INNOVATIVE LEARNER

Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life. Here are five simple tips that will significantly help you in striking a healthy balance of the mind, body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being. Carry a fruit Fruits are best things to eat at work. Apart from being healthy, fresh and tasty, they are also light. Eating them does not weigh the stomach down like most processed high calorie foods do which means that you will not feel sluggish, tired or sleepy after eating fruit. Pack your own lunch It's alright to try the food at cafeteria once a week but you have to understand that it carries high calories. It's definitely tough to get up early and cook; however, if you look at the benefits of home cooked food, you won't mind getting out of the bed...

Understand your organisation's goals, be a team player and present a positive image by exuding enthusiasm and energy for work, said by experts. Landing a good job is a dream for many.  Your application and profile may have been shortlisted from scores of candidates who applied for the position. While you have every right to be proud of your hard work and achievements, you must also value the fact that you were considered valuable for the organisation.  Now it is your turn to prove your mettle. If this is your first job, there are a few things you must understand before you set forth on your career journey. 1. Be a team player Organisations operate on functional (department) lines and most activities are performed and decisions taken through interplay of multiple functions. While studying/education is solo play, working in an organisation is all about team work. When you join the organisation, you will need to brush up your interpersonal skills to ...

You'll be amazed to learn how little things in your cover letter can have a huge impact on your prospective employer. Much before your prospective employer meets you in person, your resume and cover letter has already reached them. A shoddy resume and a lousy cover letter can spell doom for your career. If you want to make a remarkable first impression, put in that extra note of enthusiasm in your cover letter, so that the employer understands that you are one person who is genuinely interested in the job. Here are three smart ways you can do it: Mention why you are specifically interested in the job and the company: The run-of-the-mill answers to why you are interested in a particular organisation which can be copy pasted to other organisations is a strict no-no. Understand that employers like to be told that they are special and you need to put them at a certain pedestal. Be different and crisp. They don't have all the time in the world for your e...

Recruiters these days tend to run a Google search on potential candidates, which makes it all the more important that you look good. Employers run a background check on the various social media platforms -- Facebook, LinkedIn etc. -- for both potential as well as current employees. Your social media activity helps employers weed out the undesirable candidates from the desirable ones. Digital presence if used effectively can serve as a very powerful job-hunting tool. The right combination of social media profiles and activity can help you gain a clear advantage over other potential candidates. It will help you establish your professional brand. Here are three important steps to help you build a strong social presence that will also aid you in your job search. Understand, identify and target the right social channels The constant evolution of social media means new tools are coming up every other day. Thus, it becomes imperative to avoid the temptation to try every ne...

Like all other practices, good email practices take time. Take it one day at a time and it will become an effective communication tool for you. It is stated in one of the research that reading email alone sucks up 10 per cent of the average workday; employees send and receive an average more than 50 emails daily! That's a LOT of time. No wonder, on many days, we all feel that we have not done anything except responding to emails. Email is not bad -- in fact, it's a great tool. But whether it is a boon or bane really depends on how we use it. Here are some good email habits which have worked really well for me. 1. Schedule email times Yes, you read it right. Your Inbox need not be the "always open" tab in your browser or your Outlook need not be the default running application on your machine. The world is not going to fall if you check your email a couple of hours late. Let emails get piled up in your inbox. You don't need an 'instant notification...

A financial analyst is one of the most popular career options in the domain of finance, Said By Experts. With the job market becoming more competitive and job roles undergoing a drastic change; millennials are weighing their employment options carefully to understand which options are better than the others. There’s another side to consider here. About 96% of respondents in a TimesJobs survey stated that they can/will choose a start-up over an established corporation provided their career interests and work-life balance demands are being met. The writing on the wall is clear -- that millennials won’t shy from experimenting with job roles or organisation type as long as their ‘idea of work’ is being fulfilled. Rapid digitisation and changing business preferences have given rise to a few job roles that will be required in all industries and promises longevity, as compared to conventional careers. According to various industry experts, here are some jobs that...