Jobs & Careers--Index (Special supplement of The Tribune, Chandigarh, India)

Careercature
Sandeep Joshi

I have not seen your resume yet, but we need a more qualified person.

"Sports physiotherapists get good placements"
THE prospects for sports physiotherapists are very bright, says Dr Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Professor and Head, Department of Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy, Guru Nanak Dev University. He is also President of the Indian Association of Sports Medicine.

Raising the raise issue Amy Joyce
SURE, negotiating a salary when you’re considering a new job is tough. But once you’re at a job for a while and think you have earned a bump in pay, the conversation about a raise is nearly impossible.

Casual is working full time
Molly Selvin
ON those rare occasions when insurance executive Tara Guizot wears a suit to her office, "people invariably ask me if I’m interviewing for a new job," she says. The trend toward casual dress has gone so far that Matt Smith, a 27-year-old lawyer, is on a quest to establish ‘Tie Tuesday.’

Trump up responsibilities in your resume
Maryann Haggerty
SINCE graduating from college a few years ago, Stacy Ochsman has worked as an executive assistant and as a household manager. Be clear about the aim of your resume, counsels Cindy Morgan-Jaffe, director of a Career Studio.

Course for foreign executives wanting to work in India
THE Caltech Industrial Relations Center for Executive Education, California, has announced the launch of a new course that will help American executives to successfully do business in India, a recent report from New York said.

Bits & bytes
IIM-A to hold classes for ex-army men
India’s top B-school, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, is all set to impart business education to defence officers who have just retired or who are on the verge of retirement The Certificate Course in Business Administration will be held for officers of the Indian armed forces—Army, Air Force and Navy from October, an official statement released in Ahmedabad recently said.

Smart Skills
Vast vistas in nanotechnology
Usha Albuquerque
Nanotechnology has opened new frontiers for aspiring scientists, with virtually no major sector remaining untouched by this science of the future.
Nanotechnology is the science of the miniature, as the ad says, the science that can create a mobile for an ant! Nano-materials are a thousand times smaller than the diameter of a human hair and can be applied to almost every field, from medicine to cosmetics.

Career Hotline
Some taxing work, this
Pervin Malhotra
Q I am a final year B.Com student. Income tax is one of the key subjects in our syllabus. Can you give me the details regarding courses related to income tax, sales tax, wealth tax etc and those institutions where they are offered.