October 10, 2021
When an employee quits, the manager offers more money. That reinforces exactly what the employees suspected. The relationship is purely transactional. They believe that they are just another factor of production
October 4, 2021
CAREER BREAKS - HOW TO MANAGE THEM
Life happens. Career breaks happen. How to re-enter the workforce and what should employers do. Here are some inspiring stories of individuals who took a career break. Sometimes they chose to take a break. Sometimes the circumstances forced the break. The credit must also go to the employer who did not let a break in career ruin their future.
September 12, 2021
Most applicants are still writing their resumes for humans. They continue to prepare for interviews with humans. The reality is that from reading the resumes to testing and video interviews, we are dealing with algorithms.
July 25, 2021
You could say the pandemic caught the business world unprepared like deer in the headlight. The Great Resignation is also telling us how unprepared the employers are.
June 21, 2021
As businesses are slowly opening up the offices, the candidates are facing this tricky question in the job-interviews. Do you prefer to work from home or come to the office. How should you answer it.
April 24, 2021
In this book Rory Sutherland builds a case for magic and alchemy. In science, everything has one correct answer. Human behavior and choices are guided by context. Pain killers are more effective when they are effective. Savlon launched an antiseptic liquid that did not “burn” like their competitor Dettol. The consumer complained that Savlon was ineffective because there was no burning sensation. Read my review about Alchemy - a book I really enjoyed.
March 31, 2021
Here is a mail a reader sent to me.
“I work in a start-up manpower service provider, where I report to the director of the organisation. As we are flourishing, we have started constructing the hierarchy of the organisation …” and then …
March 3, 2021
Evidence shows that when teams have psychological safety, they’re more willing to acknowledge their own mistakes and figure out how to prevent them moving forward. They’re also more comfortable raising problems and exploring innovative solutions.
January 6, 2021
Ever since Taj Westend Hotel, Bangalore was established in 1887, this letterbox has stood there. That letterbox has 560001 painted on it. This Postal Index Number or PIN Code number holds the clue to the next wave of jobs in India. The needs of the next billion are very different […]