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What have been your Lockdown Learnings ?

What have been your lockdown learnings ? - besides washing hands :-) JOIN THIS GOOGLE MEET ! Schedule : 20th December, 9 PM ( IST ) onwards We have been almost a year in "Lockdown" . When there has been no / very limited going to office / sales calls/ factory etc/ Many have even lost their jobs and so, are supposedly 'idle'. What have we done with this time-besides washing our hands ? What CAN be done with this time ? In this round table we discuss this. As said in the image, in this round table everyone shares…
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How to explain Career Gap and establish suitability for the job ?

Mind The Gap Question : I am a MBA Graduate passed out in 2012. I worked in a distribution company as Administrative Executive for 8 months (January 2012 to august 2013) I didn’t taken any certificates like offer letter, reliving letter. After a long gap now I am searching for job in Human Resource Department. Can you please help me out on : a) How can I handle the interview without certifications and b) How can I self check whether I will suitable for the department or not?   Answer a) It depends upon how was your parting with the…
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Confidentiality – the Recruiter’s View

Sealed Lips Sink No Ships ! Confidentiality - The Recruiter's View Do these Scenarios sound familiar ? A)  You call up a Recruiter for  position advertised. Express your interest and need to know the Company Details. But Recruiter says he cannot tell you that. Instead he asks you to mail in your profile. B) A Recruiter calls you up. After some preliminary discussions, when you ask for the Company Name , he declines and says will revert if " further interest " No doubt this is frustrating. Why does the Recruiter  do that? At the same time, in such a…
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Learn which Job posts to apply to get a reply !

Learn which Job posts to apply to get a reply - and forget those which lead nowhere ! Learn how to write the Right Job Ad As a Recruiter we obviously give Job Advertisements in various media . And also observe a LOT of others . Frankly, to us, many Job Advertisements seem to exist just to gather some "data " and keep everyone in the process "busy" - for reasons I have yet to understand fully ! On the other hand, if the Objective is to get the Right Talent quickly, a Job Post has some ESSENTIALS.  These are…
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