|
|
|
| JOBS & CAREERS |
|
|
|
Mind in own business
Office Mantra
Boom time for professionals
A profitable MIX
NCR highest job creator
Institute Newsboard
Nokia-IGNOU tie up
Civil Engineering
Happiness work
|
|
Mind in own business
A young college pass-out, high on energy, adrenalin pumping in his blood, is having lofty thoughts of making it big in the corporate world. But the life comes a full circle on him when after spending some time in his job, he starts feeling that his job has become stale. He is unable to draw intellectual enrichment from his job and neither is his job able to give him job satisfaction. What is the reason for this disenchantment? Is the corporate culture to be blamed? Or is it that a person realises that a particular job is not his calling and this is not what he eventually wants to do. Does he start thinking that he is not cut out for the daily rigors of the job, or the realisation dawns upon him that he is made for something better?
Though many are confronted with these questions, very few listen to their heart and relinquish their well set careers to wade in uncertain waters once again.
Common gripes
Most of the people feel that the work-life balance gets disoriented and it tilts more towards work because of the pulls and pressures of the corporate jobs. No doubt, in the private sector the delegated powers are more than those in a PSU, but so are the sacrifices that one has to make. “You treat the company you work for as your own, but your company would never own you”, this is the observation made by Ambala-based Ujjaldeep Samundri who worked for Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company for eight years, but left the organisation to start his own enterprise.
Stress factor
Stress is a major factor, which makes many of the managers ask themselves that is the salary they are drawing worth the chicanery they face day in and day out? Post-recession under the garb of cutting costs and increasing productivity, the companies have started taking out the work delegated for three resources from a single resource. “I wanted to break away from the vicious circle of proving myself at
every juncture or every time a new boss joined in”, says Parmod Juneja, who was earlier working as a regional head with Tata
AIG. He has now started an educational institute and an NGO. “These days the organisations lack empathy, everything is in place till the time you have your numbers right. But a slight dip in your numbers here and there can spell doomsday for you”, adds
Parmod. Insecurity is another big fear which keeps on lurking in the minds of corporate workers. There is no job security, and this is one of the major reasons that lead to high rate of attrition in corprates vis-a-vis PSUs or other government agencies.
Quitting not bad It is said most people die at the age of 35 but just refuse to get buried till they are 75 (or whatever the average life expectancy is today). In other words, people hate their jobs, they can’t stand these, but have no other option than to continue showing up for work with the rest of the herd every morning for the rest of their lives. They essentially compromise their lives. “I feel amazingly wonderful, except the fact that my bank balance is not wobbling high on the 30th of every month. I have freedom from my robotic lifestyle and now I can put my innovations and my best practices to optimum use in my own firm”, avers
Vivek. However, starting one’s own enterprise is not a cakewalk, and one must be ready to face some rough weather in the new enterprise. In your own enterprise you are your own leader, so the kick to perform and achieve results at time is even higher. “After having a 25-year-long innings, I do feel that driving kick and satisfaction is a better option than having a fat pay cheque and no satisfaction. It is the spirit of independence that I enjoy in my business is what I like the most”, says Parmod while adding that getting hooked to the assured salary at the end of the month is a sure shot route to slavery.
ut if one is planning to leave his job, a good financial buffer zone, backed by a qualified business plan, should set the ball rolling, since one would not have the luxury of having the salary on the 30th of each month. Ultimately, it is a matter of personal choice; you want to pass time or want to live life to the fullest. “There are times when people work 14/7 for months together without taking even a single day-off, but even after that there is no respite at times. But in my enterprise I have my work-life balance, with all the possible freedom and there is no compromise in my lifestyle as I am my own boss”, adds
Ujjaldeep. “I feel all the more empowered after quitting my job, because I realised that happiness is not 100 per cent linked to material things. This realisation made a paradigm shift in my thinking, and today I’m glad that I have left my mechanised lifestyle far behind, and new vistas which give me intellectual enrichment are opening up before me daily”, quips
Neena. One feels that when one has to slog it inside out whole day long , then why not do it for yourself where you would have the freedom to put your own ideas into practice and would solely be plucking the fruits of your own creativity.
Final Thought
Reaction of family, peers, and society in general, is among the foremost concerns of those wanting to step out of the “bonded” work culture to take a break or be on their own. “But for me it is so far and so good. The experience of venturing out on my own has been extremely gratifying”, informs
Vivek. “When I was in engineering college it came from somewhere inside me that I have to be on my own. I have been a career entrepreneur and I don’t regret it even one bit” says
T.S. Anand, who is a career entrepreneur and has a Joint Venture with a Danish firm to manufacture ‘hearing aids’ and as of now is the market leader in his segment. “The grind which I went through in my job is coming very handy in me being able to run my enterprise successfully”, adds
Ujjaldeep. While everyone wants to have the freedom to chart out one’s own road map, but there is no sure answer to whether it is thumbs up for regular job or is it more exhilarating to start your own venture? The debate is still on.
|
|
Tough road
Q. I am a graduate. I have been writing poems off and on, and now I’m thinking of writing a novel. I read this book which gives step-by-step instructions on how to go about it. How difficult is it to make money out of creative writing in India?
— Parul Khanna Besides, spending months (years) writing a book is one (relatively easier) thing. Convincing a hardboiled publisher to publish it is another. Since we don’t have the concept of literary agents yet, you’ll need to be equally hard-boiled to accept the stream of rejections your magnum opus collects after agonising waits. So, before you pick up your pen, do ask yourself: Do you really have a novel in you? Can you write or do you just want to be famous? Do you have enough money to self-publish? It’ll cost more than Rs 2,50,000 to print and bind a few hundred copies of your book. There are so-called vanity publishers who will offer to do so for an even heftier fee. And you might not even sell any. Have you assessed the competition? How will your book be better? Is there really any market for the book? (No your family and friends don’t count). Selling your book is harder than publishing it. Do I have the time, energy and know-how to promote and sell the book? But then, there are some lucky ones like Chetan Bhagat, Arundhati Roy, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kiran Desai and a few others who have managed to beat the odds. You could well be the next… who’s to say!
IRS Surveyor
— Ankur Verma A. The Indian Register of Shipping, Mumbai, advertises every three months. Around 50-60 persons, all first class graduates in naval architecture and different branches of engineering, are recruited every year. They are provided with training, which could extend up to four years. Only after the completion of five years are they authorised to undertake surveys under the supervision of senior surveyors. They have a website that you may like to visit: www.irclass.org The Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) is an internationally recognised independent ship classification society. IRS provides competent and independent third party technical inspection and certification services for all types of marine craft and structures. These services have also been expanded to cover a range of offshore and industrial projects.
LPO on a fast track
— Girish Jadeja A. The Legal process outsourcing (LPO) industry is on the fast-track and is likely to hire 30,000 personnel in the next one year, doubling the present level (15,000). Last year, it grew 100 per cent and this trend is expected to continue for the next two years at least. The LPO sector offers numerous opportunities to students from various academic backgrounds, including law graduates. A large part of the work is related to litigation support, contract management and IPR. India is also set to emerge as a major player in the risk management, corporate compliance, and patent services offshoring space. Moreover, the economic slowdown has proved to be a blessing in disguise for the legal outsourcing and consulting sector, as new forms of business are emerging from multinationals. The banking sector is outsourcing foreclosures and mortgage work to India. There is also an increase in the number of litigation cases which presents further opportunities for growth. Presently over 100 LPOs are providing high-value outsourced legal and IP services, e.g. contract drafting and management, litigation and document analysis, due diligence, legal research, and patent research, analysis and prosecution-related services for US and UK law firms. While the legal services industry in the U.S. and UK is worth a hefty $400 billion, only about $1 billion is presently outsourced, indicating the immense potential of this segment. Legal consulting, analytics and outsourcing companies like Pangea3, UnitedLex, CPA Legal, and Mindcrest are some of the leading players in this space that offer growth opportunities to law graduates. LPO firms facilitate the growth of their employees through ongoing customised training. There is a dedicated UnitedLex University for advanced training for the staff. IGNOU’s School of Law offers a one-year PG Diploma in LPO in collaboration with Rainmaker, a leading LPO recruitment firm (Log onto the IGNOU website (www.ignou.ac.in) for more details. The fee is an affordable Rs 18,000 (Application Deadline (with late fee: October 15, 2010).
Work experience essential for MBA
Q. I am a student of B.Com third year. I want to make my career in management. Please guide me about the top management institutes in an around Delhi.
— Minal Shah A. When choosing a B-school, please don’t restrict your choice to a specific city or region. Go for the best you can get – anywhere in the country. But since you ask, Delhi University’s Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), IIFT, MDI Gurgaon and IIT Delhi’s department of Management Studies are in the top league. Secondly, it is not advisable to jump into an MBA directly after completing your graduation. After all, pursuing an MBA degree is a huge investment of time (not to mention money). Having work experience will not only help you make a better decision but also increase your odds of getting into a good B-school. Work-experience before going for an MBA is now almost an unspoken requirement for all the top B-schools in India during the selection process. A good academic record was considered sufficient to be admitted to a reputed institute until a few years ago, but today one finds an increasing number of B-schools jumping onto the work experience bandwagon. Prospective students, with a solid work record, are given precedence over fresh graduates. Understandably, people with work experience tend to have more practical knowledge, and thus, can absorb the new information better and quicker. For example, freshers have been often found to be less receptive to management and people-related subjects such as organisational behaviour than their experienced counterparts. Also, companies prefer people with work experience in their functional areas because they have a lot more to offer and build a better gene pool in the organisation. Also a stint at work will help you face the interview panel with a convincing answer to “Why an MBA?” While participating in case-studies, you can relate better to managerial and professional problems if you have come across similar situations in real life. Work-experience also bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical experience. It gives you clarity of goals and a sharper overview and perspective of what’s happening in the marketplace. All told, it will also help you extract greater value from your MBA.
|
|
Office Mantra
Once the wife of a worker was about to deliver a child. He approached his boss with the request to get a leave sanctioned. The officer pounced upon him thus: “How dare you ask for a leave when you know we have sufficient pending work. It’s not my responsibility. You should have the sense not to bother me like that...!”
In a similar situation, another officer denied his subordinate the following way: “I fully realise your problem. I would have surely helped you but you know we have sufficient pending work which we won’t be in position to complete without your competence. If you don’t mind, may I request to kindly ask some near or dear one to stand by your family? I am even ready to help you financially in case you need any advance money…” In the latter case the reply develops the company’s image. Here the ‘No’ comes without twisting the knife. The declining in the first case is not only painful but irritating as well. Instead of earning the goodwill, the first officer earned the wrath of the worker. The sympathy of the other workers, too, would be with the tortured worker. It is nothing less than victimisation. There are certain ways to say ‘No’ to make the refusal perfectly clear and yet remove a lot of negativity from it. At certain workplaces, at shops and even at home workers are chided when they demand some money in advance. Fed up with the plain ‘No’ some good workers even quit such a job. A polite ‘No’ with clarification is always the best option. The same refusal when sugarcoated with love and affection loses its sting. To reject a request without assigning any reason seems illogical and even unethical. One may be a votary of straight forwardness but a plain ‘No’ is almost always risky. Skillful officers strategically avoid using a blunt ‘No’. They make use of words like ‘may be’; ‘I will look into it’; ‘I will let you know’ etc. Such techniques act as psychological shock absorbers. A skillful officer knows that it is always better to think before leaping. He always listens patiently and then explains the reason behind turning down a request. He always suggests alternative solutions. When the workers realise that the boss is kind, considerate and caring, then even an unpleasant reply doesn’t pinch. The tradition of giving a consolation prize or selecting one on a waiting list is nothing but a polite way of saying ‘No’. Every boss must learn the fine art of saying ‘No’, and that alone can be his passport to success.
|
|
Boom time for professionals
As companies look to expand amid revival in the economic climate, job opportunities are amplifying, resulting in multiple offers for professionals at a particular time. “A growing trend of multiple job offers for professionals, mainly in junior and middle levels, has become visible in the past two quarters, as companies short of talent are gearing up to hire robustly,” Human Resource service provider Ma Foi Randstad president(Staffing & Training) E Balaji told PTI. “Moreover, with job market hotting up, professionals are applying and giving interviews in many companies and they end up with several offers from different firms,” Balaji added. Experts say maximum offers are being witnessed in IT, telecom, infrastructure and Banking, Financial Service and Insurance sectors. Executive search firm GlobalHunt director Sunil Goel said, “For the proven professionals, getting parallel and better job offers has become a trend, where many firms try to attract talent with lucrative and better offers from competitors. Multiple job offers have increased up to 40-50 per cent from 20 per cent in IT sector, in telecom there is an increase of 15 per cent. Infrastructure and BFSI sectors have seen a rise of 20 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively,” Goel added. During the downturn, for almost 18 months, most of the firms across sectors had frozen hiring and were apprehensive about any new business plan implementation. But, since January this year, a positive momentum is in the economy and new business plans have been rolled out, vacant positions are filled in and multiple job opportunities are floating around. “Besides, tight deadlines for launching product and services in IT, telecom and infrastructure sectors are creating a war for talent once again,” Goel added. Meanwhile, according to a recent survey by headhunting firm Executive Access, employees value growth more than compensation when it comes to choosing an organisation. “In today’s scenario, employees look out for as much learning as possible which he/she can leverage in real time. If an organisation is open to inculcating in-house training, the lesser are chances of facing attrition,” Executive Access Managing Director Ronesh Puri said. —
PTI
|
|
A profitable MIX
Desa mein des Haryana jit doodh dahi ka khana is a famous saying that tells about the basic diet of Harayanavis. Milk and its by-products are their staple diet. Hence milk producing animals cannot be separated from their lifestyle. No family is considered complete in rural areas without buffaloes and cows.
Intensive agricultural farming in the fertile tracts of Haryana, which are also the home tract of murrah buffaloes, has resulted in deficiency of minerals in soil, fodder and ultimately in animals.This is one of the important reasons for poor growth rate, low maturity as well as low fertility of buffaloes. In the past research and survey conducted at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricutural University (CCSHAU), Hisar, on blood and hair samples of buffaloes collected from Rohtak district noted that 50-90 per cent animals suffered from acute deficiency of minerals — calcium, phosphorous, cobalt, manganese, and zinc and similar trend of deficiency is observed in other districts of the state. Routine daily mineral supplementation at the rate of 100 gm for adult animals, 50 gm for young stock, and 15-20 gm for growing calves has, thus, become a must to improve the productivity of livestock. But the state has only two mineral mixture plants, one at CCSHAU, Hisar, and other one is under the Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Ltd at Rohtak. These supply mineral mixture at the affordable price of Rs 40-45 per kg. But going by the demand supply is very low. Thus private players sell their quality product at a price nearing Rs 100 per kg.
Self-employment opportunity The good demand of mineral mixture thus offers a good opportunity to educated players to enter this unexplored market by setting up mineral mixture plants. By entering this field, the unemployed youth can not only set up profitable ventures, but also provide direct and indirect employment to up to 60 people in the rural areas. The youth who have acquired degrees of BVSc.& AH (Bachelor of veterinary sciences and animal husbandry) or M.Sc. (Animal nutrition) /MVSc.(Animal nutrition) or PhD(Animal Nutrition ) can set up mineral mixture plant. These degrees can be obtained from institutes like Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricutural University, Hisar, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal etc. Nabard has attractive loan schemes to facilitate the setting up of mineral mixture plants. — The writer is Senior Extension
|
|
NCR highest job creator
The National Capital Region has emerged as the highest job generating city among the four major metros in India in April-August 2010, industry body Assocham said.According to a survey by the
chamber, NCR has created 34.2 per cent employment followed by Mumbai (12.70 per cent), Chennai (6.12 per cent) and Kolkata (4.19 per cent) in a sample of 2,40,314 employment opportunities generated in 60 cities during the period.
“The job creation is happening at all levels including senior, middle and junior management and executives,” Assocham General Secretary D. S Rawat said, adding the growth is expected to continue for the next six months. The sectors, which created most jobs, included IT, engineering, textile, real estate, infrastructure, aviation and education. The IT and IT-enabled services accounted for 57.07 per cent of the total job openings, it said, adding healthy recovery in the export and import activities also helped in creating employment. However, telecom, FMCG, banking and logistics sectors recorded marginal decline in job creation during the period. —
PTI
|
|
Institute Newsboard
JK Business School, a venture of the JK Group, has taken an initiative to teach social responsibility lessons to its management students. The institute has signed an MOU with CII in this regard. CSR as a subject will be compulsory, and the institute management has decided to give extra marks to students for their CSR project.
According to industrial survey, most of companies can’t use their CSR fund in proper way, so this study will helpful for upcoming time. Prof. Varuna Tyagi Head, CSR, JK Business School said, “ The MoU with CII will bring in CII’s experts to lecture our students at different times throughout the spring semester. The students will also get reading material and guidance in their work with businesses. Further, CII will be able to assist businesses in the planning and implementation of the CSR recommendations made by the students” Indrani Kar, Director, CII, said “About 85 per cent of CII’s business membership is from Small and Medium Enterprises were CSR is not an integral part of the business; students will go to these business set ups and sensitise them on CSR issues and will explain them the benefits of its implementation. “JK Business School students after finishing their projects will have to submit the reports to the CII which will be a primary data for us and will strengthen our existing CSR initiatives and will guide us for further improvements”. —
TNS
Nokia-IGNOU tie up
Nokia India and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) have announced a first-of-its-kind strategic collaboration to provide mobile intervention for Certification Programmes in English on Nokia’s Ovi Life Tools.
Nokia and IGNOU signed a Memorandum of Understanding to foster quality education by integrating select mainstream IGNOU programmes on Ovi Life Tools and provide students an array of innovative services. Commenting on its association with IGNOU, D. Shivakumar, Managing Director, Nokia India said, “Nokia’s Ovi Life Tools is aimed at bridging the information gaps by providing timely and relevant information customised to the user’s location, language and personal preferences directly on their mobile devices. “In India, education is considered a necessary skill for progress and gateway to a better future. Our association with IGNOU will immensely benefit students through the dissemination of quality educational content from India’s leading open university anytime, anywhere using innovative technologies.” Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU said, “We believe in sustainable and learner-centric quality education, skill up gradation and training to all by using innovative technologies and methodologies. Together with Nokia, we aim to reach out to individuals who believe in growth through education.” As the first step, the two organisations will pilot a Certificate Programme in Functional English (CFE) on Ovi Life Tools in focus districts in Maharashtra, for six months (Jan to June 2011), As a part of the pilot, Nokia will make available IGNOU admission forms with Nokia phones supporting Ovi Life Tools. The enrolled students besides receiving the study material and related support from IGNOU will also receive daily learning content via Ovi Life Tools services as a “Study aid and Reinforcer” thus enabling a more seamless learning. On completion of the program they get certificates from IGNOU. —
TNS
|
|
Civil Engineering
Mounds of sand and rubble, building materials, workers and machines strewn across many cities today include growth and development. Over the past couple of years not only the metros but other cities in India, too, have witnessed hectic construction activities. Projects like new complexes, housing projects, shopping malls, educational institutes, hospitals as well as huge infrastructure projects speak volumes about development activity going on in almost every sphere of life. This all has happened due to technical advancement in the field of civil engineering.
Civil is one of the oldest branches of engineering and is considered to be the “Mother” of all other branches. All other branches are dependent upon civil engineering. Technical education of a country unfolds several dimensions by which progress of the nation can be gauged. The output of the technical education can be measured in many ways, including the improvement of technically skilled manpower, viable manufacturing units; and far sighted entrepreneurships skills. Skill building and training contributes significantly to promoting interests of individuals, enterprises, economy and society. Government is spending crores on infrastructures development to comfort the lives of their nationals. In future, this amount is going to multiply manifold because of private players coming into picture. Civil engineers can now consider themselves as an integral part of the entire global society. Making career in civil engineering is one of the right decisions in the present times.
Work profile
With the boom in construction sector, and rise in demand for comfort, various building projects are being taken by Indian and Multi-National Companies (MNCs), thus increasing the job prospects for civil engineers. With some experience they can set their own practice, both in designing and construction. They can lend professional services to individuals and organisations not only regarding constructions but also in alteration and renovation of the existing structures with adequate safety. The job of a civil engineer not only includes co-ordinating a construction project in areas of design and execution, but also integrated activities like surveying, soil testing, engineering safety, quantity evaluation, project planning, safety demonstration and supervision. The job also involve considerable amount of field research and supervision, often outdoors under all kinds of weather conditions. Civil engineers, therefore, need to have a sufficient grasp of all aspects of building technology, to be able to design for various needs under different conditions and to direct and coordinate the participation of all the specialists involved in the building process. Civil engineers can also venture into interior designing which involves scientific and artistic skills for houses, apartments, colonies, office designing, industrials complexes, hospitals, hostels, airport terminals stadiums, educational institutions, shopping and commercial complexes. The list is endless and so is the scope of civil engineering. The coming years are going to be the moment of reckoning for the construction sector and civil engineers will have many reasons to smile. — The writer is Lecturer in Deptt. of Civil Engineering, Mehr Chand Polytechnic College,
Jalandhar
Job opportunities
With the ever increasing demand in the market the value of civil engineers has increased. Civil engineering has ample of scope for the budding professional in the fields like:
l
Building construction and allied industries l
Highway projects l Cement Industry l
Mining projects l Natural Oil and gas l
Airport Projects l Railway Projects l
Hydropower projects l Soil and foundations l
Transportation sector l Border Roads l
Forest Roads l Structure Designing l
Planning Projects l Quantity Surveying l
Mass Transit System l Bridges and Flyovers l
Water supply l Sanitation Projects l
River linking projects. l Solid Waste Management l
Land & Township Development l Power Transmission l
Remote Sensing l Rural Infrastructure l
Urban /Development l Town Planning l
Making eco friendly’ Green Building Projects” l
Erecting industrial structure l Consultancy services l
Various Govt. /semi Govt. departments like PWD(B&R), MES, Irrigation, Water supply, Improvement Trusts, Town Planning , Sanitation, Railways, Municipal Corporations, Border roads, Urban Development Authorities, etc.
|
|
Happiness work
While Chhatrapati Shivaji got guidance from Samarth Ramdas, who is considered an incarnation of Hanuman, Shivaji had a right hand man in Tanaji Malasure. Sage Vidyaranya, who was in the disciplinal succession of Adi Sankaracharya, was training an army secretly in the basement of a temple. He met brothers Harihara and Bukka, guided them and gave them his army to found the Vijayanagara Empire in South India. In August 1886, three days before his mahasamadhi, Ramakrishna Paramhansa told Vivekananda, “By the force transmitted by me to you, great things will be done by you.” Similarly in 1894, sage Babaji of Badrinath instructed Shri Yukteshwar, who had an ashram at Serampore, near Kolkata, to guide Paramahansa Yogananda in spreading yoga across the world. As Hanuman, the mightiest and wisest Vaanara, was not burdened with responsibility, he could jump to Lanka and find Sita and later, bring the Dronagiri Mountain to revive Lakshman. In the Chanakya-Chandragupta combine, Chanakya thought, Chandragupta performed. Agni wanted to consume the Khandavvana, but Indra stood in his way as his friend Takshak and his Naga clan stayed there. To neutralize Indra so that he could do as he desired without hassle, Agni planned the move, located the right personnel and gave them appropriate weapons. Arjuna and Krishna kept Indra at bay while the fire reduced Khandavvana to ashes. While the queen, bishops, knights and rooks can move the Earth on the chessboard, it is all for the king, who in movement is equal to a pawn. The best player may not be the best captain! — Sai R. Vaidyanathan The writer can be contacted at svaidyanathan@tribunemail.com
|
|
|
A young college pass-out, high on energy, adrenalin pumping in his blood, is having lofty thoughts of making it big in the corporate world. But the life comes a full circle on him when after spending some time in his job, he starts feeling that his job has become stale. He is unable to draw intellectual enrichment from his job and neither is his job able to give him job satisfaction.
Mounds of sand and rubble, building materials, workers and machines strewn across many cities today include growth and development. Over the past couple of years not only the metros but other cities in India, too, have witnessed hectic construction activities. Projects like new complexes, housing projects, shopping malls, educational institutes, hospitals as well as huge infrastructure projects speak volumes about development activity going on in almost every sphere of life. This all has happened due to technical advancement in the field of civil engineering.
“It took me a good 10 years to realise that my corporate salary wasn’t worth the aggravation that came with it, and so I had to plan my escape route”, says Chandigarh-based Vivek Kapoor who left a well-paid job in the financial sector to set up a real estate broking firm of his own. “I used to feel absolutely bugged early in the morning when the first text message to hit the inbox of my cell phone used to be of my boss, who would ask me “plan of the day” at 7.30 a.m”, adds Vivek. Somewhere deep down there is an overwhelming feeling, that all those who work for a common goal of the organisation should be distinguished colleagues, and the leadership should not take the verticals which they handle as their personal fiefdoms. “I worked for as banker for three decades, but somewhere down the line my job had stopped giving me the kick which it used to give me earlier. I can’t imagine myself chasing numbers throughout. I got so much from society and now it is my turn to give it back, and do something for the underprivileged”, says Neena Singh who was EVP with HDFC Bank The philanthropic streak in her made her quit the job and she has now started her own NGO by the name of ‘Bharat Prakash Foundation”, which primarily works for the education of the children from the poorer strata of society. 
A. Very! Depends on several factors actually (not discounting luck). Some of these self-help books make it sound so easy. They are full of glorious testimonial of worldwide success. So you dream of becoming the next Rowling… No harm in trying! I don’t mean to dissuade you, but the reality is quite different.
Q. I am a mechanical engineer. How does one get the job of a Surveyor with the Indian Register of Shipping?
Q. I am a law graduate and am currently scouting for jobs. Can you elaborate on the opportunities in the LPO segment? Which are the leading LPOs in the country and what are the opportunities for growth? Are there any LPO training institutes in India?
Happy days are here again for skilled professionals, mainly in IT, telecom and financial services sectors, as they are drawing multiple job offers from companies faced with talent shortage, experts said.
Each person has his limitations. To avoid getting your best man overworked, keep the thinker and doer in your team separate. As the onus of the Pandava win was on Krishna, he didn’t wield weapons in the Mahabharata war. He just made strategies to ground the Kaurava warriors whom Arjuna killed. Even Yudhisthira, the eldest son of Pandu who ascended the throne after the Pandava win, played a lesser role than his mighty brothers Bhima and Arjuna.
