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Job Alerts..

Vipul Mali — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:28:16 +0000

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10 Interview Questions You MUST Ask Before Accepting an Offer

Vipul Mali — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 08:37:43 +0000

A job interview should be viewed as a two sided street. As a candidate, you should be interviewing the company just as much as they are interviewing you. I’ve had friends, family and colleagues all end up in the wrong job because they didn’t ask the right questions before they started. Be the candidate posing original questions of the hiring manager instead of merely answering all the questions you’re asked. It may seem a bit intimidating, but this out-of-the-box strategy not only benefits the candidate, who can show that he or she has done their research and knows what they’re doing. It could very well impress a potential employer who will see initiative and promise. Avoid surprises and check out these interview tips so you’ll not only get a job offer, you’ll also know whether or not to accept.
Interview Tip #1:
Ask: Where do you see the company going in the next one/five/ten years?
First consider: Rather than simply answering the age-old question of where you see yourself in x amount of time, try asking the hiring manager the same question. Where does he/she believe the company will be years down the line? Will the firm have expanded, in terms of capital or geography? Will it have branched out into other industries? What about financial growth?
Interview Tip #2:
Ask: What impact would I have on the team/in the company if hired?
First consider: Foremost, this question shows that you are confident; you are essentially asking the hiring manager how/if he thinks you and your skills will come into play once you land the job. The answer to this question should also give you a more personalized response than a general job description and help you to better gauge the ramifications of the position.
Interview Tip #3:
Ask: What qualities does the ideal candidate for this role possess?
First consider: Another question that could get you a more personalized response and a better feel for the job requirements, this inquiry shows that you are not just looking for any job, but a job where you actually have the skills/qualities needed to perform well. You could even reply to whatever answer you are given in an email following the interview, mentioning which desired qualities you possess, which you are working towards (such as mastering new software, learning a new language, etc.), and which you are willing to improve or master.
Interview Tip #4:
Ask: How long have you been with the company? For what reasons have you stayed?
First consider: This question might surprise your interviewer because you are asking something that she must answer personally, something that cannot be answered with a “we” or “the company”. The question shows confidence, and, if answered truthfully, can give you a better idea of how the company treats its employees, as well as the values of the company.
Interview Tip #5:
Ask: What kinds of opportunities may open up down the road for someone who lands this type of position?
First consider: Showing initiative and motivation is critical to a successful interview, especially if you’re just starting out. This question would be ideal to ask if you are a candidate new to the working world and concerned/curious about how a job could benefit you in the future, whether at the same company or elsewhere.
Interview Tip #6:
Ask: How would performance be measured for this job?
First consider: Alternatively, What goals would someone in this position be expected to meet? or What checkpoints should I be expected to pass within the first 90 days or so of employment? This can further help you determine whether the role is really suited to you based on whether you can keep up with the demands of the work environment.
Interview Tip #7:
Ask: Is this position a new position or a replacement job?
First consider: If the answer to this question is affirmative to the latter, ask why the previous employee is no longer working the role. Knowing whether someone you are stepping in for was fired or quit, and for what reason(s), is useful information.
Interview Tip #8:
Ask: May I speak with a member(s) of the team I will be working on?
First consider: This question goes along with interview tip seven. If you find yourself to be under consideration for a replacement job, there is really no way of knowing whether you are truly getting the facts from the person interviewing you because he/she has the company’s best interest in mind. Potential co-workers would probably be more likely to give you the truth about the working environment (i.e. how workers are treated, work relationships, and reasonableness of tasks and deadlines).
Interview Tip #9:
Ask: What do you see as the biggest obstacle to company growth?
First consider: If a hiring manager seems to have trouble giving an answer, or responds by replying that there are no obstacles, take it as a bad omen. No company is perfect, and you do not want to end up working somewhere where things are not the same as the way they are portrayed.
Interview Tip #10:
Ask: What is your company’s image in the industry?
First consider: How other brands in the industry view a company is a major reflection on the company’s reputation. Do your research beforehand and see if your interviewer’s answers match up with what you find.
Along with this list, remember to research the company before going in to ask company specific questions. You can see how excited (or not) someone is about the company and their products by asking the right questions. You’ll set yourself apart by knowing about the company as well.

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What did u learned from this story???

Vipul Mali — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:42:58 +0000

Father was a hardworking man who delivered bread as a living to support his wife and three children. He spent all his evenings after work attending classes, hoping to improve himself so that he could one day find a better paying job. Except for Sundays, Father hardly ate a meal together with his family. He worked and studied very hard because he wanted to provide his family with the best money could buy.
Whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often yearned to spend more time with his family.
The day came when the examination results were announced. To his joy, Father passed, and with distinctions too! Soon after, he was offered a good job as a senior supervisor which paid handsomely.
Like a dream come true, Father could now afford to provide his family with life’s little luxuries like nice clothing, fine food and vacation abroad.
However, the family still did not get to see father for most of the week. He continued to work very hard, hoping to be promoted to the position of manager. In fact, to make himself a worthily candidate for the promotion, he enrolled for another course in the open university.
Again, whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often yearned to spend more time with his family.
Father’s hard work paid off and he was promoted. Jubilantly, he decided to hire a maid to relieve his wife from her domestic tasks. He also felt that their three-room flat was no longer big enough, it would be nice for his family to be able to enjoy the facilities and comfort of a condominium. Having experienced the rewards of his hard work many times before, Father resolved to further his studies and work at being promoted again. The family still did not get to see much of him. In fact, sometimes Father had to work on Sundays entertaining clients. Again, whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often yearned to spend more time with his family.
As expected, Father’s hard work paid off again and he bought a beautiful condominium overlooking the coast of Singapore. On the first Sunday evening at their new home, Father declared to his family that he decided not to take anymore courses or pursue any more promotions. From then on he was going to devote more time to his family.
Father did not wake up the next day.
What did u learned from this story???

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Motivation…

Vipul Mali — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:47:46 +0000

A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with a bag of potato chips and a six-pack of root beer and started his journey.
When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old man. He was sitting in the park, just staring at some pigeons. The boy sat down next to him and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his root beer when he noticed that the old man looked hungry, so he offered him some chips. He gratefully accepted it and smiled at him.
His smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered him a root beer. Again, he smiled at him. The boy was delighted!
They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.
As twilight approached, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave; but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old man, and gave him a hug. He gave him his biggest smile ever…
When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. She asked him, “What did you do today that made you so happy?”
He replied, “I had lunch with God.” However, before his mother could respond, he added, “You know what? He has the most beautiful smile I have ever seen! Meanwhile, the old man, also radiant with joy, returned to his home. His son was stunned by the look of peace on his face and he asked, “dad, what did you do today that made you so happy?”
He replied, “I ate potato chips in the park with God.” However, before his son responded, he added, “You know, he’s much younger than I expected.”
Too often, we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of kindness, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime! Embrace all equally!

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Seven Reasons Why Recruiters Instantly Reject Resumes!!!

Vipul Mali — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:01:45 +0000

Forget “What color is your Parachute?” Here are seven reasons why resumes always get rejected according to the report conducted by tech recruiters at Kovasys IT Recruitment.
New York, NY (PRWEB) March 19, 2012
A new report from Kovasys IT Recruitment answers a question that many IT candidates are asking: “Why are the technology recruitersignoring my resume?” We have sat down with Alex Kovalenko, a technical recruiting manager at Kovasys Inc. with operations in Toronto, Montreal, New York and San Francisco, to discuss. “If a tech recruiter can not tell within ten seconds that you are worth a call then your resume will go straight into a recycle bin. Keep in mind that at our firm recruiters can review up to 50 resumes every day and can not spend hours reviewing resumes,” said Alex Kovalenko with Kovasys Inc.
Mr. Kovalenko says that there are seven reasons why IT recruiters could potentially reject yourresume and are as follows:
1. Firstly, when a recruiter looks over a resume – he or she wants to find experience in the field. If acandidate is a PHP Developer with no object oriented development experience and the job is for anobject oriented Java Developer – the recruiter is not going to call. Companies are paying recruiters to find an apple to fill an apple job. Companies are not paying recruiters to help candidates transfer their skills from one field to another. If a company is going to pay a recruiter a significant retainer fee, they expect a perfect match.
2. What is candidate’s level or title? If the recruiter is searching for a team lead developer and a candidate’s title is a senior developer, that candidate should not expect an interview with the recruiter. Again, the recruiter is hired to find a team lead developer, not to squeeze a senior developer into a team lead position. On the other hand, if the client wants a senior developer and a candidate is a team lead – that candidate is over-qualified and even if he or she thinks they can do a senior developer’s job the client will not. The first team lead job that comes along might interest that candidate more, causing the recruiter and the company to suspect that you are going to pursue the better opportunity; neither party is willing to risk that.
3. The next area the recruiter is going to look at is the most recent experience. If the client wants aLinux Systems Administrator for a hosting company and a candidate has the experience, but it was over five years ago, recruiter will reject the resume. Any good recruiter can find a candidate with that current familiarity. If candidate was a good Linux Administrator five years ago and have not worked in that area since, their skills might be nowhere near contemporary due to new technologies like virtualization, vmware, etc.
4. Location, location, location. If a client is in New York and a candidate is in Miami – that candidate will most likely not get an interview. Relocating candidates is just too problematic if there is a viable candidate in the client’s location. In addition, most companies are not interested in paying for relocation in a bad economy. Moreover, there is usually the additional challenge of a spouse who must also relocate and find a job.
5. The next aspect the recruiter will look at is whether the industry experience matches the client’s. Again this is not an economy that allows for deciding whether skills will transfer from one industry to another. If candidate is in medical software development and the job is in financial development – the recruiter will not be calling. Skills might transfer and candidate might become a financial software developer, but it is not up to the recruiter to do that.
6. Education is the next big thing to consider and this one can be an automatic killer. Most recruiters are looking for a Masters in Computer Science or Engineering because they are hired to find the best candidates. No company will be paying a recruiter for a non-degreed or Bachelor of Arts candidate.
7. If candidate does not hold any position for an extensive period of time, job seeker should not expect an interview with a recruiter. a If candidate had six jobs in the last four years there better be a very good reason for it.
And last but not least says Alex Kovalenko: “List your accomplishments and what technologies you have worked with the two – three companies you have worked for. Make sure your resume is two pages long (even if you have worked for over 10 years) and is in traditional and chronological format.”
Courtesy by: Alex Kovalenko

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The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time

Vipul Mali — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:10:16 +0000

Why is it that between 25 and 50 per cent of people report feeling overwhelmed or burned out at work?
It’s not just the number of hours we’re working, but also the fact that we spend too many continuous hours juggling too many things at the same time.
What we’ve lost, above all, are stopping points, finish lines and boundaries. Technology has blurred them beyond recognition. Wherever we go, our work follows us, on our digital devices, ever insistent and intrusive. It’s like an itch we can’t resist scratching, even though scratching invariably makes it worse.
Tell the truth: Do you answer email during conference calls (and sometimes even during calls with one other person)? Do you bring your laptop to meetings and then pretend you’re taking notes while you surf the net? Do you eat lunch at your desk? Do you make calls while you’re driving, and even send the occasional text, even though you know you shouldn’t?
The biggest cost — assuming you don’t crash — is to your productivity. In part, that’s a simple consequence of splitting your attention, so that you’re partially engaged in multiple activities but rarely fully engaged in any one. In part, it’s because when you switch away from a primary task to do something else, you’re increasing the time it takes to finish that task by an average of 25 per cent.
But most insidiously, it’s because if you’re always doing something, you’re relentlessly burning down your available reservoir of energy over the course of every day, so you have less available with every passing hour.
I know this from my own experience. I get two to three times as much writing accomplished when I focus without interruption for a designated period of time and then take a real break, away from my desk. The best way for an organization to fuel higher productivity and more innovative thinking is to strongly encourage finite periods of absorbed focus, as well as shorter periods of real renewal.
If you’re a manager, here are three policies worth promoting:
1. Maintain meeting discipline. Schedule meetings for 45 minutes, rather than an hour or longer, so participants can stay focused, take time afterward to reflect on what’s been discussed, and recover before the next obligation. Start all meetings at a precise time, end at a precise time, and insist that all digital devices be turned off throughout the meeting.
2. Stop demanding or expecting instant responsiveness at every moment of the day. It forces your people into reactive mode, fractures their attention, and makes it difficult for them to sustain attention on their priorities. Let them turn off their email at certain times. If it’s urgent, you can call them — but that won’t happen very often.
3. Encourage renewal. Create at least one time during the day when you encourage your people to stop working and take a break. Offer a midafternoon class in yoga, or meditation, organize a group walk or workout, or consider creating a renewal room where people can relax, or take a nap.
It’s also up to individuals to set their own boundaries. Consider these three behaviors for yourself:
1. Do the most important thing first in the morning, preferably without interruption, for 60 to 90 minutes, with a clear start and stop time. If possible, work in a private space during this period, or with sound-reducing earphones. Finally, resist every impulse to distraction, knowing that you have a designated stopping point. The more absorbed you can get, the more productive you’ll be. When you’re done, take at least a few minutes to renew.
2. Establish regular, scheduled times to think more long term, creatively, or strategically. If you don’t, you’ll constantly succumb to the tyranny of the urgent. Also, find a different environment in which to do this activity — preferably one that’s relaxed and conducive to open-ended thinking.
3. Take real and regular vacations. Real means that when you’re off, you’re truly disconnecting from work. Regular means several times a year if possible, even if some are only two or three days added to a weekend. The research strongly suggests that you’ll be far healthier if you take all of your vacation time, and more productive overall.
A single principle lies at the heart of all these suggestions. When you’re engaged at work, fully engage, for defined periods of time. When you’re renewing, truly renew. Make waves. Stop living your life in the gray zone.
Courtesy By: http://blogs.hbr.org/schwartz/2012/03/the-magic-of-doing-one-thing-a.html

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6 Reasons Why You Didn’t Get The Job

Vipul Mali — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:05:04 +0000

Why You Didn’t Get the Job: A Candid Chat with the (Hypothetical) Boss

Wouldn’t it be great if hiring managers could tell us exactly why we didn’t get the job?

No more second-guessing why your resume disappeared into the hiring “black hole.” No more wondering why your seemingly perfect interview never turned into a callback. Just clear, honest feedback.

Well — let’s pretend they can talk.

In this post, we’re sitting down with a fictional hiring manager, “Betty Boss,” to get to the bottom of why you didn’t make the cut. This week, we’ll cover the things you can control — like your resume, your application, and how you present yourself in interviews. Next week, we’ll tackle the things you can’t control (and what to do about them anyway).

Let’s jump into the interview.

Me: Thanks for joining us, Betty.

Betty Boss: Happy to be here.

Me: Let’s start with the basics. What’s one big reason someone didn’t get hired?

Betty: Simple — I never saw your resume.

If your resume doesn’t make it past the Applicant Tracking System (ATS), or gets filtered out by an HR screener, I’ll never even know you existed. It’s not personal — it’s just the process.

Today, your resume needs to speak to four audiences:

The ATS
The HR admin
The recruiter or HR partner
The hiring manager (me)

If it doesn’t satisfy all four, it won’t land in front of me.

Me: Got it. What’s another common reason?

Betty: I had no idea why you applied.

Too many applicants hit “apply” without considering whether they’re truly a fit. If the job requires a CPA license and you don’t have one — I won’t bother guessing why you think you’re qualified.

Sometimes people are switching careers or industries — and that’s okay — but if your resume doesn’t clearly explain the why and show evidence you’re making that transition seriously (like courses, side projects, new skills), I’m not going to take the risk.

Me: And when a resume does land on your desk?

Betty: It needs to stand out.

I’m looking through dozens of resumes. I don’t want vague language like “Responsible for a $17M budget.” I want to know what impact you made — how you saved money, led change, improved results. Specific, measurable achievements grab my attention.

Me: Some candidates might say they’re not expert writers…

Betty: That’s the reality of business. Presentation matters.

Whether you’re selling a product or yourself, the way you package and present your value affects how people perceive it. A strong, clear, well-formatted resume can set you apart — even if your experience is the same.

Me: Let’s talk interviews. What’s a red flag?

Betty: It was a nice conversation — and that was the problem.

We talked about hobbies, moving to the city, raising teens… but the candidate never made the case for why I should hire them. I need someone who makes me confident they’ll solve my business problem. If you don’t do that in the interview, it’s a missed opportunity.

Me: Anything else that candidates overlook?

Betty: Yes — not showing genuine interest in the specific role.

You said you were “exploring options.” That doesn’t tell me you’re excited about this job. Hiring someone is a big commitment. I want someone who’s ready to roll up their sleeves and tackle the role, not someone who’s just browsing.

Me: OK, one last question — any final insight?

Betty: Timing.

Sometimes I didn’t hire you simply because someone else moved faster. Maybe your interview went well, but another candidate followed up immediately, stayed responsive, and had advocates vouching for them. Meanwhile, you delayed, were slow to respond, or appeared distracted by other offers.

When I’ve got approval to hire, I move quickly. If you’re not ready, I’ll move on to someone who is.

Me: Thanks, Betty. That was honest — and really helpful.

Betty: Glad to help. Best of luck to your readers. And remember — hiring is business, not personal. Make your case clearly, confidently, and fast.

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Job Alerts..

10 Interview Questions You MUST Ask Before Accepting an Offer

What did u learned from this story???

Motivation…

Seven Reasons Why Recruiters Instantly Reject Resumes!!!

The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time

6 Reasons Why You Didn’t Get The Job

Why You Didn’t Get the Job: A Candid Chat with the (Hypothetical) Boss

Me: Thanks for joining us, Betty.

Me: Let’s start with the basics. What’s one big reason someone didn’t get hired?

Me: Got it. What’s another common reason?

Me: And when a resume does land on your desk?

Me: Some candidates might say they’re not expert writers…

Me: Let’s talk interviews. What’s a red flag?

Me: Anything else that candidates overlook?

Me: OK, one last question — any final insight?

Me: Thanks, Betty. That was honest — and really helpful.

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