I am sure most of us are not so efficient in time management at work. We might think that we have a to-do-list, time sheet, drafts etc. ready for the day to accomplish all the scheduled tasks. But at the end of the day time sneaks away from us at work leaving unmet deadlines and [...]

The Workforce Profile defined about 60 “soft skills”, which employers seek. They are applicable to any field of work, according to the study, and are the “personal traits and skills that employers state are the most important when selecting employees for jobs of any type.”  1. Math. 2. Safety. 3. Courtesy. 4. Honesty. 5. Grammar. [...]

The last day of the year is a good time to put things in perspective. Most often we end up making promises to ourselves about: loosing weight focusing on a better health quitting smoking leading a better lifestyle doing something about our surroundings being happy and what about our job? the stress we take at our [...]

Most of us have a ‘to do list’ for work but seldom we focus on activities that we should “not” be doing at workplace. I have put down some of them which will help you identify a few time wasters at your workplace. Abusing office resources: Using the office printer, phone for personal use, taking [...]

Some of my coworkers always find it entertaining to forward funny or agitating emails to the entire team. One day unknowingly one colleague included name of one very senior person on the email. And then he did not get the salary increment in his next appraisal. It is common to commit mistakes in workplace. We [...]

I did not feel comfortable for many days, when I joined the operations team for a BPO. The timings were different (mostly late evenings/ nights), they had the access card policy so couldn’t arrive late or leave early. They were strict in terms of leave policy, deadlines and even the break timings and casual when [...]

A recent KPMG study indicated that, 83% of mergers were unsuccessful in producing any business benefit as regards shareholder value. The prime reason being, employees who are at the core of an organization are apprehensive of a proposed merger because they fear layoffs, loss of identity, lack of increment, unfamiliar management work practices etc. This [...]

Abhishek is always ready to share new stories about his boss and how they don’t get along well. He claims that he is not able to focus on his work because his boss is not cooperative at all and does not add value to his work. He feels, all this is making him unproductive at [...]

The first day at a new workplace will always make you a little nervous and stressed along with the some excitement of meeting new people, opportunities etc. You may be a seasoned job hopper, or a fresh out of school recruit, but the following hygiene checks will always make you shine at workplace. Dress smartly: [...]

I asked, ‘what’s the best way you consider for background check of a prospective employee?’, to a friend who is a recruiter in a company. I was surprised with his answer when he replied ‘google search’ as his favourite tool for background check. I realised most of us use internet extensively and based on our [...]