INNOVATIVE LEARNER

If you want to grow in your career you should be open to learning, have problem solving skills and be a team player, say experts. Workplaces are undergoing drastic changes in the face of emerging technologies and disruptions. We constantly hear about new job roles being created as the nature of doing business has evolved. A decade ago, these roles were completely unheard of but now we are already talking about reskilling and upskilling to stay relevant and take on these emerging jobs. Naturally, future employees will need to develop new skills to keep themselves abreast with the changes taking place around them. One such skill set that is fast gaining importance for organisations across the world is soft skills. They have been regarded as the most crucial element of one's personality that adds to the overall professional performance and personal excellence. Soft skills are innate to one's overall personality. In India, 87 per cent of hiring managers believe ...

How many of us really exploit the amazing features that social networking sites offer? Besides winning followers and making new friends, sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can open up a mountain of opportunities for those who're willing. To catch up with the fast-pacing competition in the job sector, social media sites like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook have come up as a viable opportunity to make you land at a job without exasperating struggle. With polished skills, focused approach, and planned social media strategies, you can actually make a smooth landing to your next potential career. Check out how! LinkedIn Plumb through the accounts, connections, groups, and pages on your LinkedIn account to land at the career that you want to be at. For this, you need to make use of the features it offers and do the following: Connect :  To make strangers as friends on Facebook might be slight eerie, but that’s not the case with LinkedIn. At LinkedIn, you can...

Go beyond the curriculum. Talk to experts. Build your network, said by experts. As per data provided recently by the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), currently, there are about 31 million unemployed graduates looking for jobs. Various estimates have put the figure of unemployed engineering graduates around half-a-million every year. Even if we take away or add a few lakhs, the fact of the matter is that there is an alarming increase in the number of unemployed graduates. Several factors, either intrinsic or extrinsic to a graduate, can be attributed to the burgeoning problem of unemployment. The intrinsic factors include a lack of personal goals, a lack of awareness about what the employer expects from a graduate, peer pressure to go for only white collar jobs, poor communication skills, to name a few. Personal goal setting and concrete career plans can channel the talent and efforts of a student in the right direction. The absence of the same may ...

With over 300 million users,  LinkedIn  is by far the most popular social media tool for professionals. However, the truth is, by not using some of its most useful, a good number of users fail to maximize its benefits and hence end up losing out on opportunities. If used optimally, LinkedIn can be a storehouse of information and an excellent platform where you can build new networks and shape your career graph. Here are five mistakes you are probably doing with your  LinkedIn  profile: 1. Not having a profile photo, and having a boring, generic headline Always have a professional profile photo for LinkedIn and put an interesting yet descriptive heading for your profile. Think of them as the face of your profile. 2. You have too many recommendations Ask recommendations but only to the ones who you think will vouch for you even in real life. It may be your former boss, or your well-connected professional friend. Asking for too many recommendations...