Archive for January, 2009

Obama won on “Change” - Is it time for word resumes to change?

Obama will be sworn in as President of United States of America on Jan 20, 2009. He and his team won a decisive election on the promise of bringing “Change”. 
For ages now we have been and are still continuing to upload or email our resume to organizations while applying for a job. Majority of us [...]

Obama-Biden administration encourage on-line job application process

Did you know that you can apply for a job in the Obama-Biden administration on-line?
Following is what the process they encourage prospective job seekers to follow on their website change.gov :
Application Process:
1. Please complete and submit the on-line Expression of Interest Form below.
2. Within a few days, you will receive an email with a link to [...]

Searching for a silver lining for Satyam employees

From the outside, the prognosis appears very bleak for Satyam employees right now. As it is, the market is in pretty bad shape and most companies have hunkered down waiting for the bad times to pass.  However, the thing to remember is that there are still openings for the good guys.  Due to budgetary [...]

Satyam employees your credibility is more important

What if Satyam Shuts down tomorrow?
Not trying to scare anyone, but looking at a possibility of what happens if Satyam shuts down soon. What happens to the 53,000 odd employees of Satyam?
In the current climate, it looks like no company is completely safe.  With the financial crisis on one side,  escalation of situation with Pakistan [...]

1.5 lakh Job openings in Telecom companies

The start of a new year has brought in some good news for job seekers. The telecom companies in India will require anywhere from 100,000 to 150,000 additional hands to work in their companies. Majority of the job openings are in the middle to senior management levels. Looks like there is going to be a [...]

Why am I not getting responses to my job applications?

This is a question that is being asked more and more often these days!  The answer is not that complicated, if you understand how the online job boards work (or don’t).
1.  Fake candidates

Bad news -Your application is getting drowned by fakes
Surprised! You shouldn’t be.  While you are busy building your resume based on facts, there [...]