INNOVATIVE LEARNER

Soft skills play a vital role in your professional success. You have all the requisite qualifications and more in place. Yet when you should be acing that job interview, you don’t. You may be the most technically-proficient person in the organisation. But you are also the most unpopular and your career is going nowhere. So why does it go wrong? It is often your soft skills, or the lack of it, that is the culprit here. Soft skills include effective communication, sound listening skills, proper etiquette, successful coping mechanisms and good language skills, among a host of others. These are just as important as your technical brilliance and industry knowledge. We all want influence, impact and career growth in our professional lives. But you don’t get very far without a positive mindset. You can’t be ignorant, insensitive or unprofessional simply because you are good at your job. Poor soft skills devalue you; if you are perceived as difficult and unfriendly, the...

According to a multi-city survey, about 70 per cent students do not get the required the 7 to 8 hours of sleep in the weeks leading up to final examinations. The examination season is around the corner. It is normal for a student to feel anxious. Most often, it is the children who have set high expectations for themselves. Or, their parents /guardians have certain parameters that they want their children to achieve. While expectations and goals are helpful, they should also be realistic and attainable. Stress levels are also at their peak during this period with children spending most of their time studying in order to achieve the desired results. While some amount of stress is good and can help children channel their energy better, increased anxiety can hamper concentration, lower self-esteem and even lead to other mental health concerns. Anticipatory anxiety peaks before exams and can have adverse effects on the body and mind, and in turn affect performance....

After months of aggressively searching for a job by distributing your resume and giving innumerable interviews, you've finally got that call. This is the moment you've been waiting for. Like a diligent candidate, you've read everything about this company you intend to join, including who your boss will be and the company culture. The offer letter sits in your mail, just waiting to be signed. We all know how fast things move after you get the offer letter; it's like magic. But before you sign on that dotted line, remember to assess the following points so that you take a good decision. Negotiate for the best deal:- Now, of course if you get the offer letter you would have negotiated your salary. But that is not all. You should negotiate everything before you sign. For example if aren't getting that cool a pay package you desired for but you like the company and so you plan to join it make sure it offers you some other perks to make up for the...

The community of hiring managers in every industry is just the same. They all are looking for certain aspects in their prospective candidates and are looking all around to find them. If you are fresh graduate or you are changing your industry there are certain global skills which work for job seekers across the globe for every industry. Numerical Analysis:- Organized talent, kept in neat numbers make for beautiful presentation.If you keep your work in bullets, all numbered well, it puts a great impression on the manager. Moreover, if you can dig into the numbers and keep a detailed eye for insights, backing it up with statistics and facts it would add to the effect. This proves that you have an eye for understanding and gathering data into categories and make something of it. Creative thinking:- Hiring managers always love to have innovators around. Even if it is a clerical job, innovators add to the company and this quality is clearly a brilliant thing to possess...