Placement Guide

Basic skills needed for successful career

2011-04-08T10:09:00.000+05:30

Basic skills needed for successful career

The following fundamentals skills are required for fresher to have a good start for their career

1. It is mandatory to have hard skills such as technical skills for a job, where as soft skills such as interpersonal skills will sustain their job at work place.

2. Time management is major issue where the new entrant should concentrate for a smart work

3. A good communication skill will be additional boost for their successful career. They should able to read, write and speak with clients.

4. They should also have skills on identifying problems, finding right solutions, selecting right idea and implanting it at right time

5. If they have able to work in a team, it will be a added advantages. Apart from these interpersonal skills, they should have emotional intelligence, positive approach with others.

Top Sites that helps for different exam preparations

2010-12-30T20:15:00.000+05:30

Top Sites that helps for different exam preparations
One blog user have given valuable comments which are describing the various forth coming exam preparation for gate, law exams, MBA and MCA exams, Civil services, Banking exams and school exams. I would like to share these sites here.
HelloLaw.net: Social networking site for Lawers, and Students preparing for Law exams
url: http://www.hellolaw.net/

HelloMCA.com: MCA Preparation and Student Community
url: http://www.hellomca.com/

hellogate.com:
Community site for the students who are preparing for GATE exam.
url: http://www.hellogate.com/

hellocivilservices.com
Community Place to Prepare for civil service exams and Groups
url: http://www.hellocivilservices.com/

helloiit.com:
A complete aieee,iitjee and bitsat information website with social network
url: http://www.helloiit.com/

helloca.net:
Are you preparing for CA,ICWAI,ACS,ICFAI
url: http://www.helloca.net/

hellobank.net:
Find Bank Entrance Exams, Notificatons, and complete information on Bank Careers
url: http://www.hellobank.net

hellobskool.com:
Community site for Business Management students
url: http://www.hellobskool.com/

hellopomt.com:
Entrance examination is conducted exclusively for the 15% Merit Positions for the Medical / Dental colleges of India
url: http://www.hellopmt.com/

hellocbse.com:
Social networking site for CBSE students
url: http://www.hellocbse.com

Top 10 Tips for hunting jobs abroad

2010-12-19T11:37:00.000+05:30

Tips for hunting jobs abroad

Do you wish to work abroad, then you have to broaden your search criteria at international levels. I would like to share some of the job search tool tips which will help you to land on foreign soil to have a bright job career.
1. Have a firm desire to go abroad.
2. Search on web at an International job search web portals. You can also visit some of corporate websites like ford and so on. The sites will have exclusive job offer information.
3. If you have networks with professionals of known, alumni friends then it will make easy your job search. They will help you.
4. Send your resume and job request through mails to the select foreign concerns
5. Search international news papers and trading journals for job information
6. You can also search through Government sources like Government agencies, embassies and trade offices
7. You can participate in the International job fairs which are regularly conducted in foreign countries.
8. You can also make contact to the select companies through phone calls and inquire regarding the job openings.
9. Before going for a job search, complete certification courses like for improving the language proficiency of a particular country
10. Last but not the least, be confident that you will definitely get a good job.

All the Best

Job opportunities in Animation Industry

2010-09-16T17:27:00.000+05:30

Job opportunities in Animation Industry

There were times where IT field was booming rapidly. However after recession, the job seekers are migrating to other field. On the other hand, the entertainment industry is growing in a rapid way in particularly the animation industry play a vital role in releasing 2D and 3D animation films or cartoon films through TV channels.

A lot of job opportunities waiting for those animators in this field. The 2D animations in the form of characters and films are telecast in the TV channels. There are more demands in film industry as 2D and 3D films. There are more and more multimedia and animation courses are conducted in all over the world.

The job requirements in this field are character sketch, concept creation, modeling, rigging, story board animation, character animation, lighting, texturing, dynamics, voice recording, digital editing, VFX(Visual effects and so on.

Compared with other IT field, Animation industry require special skills in animating characters.

Those who have some basic qualification can become a professional once they become familiar with the animation industries.

Job Opportunities from TCS

2010-04-02T11:05:00.000+05:30

Job Opportunities from TCS

TCS Freshers Recruitment – 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009, Freshers Apply Online

For those people whose joining dates were delayed or joining completely canceled when Indian IT faced a slow down due to collapse of US financial sector here is good news. Here is an opportunity to make yourself part of TCS, of course there will be better compensation/ brand recognition as compared to current roles you are in. With the markets picking up again, after resurrection of US economy and subsequently major outsourcing clients, we can see better times ahead.

Company Profile

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is India ’s first IT Consulting and Services organization. TCS helped lay the foundation for the growth of the industry in India with pioneering initiatives and business models.

TCS has also played a seminal role in the global acceptance of Indian software. They are the world’s first organization to achieve an Enterprise-wide Maturity Level 5 on both CMMI® & P-CMM®. TCS is the ‘Best Employer in the IT sector’ (Dataquest-IDC Survey 2004 & 2005) and has been awarded the ‘Best Employer in India for 2004′ (Hewitt Associates and CNBC TV 18).

Job Profile : Software Trainee

Candidate Profile: 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009 Freshers

Disciplines:

BE/BCA/BCS/M Tech/MCA/M Sc/CA Freshers (2008) New Opening for 2008 Freshers

B Sc/BCA (2006/2007/2008) New Opening for 2008 Freshers

PG-ME / M Tech [Computer Science, Information Science, IT, S/W] / MCA (with B Sc/ B Com /BCA/BA with Maths only) /M Sc [Computer Science, Information Science, IT, S/W]

Academics: 60 % ( Aggregate) in Std X, XII, Graduation and Post Graduation ( if any)

Candidates should not be having more than 2 years gap in their education. Completed their Graduation / PG within the stipulated academic period

ou can go to http://www.recruitm ent.tcs.com/ and apply, there you can upload your CV and your current remunerations, your skill sets and relevant work experience.
OR
http://careers. tcs.com
Source: mail

Job Opportunites from Singapore Jobs-Q

2010-03-18T10:06:00.001+05:30

Jobs-Q –A Singapore based Job online job portal

Everyone’s dream is to settle in life with a job. There are number of online job portal where we can register our resume online and if we get job opportunities, then we can join and work. In this regard, there is a great online job portal named s jobs-q which gives opportunities both for employer as well as for job seekers. Singapore is great place to work and live. More and more people are looking for jobs in Singapore and worldwide through internet. Job-Q.com was launched in May 2006 to facilitate growing trend of Job Vacancy Posting (internet job posting) and Job Searching through internet in Singapore.
They are committed for providing world class job board services. Their ultimate goal is to be one of the most helpful job board website in Singapore to both job seekers in seeking new job, and employers in finding the right candidate for job openings.

Key features:
1. For employers : FREE job posting for Singapore jobs . Please proceed to register and post your company profile FREE. Start post your free job posting immediately. Check site statistics
2. For job seekers : FREE job posting means that the job might not be advertised commercially and you have better chance to get the job you are applying. You can apply for any job posted without registering, however, if you signup with us, you can set mail alerts to alert you when jobs that fit your criteria are posted.
3. For members only : FREE posting of resume (privacy and confidentiality protected), get yourself headhunted, let the job gets you.
4. For international candidates : Singapore jobs open to foreigners here.
5. Plus all features that makes process of job searching and candidate searching become simple

Managing multiple jobs - merits and tips

2010-03-17T10:19:00.001+05:30

Managing multiple jobs - merits and tips
Earning extra always help to improve our life style. In order to earn more, if we have some regular job and salary, then we get eager to step into start earning extra from some other works as part time job. I have received these tips from a newsletter mindtools. There are always merits and demerits of doing multiple jobs.
Benefits of doing multiple jobs:
1. It gives opportunities to earn more and increase our income
2. It becomes more secure, in case of losing one job, the other jobs gives help to stand up and chance of getting income from other job.
3. There is chance of having more new people which will make our self refreshing and avoid boring and doing repeated same job.
4. We can learn more and improve our skills which results in improving our professional skills
5. It improves our entrepreneur skills and gives opportunities to start our own business

For doing multiple jobs successfully, we have to concentrate on the following
1. Time management is very important. Allot specific time for each job and making a chart i.e Jobs Vs Time will always help us to do more job efficiently
2. It is mandatory to have freedom from employer, they should permit us to do a second job
3. Working too many hours is not good for health, our body and mind should help us to do second job or more number of jobs.

Analyze your past motivational activities

2009-11-20T14:58:00.002+05:30

Analyze your past motivational activities

Most of the time we would have self motivated. We can examine these activities in order to have self motivation for current work. For example, during your study, you would have applied some methods for getting top ranks in your class. You might have obtained motivation even from others like by your parents, teachers or friends. The past motivational activities might be during your school studies, college studies or during your works.
Currently some times, you may be frustrated by others or environments for some actions. like during your study or work hours. These frustrations can be completely eliminated by your past motivational activities. By thinking the past activities and analyzing, you may get some hints for success of present work or study.

Top Motivation tips for students / workers:

2009-11-19T10:20:00.001+05:30

Motivation for students / workers:

Motivation is one of main aspect for successful career or study for students. The first and foremost thing in every success is the motivational activities. The motivation may be personal or motivated by others. I would like to emphasis some tips on motivation.

1. Have a work diary and make a daily list of work / study
2. Reward for positive action such as completion of work / study may be rewarded by going to a film which makes us to relax
3. Discuss with your friends at week end about the work in progress or study
4. Make a revision chart or work chart and put it in front of study / work area. This regular revision will lead to success
5. Have a goal and make a plan to achieve it
6. Make a break in between study / work which will enhance your abilities and relax for further study / work

Practice these techniques consistently for success.

Source: Study skills for successful Students by Fred Orr

Career path finder chart

2009-07-31T09:29:00.002+05:30

Career path finder chart

I recently received a mail with a picture which portrays all sort of job availability after completion of schooling, Bachelor and Master degrees. This is really good career path finder chart for all candidates irrespective of their qualifications. I would like to thank the creator of the chart.

Choice of diversified higher education for more job opportunities

2009-07-08T17:28:00.003+05:30

Choice of diversified higher education for more job opportunities
When the IT and Computer fields were at the peak, people preferred IT and Computure science study for obtaining basic and Master degrees in order to get job. People around the world preferred Computer field as their future job options irrespective of the disciplines like Civil, Electrical, Electronics, Physics, Chemistry, MBA, even Medical fields. During that period , they even got placement and receiving high salaries. However, the trend has completely changed as the IT field went down. Now all of them prefer to choose other fields, in particular to pursue MBA degrees. If the situation goes in this manner, again there will be a recession in this field, there is no other option to get a job.
Instead, if they prefer diversified fields like nano technology, space technology, applied physics, engineering field of their interest (concentrating on core subjects) and so on of thier own discipline for pursuing higher degrees, then there would not be any problem in future for getting a job. If they even do not get any job, they can create their own company of their field which will enhance more job opportunities

Have a long term plan or goal before joining a Company

2009-07-08T12:54:00.001+05:30

Have a long term plan or goal before joining a Company

Once we complete a degree, our immediate step is to join in some companies or concerns. We do not thing about our future at this time. By merely considering our family constraints, we join and work there irrespective of the salary they pay or nature of work. After a couple of months, we start to feel about the work, salary and other factors. It could become a lock between you and that particular job or company after working for some period. We will be in a position of not able to the leave job, or not able to get an alternate job. In order to prevent this situations, we can have a long term plan before joining any job, the plan may be doing a higher degree, searching a good company which satisfy all of my conditions like nature of job, salary, working place and so on.

Wide job opportunities for a multi talented person

2009-07-07T10:00:00.002+05:30

Wide job opportunities for a multi talented person

While the IT field was at a top, as the job opportunites in this field was more, it gave job opportunities for persons from all fields and disciplines like computer science, IT, Electrical engineers, Civil, Mechanical engineers, architechts. It accomodated persons from freshers to experienced personalities. It also accomodated irrespective of the ages and the qualifications from bacheler, diploma degrees to Master & Ph.D. holders. New courses also emerged related with IT field or in order to cater and fill the job opportunities.
But, Now that golden oppornunites are no more, unless you have multi talented personalities. You should able to show your skill in your own field . So build your talent according to the job requirements other than IT field, other wise in technical field. You have a bright features.

Government jobs more safe and secure

2009-05-24T19:51:00.002+05:30

Government jobs more safe and secure

As the IT companies are no more recruiting, the time has turned towards government related jobs. Usually the government jobs are more safe and secure. So the freshers can concentrate on government jobs. If fresheres are not able to get a job at UG level, they can go for higher studies, then apply for government jobs. They need not worry about salary packages in government concerns.

Diverse Job opportunities

2009-04-06T21:15:00.004+05:30

Diverse Job opportunities

Job losses are common everywhere due to recession world wide. IT field are no more giving job opportunities. However the students or graduates need not worry no more. If one door closes, there are many doors open, yes this is true of job placement also.
As the government has started implementing the 6th pay commission revision and hike in its pay, there are plenty of opportunities for Youngsters. They can now try for public or government related jobs. Where is to search for these opportunities? There is one specific blog which lists government related job updates of all category like state and central government, Universities, Railways and banks sectors related jobs. So there is diverse opportunities. Why should we miss it? try for a next chance.

Recruiting tips from Boston Technical Recruiter - review

2009-03-09T12:37:00.003+05:30

Recruiting tips from Boston Technical Recruiter

This is the golden time to know the valuable tips from friends, online or any other sources. Because this time for job seeker is a critical time where news are job cuts, layoffs due to world financial recession period. So everyone should be so confident in retaining their jobs, building new hopes and finding alternative jobs. Not only for freshers, people already in jobs are also in need of search of jobs and developing their job careers. I would like to share a online site which shares the tips on various topics for job seekers. Boston Technical Recruiter's motto is sell yourself, sell your resume, sell your skills for getting a new job.

Take testing for a certification which earns 11% more than an analyst without certification

2008-12-23T09:42:00.001+05:30

Take testing for a certification which earns 11% more than an analyst without certification

Once we complete a degree at UG or PG level, then the Need comes to find a new job. It’s a challenging time to be looking. But you can increase our odds of success by adding qualifying IT certifications to our resume. There are number of online certification websites where we can take testing on various disciplines or subjects. One of the site I have recently found is Brainbench. Though there are many vendors that offer IT certification, with a range in cost, convenience and approach that vary wildly. One option worth considering is getting certified through Brainbench (www.brainbench.com). With over 300 IT certifications to choose from, Brainbench has been serving the IT community with vendor-neutral certifications since 1998. Regardless of the provider you end up choosing, IT certifications can make a real difference in both your job search and your salary moving forward.

Taking the time to complete certification testing has many benefits. It helps individuals differentiate themselves in a tough and competitive job market. It enables hiring managers to simplify and shorten the hiring process. It gives training departments information to develop employees’ desktop computing skills and expertise. Organizations get stronger from their technology investment by making sure their workforce has the right skills for the right jobs.

While some may question the value of certifications, a trade study of hiring managers from 685 companies both inside and outside the IT industry found that "IT companies viewed certifications at least as important as a bachelor’s degree while non-IT companies placed certifications slightly below a bachelor’s degree in importance" (ITAA, 2001). And looking forward into 2009, times are likely to be as tough or tougher than 2001.

Another very good reason to get certified: earn more money. A network analyst with a college degree, job experience and a certification earns 11% more than an analyst without certification, and 18% more per year than an analyst with neither certification nor past job experience (IT Skills and Salary Report, Global Knowledge/TechRepublic, March 2008). Completing certification also shows that job candidates are serious about career goals and continuing education.(courtesy: mail received from Techsay team)

HR and Interview articles

2008-12-03T12:00:00.003+05:30

HR and Interview articles
I would like to share some more articles on Interview and HR question and answers, the download links are here

File1: http://www.ziddu.com/download/2821732/64ToughtestQA.pdf.html

File2: http://www.ziddu.com/download/2821733/HRQA.pdf.html

File3: http://www.ziddu.com/download/2821734/64InterviewQA.pdf.html

File4: http://www.ziddu.com/download/2821735/interv2.pdf.html

File5: http://www.ziddu.com/download/2821736/interv1.pdf.html

Interview e-articles downloads

2008-12-03T11:22:00.002+05:30

Interview e-articles downloads
I would like to share some of the interview skill tips, interview question and answers and related e-articles in pdf format. This will be very useful for preparation of interview. This will boost our interview skills also. I would like to include the links which can be

File1: Interview Tips1

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File4: Interview Skills

File5: Interview 4
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Placement guide Book

2008-11-25T16:27:00.002+05:30

Placement guide Book

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Winning the Interview game

2008-11-01T12:03:00.003+05:30

Winning the Interview game

This book is written by Alan H.Nierenberg gives a complete details of preparing and successing an interview. He talks about developing interview skills as a game. So it is our role to win the game for getting a wonderful job.
He gives tips on how to begin the game, rules of the game and preparation for the game. He also briefs that while the game ends, that is the winning moment, how to enjoy the winning movement. It is really an amazing book for refreshers to play the interview game and win the game. All the best.

The Career Coward’s Guide to Interviewing - Book Review

2008-10-03T16:18:00.004+05:30

The Career Coward’s Guide to Interviewing - Book Review

The Career Coward's Guide to Interviewing: Sensible Strategies for Overcoming Job Search Fears (Career Coward's Guides) is writted by Katy Piotrowski, M.Ed. This books discusses some important interview practices. This book tries its best to completed eradicate the interview fears.

Each practice can be done with specified time duration being alone or with some friends or partners. For example "tell me about yourself question", you have to practice for the following questionnaire

are you from originally and how did you come to live in your present location? What are a few of your favorite hobbies or interests? What kind of work are you aiming for? Briefly, where have you worked and in what kinds of jobs? What do people say are your strengths? Provide an overview of your educational credentials. What is something interesting or unusual about you? (Additional “Tell Me About Yourself Ideas” provided in the book on page 66.)
Practicing these questions and getting some response from partners or friends will improve our Interview IQ also. Be read this book and get a great job without fear.

Boost Your Interview IQ - book review

2008-10-02T21:15:00.002+05:30

Boost Your Interview IQ - book review

This book is written by Carole Martin

Interview tips are available and prepared before going to an interview for winning a job. This book mainly focuses on interview questions which are classified as most frequently asked questions and general questions. In addition to these questions, three answers are also listed. Our duty is to read the question and answers and select the strongest, mediocre and weakest among the answer, based on the selection of any one type of answer, our Interview IQ is calculated. This will give a good guidance to select best answers for any of the interview questions which will definitely increase our overall Interview IQ. This will lead us to get a successful win for our job hunting. Try it out and get a good job. All the best

Interview books That should be Read and Tips

2008-09-25T11:08:00.007+05:30

Interview books That should be Read

Some the following books which give tips for various types of interview are

Credit: Interview skills that win the job by Michale Spiropoulos
Some of the tips from this book are

1 Don’t waste your time looking for quick fixes—they don’t exist. They could even make matters worse. Great interview performances come from proper preparation and practice.

2 Avoid memorizing other people’s answers.

3 Remember that interviews are about more than just giving good answers; they’re also about building rapport and trust.

4 All interviewers want to know three things:
• whether you can do the job; • how motivated or driven you are; and • whether you’ll fit into the existing workplace culture.

5. Using the four steps gives you a simple-to-follow system by which you can organise and bring together large amounts of disparate information about your work achievements, to help you form clear and articulate answers.
6. The vast majority of jobs have skills or duties that overlap. These include:
• being a good team player; • planning and organising your work effectively; • good interpersonal communication skills; • ability to cope with change in the workplace; and • ability to provide effective customer service (including to internal customers). Awareness of these allows you to anticipate the nature of some of the questions you may be asked.

7. Do not fall into despondency if you have a bad interview. Everyone has them, even good interviewees. The key is to learn from it and get yourself ready for the next one.

8. Often, interviewers are not experienced and can ask questions that are not well considered. Your job is to know how to handle both the novice as well as the experienced interviewer.

9. Believe in yourself. Now that you know what to do there’s no reason not to.

10. All the Best

This books discusses a lot of things about interview related things. The author of the book discusses all the simple techniques to tough questions.

Top Interview Mistake by job seeker and Remedy

2008-09-21T18:00:00.002+05:30

Top Interview Mistake by job seeker and Remedy

Common Mistakes are
1. dressing inappropriately,
2. badmouthing a former boss as the worst offense,
3. appearing disinterested,
4. Arrogance behaviors during interview,
5. insufficient answers,
6. not asking good questions

Some of the real time mistakes are
1. Candidate answered cell phone and asked the interviewer to leave her own office because it was a "private" conversation.

2. Applicant told the interviewer he wouldn't be able to stay with the job long because he thought he might get an inheritance if his uncle died -- and his uncle wasn't "looking too good."

3. The job seeker asked the interviewer for a ride home after the interview.

4. The applicant smelled his armpits on the way to the interview room.

5. Candidate said she could not provide a writing sample because all of her writing had been for the CIA and it was "classified."

6. Candidate told the interviewer he was fired for beating up his last boss.

7. When the applicant was offered food before the interview, he declined saying he didn't want to line his stomach with grease before going out drinking.

8. An applicant said she was a "people person" not a "numbers person" – in her interview for an accounting position.

9. During a phone interview the candidate flushed the toilet while talking to hiring manager.

10. The applicant took out a hairbrush and brushed her hair.

Remedy for the Mistakes
Be always with happy and smile face, do some research before attending an interview, Keep it professional, Do not lie, Know what to expect so on.

source: from a Net friend