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What is the first question that you get to here from an interviewer?

“Tell me something about yourself”.

Most of the interviewers start with this question and most of the interviewees take it the wrong way and respond to it. A poor first impression!!

Why is this question the favorite of these interviewers? What is the response that they expect from an interviewee? When everything is clearly and legibly written in the CV that is in front of an interviewer, why does he ask this question?

Can a book really prepare you for an interview?

I never believed it could and to be very frank, I had never read too many such books. But some time back one of my readers suggested that I should refer books that could help them in appearing for their interviews. This is when I decided that I will review a few such good books from time to time so that it benefits you.

If you are wondering how anger can boost your career, then you are at the right place. Read on to know how.

Negative emotions such as fear and anger are inborn and are of tremendous importance. Negative emotions are often crucial for survival: careful experiments such as ours have documented that negative emotions narrow and focus attention so we can concentrate on the trees instead of the forest.

This is what Professor George Vaillant, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School had to say.

There are various kinds of Career Builders; they differ according to the services they provide. There are few institutions, which provide guidance in education; they train people for written tests, interviews, group discussion, providing advice about choosing the right schools, career counseling etc. Read more

The first thing to remember is that if you are using a purely ipsative personality test then you should not be comparing test results between candidates. Ipsative tests are self-referencing – they are comprised of force-choice items. They are useful in coaching, team-building and career guidance, but should not be used alone in recruitment and selection scenarios. Read more

If you’re having trouble picking one of many passions to become your full-time career, read on… If you’re having orientation doubts – wondering what direction to take in your career- or job-life, it’s time to apply the lifestyle test. While many career counseling services encourage people to take a look at their passions or interests, rarely do orientation exercises take lifestyle concerns into account. Read more

With so many reputed institutes and universities around us, career planning has become a lot more simple and interesting. You have many career choices as well as the required career guidance to meet the challenges. Interior designing is one such career that allows you to explore the world around you and look things with a different perspective. Besides, a good interior designer should possess good interpersonal skills and be able to produce creative, flawless work consistently. Read more

Is aggression good for your career?

Many a times I have seen people in the top management being a bit too much aggressive. I have also come across quite a few employees in the lower management levels also who have exhibited excessive aggression. How good is aggression and what level of management does it benefit?

The BPO and Call center culture has brought about quite a lot of changes – some positive and some negative. Though critics and well-wishers are right in saying that there the changes are more of negative, especially in India, there would be no denying the fact that there a lot of changes that are positive as well.

One such welcome change was the tobacco-free revolution that brought about a change in the smoking habits of quite a few BPO employees. Smoking had become a fashion statement for these employees working in BPOs, majority of them youth. What started as a reason to stay awake in the night shifts that, they had to work in, soon became an addiction that was difficult to get rid off.