One of the first things you will do when you decide to have a career will be to write out a Resume or a CV. In the recruitment world, people use the terms Bio Data, Curriculum Vitae (CV) and Resume interchangeably. However, there is a clear difference between the three. A bio data starts out […]
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Whenever I travel, I try and go out in the evenings to see the sights the place has to offer. Usually, such trips allow me to see some beautiful city sights and very nice lighting. There is only one challenge – night time photography! If you are into photography, you’d know that night time clicks
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Quality Vs Quantity is a constant battle faced by someone who has a shortage of resources. Even in our personal lives, we face this choice regularly. A shopaholic would understand this dilemma – one highstreet wardrobe workhorse or several trendy and cheaper pairs? In the corporate world where deadlines and deliverables are a way of
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At the beginning of 2015, I signed up for the Goodreads reading challenge. It is basically a reading target you set for yourself and keep a track of the progress throughout the year. Last year was pretty lackluster in terms of reading for me. I read very few books and some of them were the
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The first time I heard of Linen shirts for men was when I saw a huge hoarding of designer Rohit Bal. This was a few years ago and he was launching or probably endorsing a brand that made linen shirts for men. Up until that point, I only knew of linen as a fabric used
Psychedelic prints have always fascinated me. Bursts of bright colours in random prints. What’s not to love? I picked this kurta online and loved it from the word go! It is bright, it is light and extremely comfortable as a summer wear. If you are one of those who gets quickly bored with pastels in
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Hi all, It has been almost 6 months since I moved from my blogger blog Anks’ Ramblings to Lifestyle of a Professional. These 6 months have taught me more about blogging than the last 10 years did! I made new friends and discovered some wonderful new blogs. Lifestyle of a Professional is the melting
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Meeting. A verb that has become a noun in the corporate world. Grammar trivia: Such words are called Gerunds. Okay okay, am not showing off. Coming back to meetings. Meetings are an essential part of corporate life. It is the time to solve problems, discuss ideas and agree on the path to be taken. Meetings
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“You need to develop your leadership skills” is probably the most used line in performance feedback discussions, especially when the employee in question has less than a decade’s experience. I remember a few friends who were in the same team discussing their first ever appraisal. Everyone of them was told the same thing by their
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KRA stands for Key Result Area. Basically it means the areas where the work needs to focus on. KRA setting is an important process in the organisation. Even more important is that each employee understands the process and the KRA. Broadly, the KRA setting for the next year begins somewhere in the last quarter of
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