Can you sell yourself to a recruiter?
The interview is the place where your buyer and you, the seller, meet. A bad salesperson is one who harps about the features of the product, a mediocre salesperson will talk about the advantages of the product and a good salesperson will talk about the benefits of the product to the customer. What is the […]
Placements
To understand the market and how you fit in, you need to do an analysis of the placement scenario, the trend, and how you can sell your services. It will be worth your while to download the following document. This answers to the questions in this document are not readily available. You need to make an […]
Should I do the certification courses like NCFM while doing my MBA?
There is a lot of wishful thinking that goes on in the name of placement. The reality is based on demand and supply. For example, some one asked me yesterday whether they should do NSE’s Certification in Financial Markets (NCFM) modules. The objective is to get into brokerage and investment banking. My answer was as follows: […]
We create our own limits
“Flea trainers have noticed a repeatable, predictable, and unusual habit when they put their specimen in a cardboard box with a lid on it. The fleas will jump as high as possible while hitting their little flea heads on the lid that is keeping the box closed. Now these fleas are not as stupid as […]
Excuses for not doing work
Whenever we, as students, think that study or an assignment is burdensome, our minds go into overdrive how to avoid the work. The following rationalisation statements comes to mind It is of no use, in a job or in an interview. No one else is doing it. There are other pleasurable things to do. Not […]
Habits and the Comfort zone
When we seriously start thinking about our MBA, we realize that we do not possess the skill sets required for corporate life. For example, handling procrastination, thinking less emotionally, managing relationships etc. Therefore we realise the need to change. In the initial stages, we are enthusiastic about the change and go for it with “vim, […]
“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.”
When I posted this quote on facebook, I got queries on “how to change the way we think about it?” I have some comments to make. The quote simply says, either change what is bothering you or change yourself so that it does not bother you. Why did we precipitately decide that we can’t change […]
Kipling’s “If”
I know that I have circulated this before to some batches, but I just love this poem so much, although the conditions in which this was written were less than perfect. If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself […]
Emotions and beliefs
If my girlfriend is late for the movie, I can be anxious if I believe she may be in an accident, or I can be angry if I believe that she does not care for my time, or I can be depressed if I believe that she does not like me any more. Therefore the […]
On Corruption
I have some comments on the recent furore over Mr. Hazare’s campaign to bring in the Jan lokpal bill. There are three levels of corruption depending on the amount of money and the number of persons involved: At the top level (this is opportunistic and gradually becoming systemic), At the department level (this is systemic […]