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Change your job search strategy to deal with age bias; how to search jobs aligned with age
For better or worse, there are tons of younger job seekers competing for fewer jobs than before, and willing to work longer hours for a lower title and salary. How can you optimise your job strategy based on the challenges for your age bracket?
Play the long term-game when you plan a career shift: Reset your career in 9 steps
Whatever your reason, the decision to switch careers is both daunting and rewarding. Here’s how you can make it successful.
How to build your career capital
Invest in yourself by developing skills, relationships and reputation to future-proof your income and ensure lifelong career growth.
Take these 6 steps to deliver results consistently in your job and career
The only skill you need to charge up your job and career is the ability to deliver results consistently. Devashish Chakravarty explains how to achieve this.
9 time-tested principles used in chess that can improve the win rate in your job and career
Most players see chess as a metaphor for life, where every decision has consequences for the future, while one does not control the choices others make. What is common among Gukesh Dommaraju and other top players is the use of time-tested strategies that yield better decisions. Many of these principles are equally applicable to your life and career.
Kahneman effect on career: How to use behavioural economics to succeed in your job
Chances are you have heard of Daniel Kahneman, 2002 Nobel laureate for economics, through his books or the news about his recent demise. What can we learn from the ‘grandfather of behavioural economics’?
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Unemployed graduate? If you are struggling to find your first income, here are 6 ways to navigate this challenge
If you have recently graduated and are struggling to find your first income, here’s how you can navigate this challenge.
Annual performance appraisal: Take charge of the most important discussion of the year
This is the time for annual goal setting that will determine how you will be measured next year, your likelihood of success or failure and your prospects for growth.
Job market signalling: What it is, how to apply it to stand out in the job market
Michael Spence received the Nobel prize for his Harvard thesis, where he proposed the idea of job market signalling, a foundational concept in labour economics. Here’s how to understand the way employers read signals, and apply this to stand out.
How to improve your team's performance: Use these 8 models
A mental model is a summary or compressed version of how a thing works. Let’s consider how you can apply some of these models as a team leader.
5 tips to ace any job interview and stand out
Many competent professionals and high-potential freshers struggle to get past the interview stage. The key lies in the fact that interviewing is an independent skill and is unrelated to your expertise in the profession. Focus on getting the basics right and you can be in the top 20% of the interviewees. Want to be in the top 2%? Become the expert who demonstrates effort through your research. Here are steps you need to keep in mind to ace your next job interview.
How to make more money: 10 smart money moves to improve your finances and grow wealth in 2024
Based on what the experts have told us, we have put together 10 smart money moves that can safeguard your finances and help you grow wealthier in the new year. We hope you will find these useful. Wishing you good health, prosperity and safety in 2024.
Are you looking for a new job? 5 steps to follow to find a job this year
Looking for a job is a full-time task, not a hobby. Unless you make it a priority and invest time and effort, you will not be competitive. Your chances of success depend on getting into the right mindset and stepping out of your comfort zone. Here is how to strategise to get a new job in 2024.
How to make more money at your job in 2024
How to earn more income: Unless you have inherited millions, staying in a job, maximising your income, saving and investing is the most reliable formula to create wealth.
New skills will matter more than your certificates: 5 skills you should master in 2024 to succeed
With sustained talk of an impending recession, bigger companies are chasing efficiency over growth and, hence, cutting costs. These economic cycles are temporary and the direction will reverse in due course. However, the changes in technology and society are irreversible, and their impact on businesses and jobs will be long-lasting. Let’s look at the key career trends for 2024.
Go beyond campus to ensure a job or internship; How to facing campus placements in a tough year
If you are a campus student seeking final placement or internship, what worked for your previous batches won’t work for you. You need a better strategy.
How to craft a five-year career plan
Prepare a five-year plan for yourself as a road map to professional success as it helps you crystallise where you want to be, how to get there and what you need along the way. Then use this document to make your annual plans and measure your progress.
70 hours or 100 hours or 4 hours: How many hours should you work in week?
70 hours a week became a hot topic when N.R. Narayana Murthy, the well-respected Founder of Infosys, suggested it as a work ethic. That’s 10-14 hours a day, 5-7 days a week. Sounds tough? Yet, we are surrounded by people who routinely put in these hours. So how many hours should you really work? Unlike Adams’s response, there are multiple answers who have actually put in such work. Which one is yours?
7 things to do to cope with burnout at work
Burnout is overwhelming stress that has not been handled and has evolved over time to push you into survival mode, with complete disengagement or desire to give up. So, learn to deal with stressors at work before they lead to anxiety or burnout.
How to make a smooth career switch
Treat it as a continuous process of learning and growth, and prepare well for it.
What you need to crack the coveted first job, kickstart your career
Know how to assess yourself and acquire skills crucial to getting hired.
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