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Making CVs for others
A write choice
Corporate India is increasingly using the services of people who specialise in writing CVs as per the hiring trends in industry,
writes Arvinder Kaur
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Curriculum Vitae (CV) is a personalised account of a person’s work
experience, educational background, and skills. If you are good at
penning it, you can, in fact, make a career out of it by writing the
resumes of other job-seekers. It
pays to highlight others’ skills: CV
writing is the newest career option in India Inc, which is on a hiring
spree and in most cases initial interviews are conducted through the
Internet.
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Careercature
Sandeep Joshi |
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You did not succeed because you didn’t read my other book, “How to read books on success”.
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Rid your resume of
potential pitfalls
I.M. Soni
In
a survey, more than 2,500
employers from a variety of organisations and industries were asked what
they saw in resumes that they thought were pitfalls. They listed 20
major as well as minor ones. The major ones are given below. You should
steer clear of them to make your resume effective and error free.
Delhi overtakes Mumbai
as top job generator
Delhi has
unseated Mumbai as the top job creator with maximum number of employment
opportunities coming up in the IT and IT-enabled sector (ITeS), a study
has revealed. Most work offers in IT, engg: An Eco Pulse study conducted
by industry chamber Assocham tracked 6,175 job placements in the first
two months of 2006 and found out that employers in Delhi advertised for
1,495 vacancies, followed by Mumbai with 1,344 placements. Mumbai
generated maximum number of jobs in a similar study last year.
Aptech
launches new course
Aptech
Computer Education, an IT
education brand, has announced the launch of its Power Packed Career
Program - ACCP 2006. The programme, aimed at giving the students
exposure to the latest and in-demand technologies, provides real life
work environment exposure through the one-year internship programme.
Honesty
at work
Smart
Skills
Venture
into adventure
Usha Albuquerque
It’s
holiday time — and not
just you, but many of the young people today want a different kind of a
holiday. One that might include trekking and hiking, camping, white
water rafting or even parasailing. The varied topography in India, from
snow- capped mountains and fast-flowing rivers to deserts, thick forests
and a long coastline offers immense possibilities for all kinds of
adventure sports. The varied terrain and climatic conditions provides
scope for developing a number of diverse sporting activities according
to geographical conditions in different parts of the country.
 Career Hotline
Moving on in market research
Pervin Malhotra
Q I am an MBA working
with a market research firm for the last one year. Though the job is
good, I feel the gestation period for making it big in this field is
too long. Any suggestions on how I can put my career on the fast
track?
— Rishi Sharma
A With a couple of years of work experience in MR under your
belt, you can easily leverage your knowledge and experience to bag a
job with a KPO. Pay packages offered by these firms, starved of
competent staff, is substantially higher — by at least 30-70 per
cent.
Fortnightly
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