middle management will crack a
whip at you with bunch of heavy word fire, initially, to set the warning signal
for you;
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a subsequent blunder creates a furor among the management and
a right stepping stone of freeing you from the responsibilities and delegating
them to your peers;
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your mistaken and lethargic attitude will be conveyed to the
boss by the middle level management, where the final judgment on your future is
accorded in strict words;
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you are invited to your boss’s cabin with a file lying in
front of you containing record of tasks performed by you over a period of time;
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you are made to sign on the resignation letter in front of
your team lead and/or manager in a sordid environment with nothing much left on
your side to say or react;
An ideal pay package is not a success landmark, infact, a
cordial and encouraging environment nurtures the fruits of enhancing
performance and veracity among proletariat.
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Employees would continue to do wrong if they are not pinpointed about their
possible lapse. Constant feedback, good mentorship and positive reinforcement
through regular performance appraisals will provide employees with direction
and appreciation.
Here are some essentials to keep in mind while rendering performance
appraisals:
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Be regular and constructive feedback - Not
receiving regular feedback on performance would bring stagnation in the careers
of the employees. Whether your review schedule is annual, semi-annual, or
quarterly, make doubly sure that it is done on time.
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Flexibility - Some rigid and old methods of
appraisals may not be liked by the employees. The process of appraisal should
provide a framework through which the managers should hold proactive and
confidence building steps among staffing.
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Follow ups - Reviews done by the management
may be good or bad, but they are soon forgotten as they happen only once or
twice a year. Therefore, consistent reviews are a good way to provide the
timely feedback to each employee. Regular feedback on progress in terms of
achieving designated goals is instrumental maintaining momentum during the
course of year.
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Reward difference - makers- Rewards make lot
of difference in the work performance of the employees. Performance reviews
should be an opportunity not only to outline goals, but also a way of
acknowledging them. A pat on the back and congratulations are great promotional
tools for the employees.
Strictly following these performance appraisals are an ideal
gain to any organization with profits soaring high.
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Many people prefer working from home rather than traveling long distances to
move to their offices. They are not interested in the dirty office politics.
They hold the feeling that they can be more focused if they are working from
home not clustered around by ample of people. These people have more relaxed
schedules, as they can work round the clock.
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To keep yourself and your home office organized so you are more productive and
have less stress, try the following tips:
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If you are working from home, it is suggested to keep a
separate and specific work area in your home. The room you want to use as an
office should have plenty of lighting, it should be clean and organized so that
you can find the materials and files you need at the time of your work.
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At home, since there is no direct competition, you have to be
more productive. Thus, you have to identify what type of work environment helps
you work at your best. Your home office is your domain, thus add personal items
and things of your use in office.
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If you are working form home, it does not mean that you can
schedule your work according to your wishes. Instead, you should have a
specific schedule for working.
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Always, try to stick to the schedule you have made for the
office and do abide by it. Just because you work at home doesn't mean you can
take a break whenever you want because there's no boss to tell you to get back
to work. You must be a good time manager as that, affect your business and your
clients equally.
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Do plan, negotiate and prioritize. Start to plan and negotiate
your deals and prioritize your work as per your time schedule. Eventually, you
will learn to weave in and out between business mode and personal mode
throughout the day so there can be a productive balance between work and life
when you work at home.
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Your boss is your guiding light in the office. He/She shields you in many ways.
Thus, keeping him happy becomes a crucial and important part of your profile.
There are more than one ways to keep him happy, which may vary as per the size
of the office. Some of the tips to keep your boss happy are listed as follows:
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Never Criticize - Just when you are about to
criticize your boss, remember that boss is always right. Just zip it.
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No Gossip - Never scream back if
your boss screams at you. Make him/her feel you're absorbing the whole thing.
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Always Take a Note - Make it a habit to take
the note of what your boss says so that there are least loopholes while
performing any duty in the office.
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Never Say No - How so ever busy you are but
never say no to your boss orders. Try to complete the assigned work by your
boss as early as possible.
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Always Keep Deadline - There are many bosses
who may be happy by flattery. Nevertheless, flattery not completes your work.
At the end of the day, every boss wants work. If you can complete your work
with in deadlines, your boss would automatically be happy.
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Don't Over do Any Thing - Excess of flattery
or gossip might irritate your boss. Thus, don't try to over do any act.
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What's more important - career or married life? For boys, the much obvious
answer is their career. They have a right to negotiate and decide about their
lives. What about girls? To some extent, stereotype roles of women as housewife
and mother have transformed to ultramodern and working women in our society.
Yet, despite the dramatic increase in their numbers in the work force, women
have failed to breakthrough the gender barrier especially when it comes to
define their essence and existence.
Parents start hunt for a suitable match as soon as a girl enters
college. Undoubtedly, everybody wants a comfortable life. However, is marriage
the only solution? What opinion does our university students hold? What do they
first prefer - career or marriage?
Everybody has different answer and different opinion. In
general, for most of parents, educating a daughter is a waste of time and
money. In addition, majority feel that ideal age for a girl to marry is only
after 18, whereas for boys, suitable age is 27 and onwards.
Boys, of course, don't believe in early marriages!
Still there are genres of profound skeptics who believe early
marriage is a wise step and career can always be made after.
Whatever be the reason, one needs to balance between the
profession and married life on an equal priority. Lopsidedness on one’s part in
this regard might lead to a complete downfall.
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Not everyone is born with a silver spoon wherein; he/she lands in the right job
after graduating from the college. There are very few to find a dream job for
them. Others have to struggle during their initial career phase. It is also not
certain that a job that looks great may turn out in the same manner in future
also. A job which seems to be right for you at first may no longer be ideal as
you start working out there..
The important thing is to recognize when you identify yourself in the wrong
situation and find a way out of it.
Listed below are some key points to analyze that will help you decide that
you are in a wrong job:
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When you just can't make it to work at on time - You might be
delayed to work due to some problem or else you just have a creative mind to
make lame excuses or sending emails to your boss for a leave.
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Sometimes the problem is even larger - It happens more often
than you might think. It's very easy for a college pass out to readily accept
the job, where he/she can perform well as per his/her skills, rather than
accepting a job full of challenges and threats.
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So how do you know when you need a bigger change than just a new job?
There are a few easy signs- if you have a particular interest apart from
routine work that consistently holds your attention better than your job does,
then you are in wrong place. For instance, if you've had a string of bad
employment experiences in your field, you're probably in the wrong field.
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The best thing to do is to write a list of things you don't like in any job
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the negatives on your list are more than positives than it's the time to switch
to a new job. Whether you got it right on the first try (or second or third)
isn't important; what's critical is that you find the best-suited job for
yourself as early as possible.
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