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Jan 15 2009

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Alok Vats

5 Quick Tips against Job Fraud!

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Always be prepared from the fraud which lots of companies are doing with the fresher. Some times the experienced people too faces the same situation, so always be prepared to fight against job fraud. Here are a few quick tips which can ensure you from frauds:

#1 Tip: Never reveal your confidential detail to any employer: Always be prepared to say NO to any employer if he asks for either your credit card details or any type of secured numbers. If some one asks these details then it is better not to join that organization.

#2 Tips: Never join the Organization if they don’t have any Business Plan: If you have faced the interview in any organization and that organization is not having any Business Plan or Model, then don’t plan to join that one. They will always make you unsatisfied in long run.

#3 Tips: Do not join the company which has not taken proper Interview: This is also one sort of fraud, many companies don’t take any sort of interviews and they offer you to join them. Leave them immediately otherwise you might feel problem with them. It is in fact my personal opinion that there is always some kind of fraud behind these types of companies which offers you without taking any type of interviews either front to front or telephonic one.

#4 Tips: Leave the company immediately if they ask you any amount to deposit: This is the biggest type of fraud I have ever seen. Not a single good company is there which will ask you to deposit any amount before giving the offer letter to you. So if any company asks you to deposit any amount then leave them immediately.

#5 Tips: Check the Offer Letter Properly: Offer letter is the main source of information about any company at initial level. Once you will get the offer letter go through each and every word of the letter with proper care. Check if there is something which is objectionable. Do the research from your self about the past of the company.

It is the time when students are facing the campus interviews; lots of companies are recruiting them despite the global downfall of the market. So it is good to prepare against any sort of fraud. Always be sure to join any company, since if it is your first job then it is going to affect you through out your life. Best of luck to all the students from I News India Team.

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Oct 13 2008

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divya

5 tips to make a good CV!

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An impactful CV is the first step towards success because it is the deciding factor as to whether you would get to face the interviewer or not. It is not merely a piece of paper wherein you scribble your name, education and job experience. It is a professional document which gives the prospective employer a way to gauge your potentials remotely. So you should be extra cautious while preparing your CV so that it is error free and impressive. Here are few tips which can help you do so.

CV should be concise: Recruiters get tones of CV’s daily and don’t have the time or patience to dig through an incoherent document. Only a punchy CV can get you noticed in the first place. So keep it short and effective. Make it no more than two sides of A4 paper and save the real detail for your interview. The layout should be simple, uncluttered and in an easy-to-read font.

Avoid gaps in between jobs: Even if you were out of employment, you can develop soft skills such as communication, teamwork or project management. You should update your CV regularly, so that you don’t have to recall distant points in your career and there is no ambiguity in your CV.

Make sure it’s error free: One of the easiest ways for a recruiter to throw out a week resume is by scanning it for errors. If you fail to check your CV for basic spelling and grammatical mistakes, you are hammering your own chances of getting a call in the first place. Most errors can be detected by using PC’s spell-checker, but you should also ask someone else to read your CV and give you their opinion.

Be brief with your personal information: Putting in a lot of personal information is unnecessary and it only makes the CV lengthier than required without doing any value addition. Just include your name, contact details and nationality. The recruiter is more interested in knowing your skills and expertise in the field rather than knowing you personally through your CV.

Highlight on your career history and key skills: Your skill set and your career history are the two major things which the recruiter would be interested in. So pay special attention to these two areas. Be as specific and detailed as possible to avoid any ambiguity or confusion to your potential new employers. Give the dates that you started and finished the role, the job title, the company for which you worked and give a short one-line description of the company’s activities and its website. List your key achievements in the roles you mention.

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Sep 25 2008

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divya

5 essential things to know before giving an Interview!

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An interview is a magic wand which can get you a new job, change your present boring career into an exciting one, and get you a job that pays many times your current salary. It is something that can improve your career and make your life into a much better one. Successfully handling an interview has indeed become a necessity rather than a luxury! It is a place where one’s abilities are challenged to the greatest extent and his/her entire personality/attitude evaluated. It tests all your skills and can bring out certain facts about you, which you yourself wouldn’t have been aware of! However, with proper practice and effort, you can successfully face an interview.

Always be confident: your interviewer is certainly looking for a confident, calm and positive person for his company who can make mature and sensible decisions when need be. So walk in with a confident gait, greet the panel of interviewers pleasantly, and don’t let your tension or excitement show in your attitude.

Be well aware of the type of job: Most of the questions posed will be testing whether you understand the nature of the job and have the ability to handle it. If you are well versed with the requirements of the job, the interview is half done. Never attend an interview without having just an idea of the responsibilities required.

Know the company well: Nowadays almost all companies have their profile on the internet. Don’t neglect a thorough research of the firm before going for the interview. Know the key people associated with the firm. Think of a few suggestions that you feel can improve their product. This is a very likely question and you surely won’t have time and patience to sit and think over it at the interview table.

Know your subjects well for a technical interview: Tech interviews need a somewhat different type of preparation. You must have a very deep understanding of the subjects related to the job you are applying for. Know beforehand the technologies used by the company. Gather such information from books, online and people working in the same or similar firms. Know about the latest developments in the area you are applying for. Show qualities of teamwork since almost all tech jobs involve hundreds of people working on a single project. Team spirit is as important as the technical knowledge you possess.

Conduct a mock interview: Either ask yourself some questions in front of the mirror or take help of a friend or family in preparing you for your real interview. This makes you more comfortable with the interview environment and hence more confident.

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Jul 24 2008

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Alok Vats

Animated resume: A better way to project yourself!

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With the boom of animation and visual presentation in the corporate world, there is a change in format of resumes also. Gone are the days of simple textual black and white resumes. Employers are showing more interest in video resumes which gives clearer picture of the skills of the job seekers.

Here comes the entry of fancy resumes in the corporate world! Now onwards you can present your skills in a very appealing visual presentation to convince the employer that aptly suit the current trends and tastes. The innovative idea is only to create a resume in PowerPoint, with pictures, audio, and other such to prop up your qualifications and experience.

As you grow personally and professionally, you will need to re-write your resume or at least create new versions. Employees believe that the creative way to present their resume will set them apart from the masses.

This visual incorporation will definitely make the resume heavy which cannot be shared to the companies through CDs. But the company, authorSTREAM provides the solution. It is the company which that allows you to send your fancy resume easily through email. In fact, you can send files up to one GB within a minute without worrying about the Internet speed.

A step further, authorSTREAM even allows users to post presentations to video-sharing platforms, and view on Apple iPod as well as other hand held devices.

Umesh Sharma, product head of authorSTREAM said, “PowerPoint presentation has become the ultimate authoring tool, be it business communication or personal expression. Animated resumes are increasingly becoming the mode to express yourself better to your employer thereby increasing the chances of getting a job of your choice. We at authorSTREAM aim to provide a strong interface to the people to share their PowerPoint presentations effectively with the world.”

The completed resume drafted in PowerPoint can be uploaded on the site by simply log on to your account on authorSTREAM.

Once the upload is over, you are now ready to share/send the file to anybody across the world with in seconds. That’s how your resume/profile makes wonders pouring in the jobs you are searching for.

The idea is really unique in its own and can give a change to black and white and dull looking resumes. Resume/profile making is now an interesting and entertaining job.

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